USB 2.0 Question

[Glenn]

I need to ask 2 questions as I am unable to find the answers to the
problems
1st?) I have an older dell running XP Pro SP2 currently have 2 flash
drives being used on a USB 2.0 card is this good? as I always get the
message
" This USB Device can perform faster if you connect it to a Hi-Speed USB
2.0 Port. For available ports click here" it shows the Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Card what if anything can be done.
TIA
Glenn

 

[Jim Macklin]

Update the BIOS and or make sure that USB 2.0 is enabled in
the BIOS. If you are using a hub, be sure it is also USB
2.0 and not an older 1.1 hub.


|I need to ask 2 questions as I am unable to find the
answers to the
| problems
| 1st?) I have an older dell running XP Pro SP2 currently
have 2 flash
| drives being used on a USB 2.0 card is this good? as I
always get the
| message
| " This USB Device can perform faster if you connect it to
a Hi-Speed USB
| 2.0 Port. For available ports click here" it shows the
Hi-Speed USB 2.0
| Card what if anything can be done.
| TIA
| Glenn

 

[philo]

I need to ask 2 questions as I am unable to find the answers to the
problems
1st?) I have an older dell running XP Pro SP2 currently have 2 flash
drives being used on a USB 2.0 card is this good? as I always get the
message
" This USB Device can perform faster if you connect it to a Hi-Speed USB
2.0 Port. For available ports click here" it shows the Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Card what if anything can be done.
TIA
Glenn

Seems you will need to install the USB2 drivers to get the full speed.
they should have come with the card

 

[Paul]

I need to ask 2 questions as I am unable to find the answers to the
problems
1st?) I have an older dell running XP Pro SP2 currently have 2 flash
drives being used on a USB 2.0 card is this good? as I always get the
message
" This USB Device can perform faster if you connect it to a Hi-Speed USB
2.0 Port. For available ports click here" it shows the Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Card what if anything can be done.
TIA
Glenn

From this page...
http://www.usbman.com/USB 2 News.htm

The first step is checking for an "Enhanced" entry in Device Manager.
In this example, the "NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller", is
an example of an entry created by a PCI card with a NEC USB2 chip on it.

http://www.usbman.com/Guides/checking_for_usb_2.htm

Using at least WinXP Server Pack 1 (SP1), should have given you a
standard USB2 driver for your card.

And this procedure, removing USB entries while in Safe Mode, will
cause the OS to rediscover the hardware and reinstall the drivers
available in the OS.

http://www.usbman.com/Guides/Cleanup Device Manager Safe Mode.htm

According to this, you can create a named restore point before doing
any more fooling around. Having the restore point, gives you an
option if changing the system does not go well. As I use Win2K, I
don't have any experience with this. Having a backup of your disk
is also a good thing, in case some day there is a disk failure. These
are options that are handy, if some system tuning goes south on you.
I don't expect anything to go wrong, but it never hurts to be prepared.

http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/company/inpress/2006/04-data-recovery.html

Paul