XP Home SP2 USB Problem

[Guest]

So this has been posted several places, first I goofed up, then I was told
that this would be a better place,... sooo here's post #3, sorry for the
excessive posting..


Has Microsoft issued a patch for XP Home SP2 USB problems? Specifically the
'usb mass storage' driver, (with USB 2.0, not sure if issue is present with
USB 1.1)

Has anyone else experienced problems with XP Home SP2 and USB 'mass storage'
devices?

I have had problems with 2 of my friends PC's with some small flash mp3
players AND digital cameras. They both utilize the onboard USB 2.o Mass
Storage Drivers and absolutely positively would not work, the device would
show up in device manager as functioning improperly, 'drivers not loaded' or
a variety of different errors. The devices worked on my PC, XP Pro, just
fine. After much time on the phone with XP SP2 support, (like close to 10
hrs over several days), I rolled SP2 off of the computers with XP Home and
the devices worked just fine!! This is what SanDisk (the manufacturer of the
mp3 players) suggested.

I have some Microsoft Case #'s, I just cant find where I wrote them down,

This all occured in December. Just wondering if any new updates have come
out for this issue?

 

[Guest]

If your PC runs on an Intel Chipset I would highly recommend that you
download the lastest chipset drivers. I would download the new drivers and
then remove all usb mass storage devices from the Device manager and then
install the new chipset drivers. I've seen a similiar problem to this and the
new drivers fixed the problem.

If you are running an Intel 850 chipset or lower you should also download
and update the most current Intel Application Accelerator drivers.

http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/

 

[Marko Jotic]

If your PC runs on an Intel Chipset I would highly recommend that you
download the lastest chipset drivers. I would download the new drivers and
then remove all usb mass storage devices from the Device manager and then
install the new chipset drivers. I've seen a similiar problem to this and the
new drivers fixed the problem.

If you are running an Intel 850 chipset or lower you should also download
and update the most current Intel Application Accelerator drivers.

http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/

I would add that it is wise to check all the device drivers once in a
while, from the motherboard down. Its amazing how many invisible
problems get fixed, lke slow actions that you just assumed were slow,
and suddenly its fast.

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