Where are the hi-speed USB Hubs?

[Margaret Bartley]

WinXP SP 3 Media Center edition 2002
When I plugged my Memory Card REader/Writer into my VAIO machine, which is
about five years old, I got a messaget hat it was not plugged into a
high-speed USB port.

I clicked on the alert, and it opened up a window with the title, "HI-SPEED
USB Device Attached to non-HI-SPEED Hub.

then, it showed a tree-view of the Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host
Controller. Under it was an entry, USB Root HUB (8 ports) This is in bold
font.
Under this USB Root Hub were 8 entries, 6 of which said, "Unused Port", one
said USB Composite Device" and one said, Sony Memory Card Reader/Writer.

At the bottom of the screen, it said
Recommendation
Disconnect the USB Mass Storage Device from its current port and then
connect it to one of hte ports on a hub shown in bold type.

Well, I think the card reader/writer is the thing that is sendign the error
message, and it is plugged into the root hub which is listed in bold type.

Is this a bug in Windows, or is there something not obvious that I can do to
get better performance out of this card reader?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

WinXP SP 3 Media Center edition 2002
When I plugged my Memory Card REader/Writer into my VAIO machine,
which is about five years old, I got a messaget hat it was not
plugged into a high-speed USB port.

I clicked on the alert, and it opened up a window with the title,
"HI-SPEED USB Device Attached to non-HI-SPEED Hub.

then, it showed a tree-view of the Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host
Controller. Under it was an entry, USB Root HUB (8 ports) This is
in bold font.
Under this USB Root Hub were 8 entries, 6 of which said, "Unused
Port", one said USB Composite Device" and one said, Sony Memory
Card Reader/Writer.
At the bottom of the screen, it said
Recommendation
Disconnect the USB Mass Storage Device from its current port and
then connect it to one of hte ports on a hub shown in bold type.

Well, I think the card reader/writer is the thing that is sendign
the error message, and it is plugged into the root hub which is
listed in bold type.
Is this a bug in Windows, or is there something not obvious that I
can do to get better performance out of this card reader?

It is *not* a bug in Windows. What in the world would make you jump to that
conclusion?

It is telling you that your computer's hardware does not seem to include USB
2.0 ports and/or the particular port you are utizing does not have USB 2.0
capabilities.

What is the exact model of your Sony Vaio and when did you actually purchase
it?

What you are looking for under computer manager that would let you know you
had USB 2.0 ports available to you with the proper drivers installed woud be
"Enhanced" or something similar in the "Universal Serial Bus Controllers"
section of Device Manager.

Learn about USB a little - nothing overly-technical here:
http://www.everythingusb.com/usb2/faq.htm

Specific to you verifying what you have/don't have:
http://ask-leo.com/how_can_i_tell_if_i_have_usb_20.html
and
http://www.usbman.com/Guides/checking_for_usb_2.htm

Basically - do you ever see the word "Enhanced" in that area of device
manager?

 

[Cefoxtrot]

Your laptop does not have any high speed USB ports. I know because I had a
Vaio about 5 years old also.
You can get a converter card or hub at your local computer store.

Good luck!

 

[OliverS]

Your laptop does not have any high speed USB ports. I know because I had a
Vaio about 5 years old also.
You can get a converter card or hub at your local computer store.

Good luck!

I tried those on an older machine and they did not work. Most devices
will work with a USB 1.0 slot, they are just a little slower. Just
ignore the irritating warnings.

Oliver

 

[Jose]

WinXP SP 3 Media Center edition 2002
When I plugged my Memory Card REader/Writer into my VAIO machine, which is
about five years old, I got a messaget hat it was not plugged into a
high-speed USB port.

I clicked on the alert, and it opened up a window with the title, "HI-SPEED
USB Device Attached to non-HI-SPEED Hub.

then, it showed a tree-view of the Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host
Controller.  Under it was an entry, USB Root HUB (8 ports)  This is in bold
font.
Under this USB Root Hub were 8 entries, 6 of which said, "Unused Port", one
said USB Composite Device" and one said, Sony Memory Card Reader/Writer.

At the bottom of the screen, it said
Recommendation
Disconnect the USB Mass Storage Device from its current port and then
connect it to one of hte ports on a hub shown in bold type.

Well, I think the card reader/writer is the thing that is sendign the error
message, and it is plugged into the root hub which is listed in bold type..

Is this a bug in Windows, or is there something not obvious that I can doto
get better performance out of this card reader?

Did you really see a message like this:

The USB device can perform faster if you connect it to a High Speed
USB 2.0 port?

Open Device Manager, by clicking Start, Run and in the box enter:

%SystemRoot%\system32\devmgmt.msc

Click OK.

Do you see any red Xs or yellow !s?

Expand the Universal Serial Bus controller section and look for the
words:

Enhanced Host Controller

Enhanced is the key word here which means high speed. If Enhanced is
not listed, it is just a USB 2.0, but not high speed but a USB driver
upgrade may just fix that (and usually does).

Occasionally there is a setting to change in the BIOS. In the BIOS
look for a section for USB, there may be an option for ECxx (Enhanced
Controller) that is disabled. Enable it, reboot.

If you are not sure about your BIOS or drivers maybe we can help you
find them:

Click Start, Run and in the box enter:

msinfo32

Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select
All, Copy and then paste
the information back here.

There will be some personal information (like System Name and User
Name), and whatever appears to
be private information to you, just delete from the pasted
information.

This will minimize back and forth Q&A and eliminate guesswork.

 

[Rick Merrill]

What you are looking for under computer manager that would let you know you
had USB 2.0 ports available to you with the proper drivers installed woud be
"Enhanced" or something similar in the "Universal Serial Bus Controllers"
section of Device Manager.

If one wants "high speed", Shenan is telling the OP to get a
USB2 (not an old USB).

 

[M.I.5¾]

WinXP SP 3 Media Center edition 2002
When I plugged my Memory Card REader/Writer into my VAIO machine, which is
about five years old, I got a messaget hat it was not plugged into a
high-speed USB port.

I clicked on the alert, and it opened up a window with the title,
"HI-SPEED USB Device Attached to non-HI-SPEED Hub.

then, it showed a tree-view of the Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host
Controller. Under it was an entry, USB Root HUB (8 ports) This is in
bold font.
Under this USB Root Hub were 8 entries, 6 of which said, "Unused Port",
one said USB Composite Device" and one said, Sony Memory Card
Reader/Writer.

At the bottom of the screen, it said
Recommendation
Disconnect the USB Mass Storage Device from its current port and then
connect it to one of hte ports on a hub shown in bold type.

Well, I think the card reader/writer is the thing that is sendign the
error message, and it is plugged into the root hub which is listed in bold
type.

Is this a bug in Windows, or is there something not obvious that I can do
to get better performance out of this card reader?

The fact that you get this error means that your laptop has USB2 ports on it
somewhere. On any particular high speed capable USB port (that is the
socket on the outside of the case), there are 2 actual interfaces behind it,
a high speed EHCI port (often wrongly called USB2) and a low speed OHCI port
(often wrongly called USB1) the connection being routed to the correct
interface automatically. It is quite possible that the EHCI port on that
particular connection has failed. Other possibilities are that the high
speed part of the memory card reader has failed, or that the cable used to
connect it to the laptop is not up to the job of carrying high speed
signals.

With USB3 on the horizon things get more interesting as a UHCI port will be
added to the existing pair.

 

[Dirk T. Verbeek]

OliverS schreef:

I tried those on an older machine and they did not work.

A USB2 adapter in your PCMCIA slot should always work.