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there are 2 usb ports on my computer on works one doesn't, when i put in my
flash usb mass storage device it says that the thing can work quicker with
correct host controller. when i click on the icon it shows the usb and a free
root hub, how can i configure this usb port to work please? (windows xp pro)
 
" it says that the thing can work quicker with correct host controller"

it seems that you need to update your usb driver, hope this helps

Carlos
 
jim said:
there are 2 usb ports on my computer on works one doesn't, when i put in my
flash usb mass storage device it says that the thing can work quicker with
correct host controller. when i click on the icon it shows the usb and a free
root hub, how can i configure this usb port to work please? (windows xp pro)
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Does it really not work or does it just give that message?

That message means that that particular USB port is only USB 1.0 or 1.1
and that the USB storage device is capable of using USB 2.0. USB 2
devices *will* work on USB 1 ports, but they will be a lot slower.

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310575/en-us
Before you uninstall all of the USB controllers, it would be prudent to
have a non-USB mouse and/or keyboard handy ... just in case.

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The one not working properly could be a USB 1.0
Start>Right-click My computer>Properties>Hardware>Device Manager>Look for
yellow ?> Right-click on that hardware>Properties>Update the Driver
 
jim said:
there are 2 usb ports on my computer on works one doesn't, when i put in
my
flash usb mass storage device it says that the thing can work quicker with
correct host controller. when i click on the icon it shows the usb and a
free
root hub, how can i configure this usb port to work please? (windows xp
pro)
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There are two possibilities here.

The first is that you have plugged a USB2 device into a USB1 or 1.1 port.
If that's the case, no amount of configuration will change this. USB1 or
1.1 hardware cannot perform at USB2 speeds.

To fix that, you will install a USB2 card. These are inexpensive, easy to
get and trivial to install.

The second is that the motherboard DOES have USB2 ports, but the motherboard
chipset drivers are not installed. In that case, install them.

HTH
-pk
 
Patrick said:
There are two possibilities here.

The first is that you have plugged a USB2 device into a USB1 or 1.1
port. If that's the case, no amount of configuration will change this.
USB1 or 1.1 hardware cannot perform at USB2 speeds.

To fix that, you will install a USB2 card. These are inexpensive, easy
to get and trivial to install.

The second is that the motherboard DOES have USB2 ports, but the
motherboard chipset drivers are not installed. In that case, install
them.

HTH
-pk
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I believe you can get this message when you plug in an USB1.x device
into a USB2 port as well. As all of my ports on these two Gateways and
my two Asus EEE PCs are USB2 ports and I get those messages from time to
time. Although I believe the Asus BIOS sets them to 1.1 speeds (for
compatibility) and then when Windows or Linux boots, resets them back to
USB2 speed.


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Bill
Gateway Celeron M 370 (1.5GHZ)
MX6124 (laptop) w/2GB
Windows XP Home SP2 (120GB HD)
Intel(r) 910GML (64MB shared)
 
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