USB 2.0 help

usb 1.1 is so frustratingly slow. and just as equally frustrating is getting 2.0 to work on my system.

I have a socket a asus a7n8x-e deluxe

I have tried the following procedures with no luck:

made sure it was enabled in BIOS
reinstalled nforce drivers
deleted from device manager and restarted computer


I've had this system for over a year and I'm not sure if usb 2.0 has ever worked previously on the system, because i never needed it before. Now I recently purchased an external hd for backup/storage, and a 20gb mp3 player. Transferring files seems to take forever.

I have a pretty recent install of xp sp2 integrated. i formatted and reinstalled about 2-3 weeks ago.

here's what my device manager looks like.

http://img15.echo.cx/img15/8328/usb22dh.jpg

 

=( nobody has anything?

 

What about other device ?
When you put USB drive into USB port did you see any message show at the right bottum of screen like "searching for new harware"

 

Sometimes the motherboard comes with a cd that has the appropriate usb drivers. Have you tried checking to see if there are usb drivers for your motherboard on the Asus website?
asus stuff

 

yes but the instructions say:

B. Install the USB 2.0 EHCI package
1. Click Windows [Start].
2. Click [Control Panel].
3. Double Click [System].
4. Click [Hardware] tab.
5. Click [Device Manager].
6. Right Click [Universal Serial Bus(USB) Controller] under [Other Devices],
then click [Properties].
7. Click [Driver] tab.
8. Click [Update Driver].
9. Choose [Install from a list or specific location].
10. Click [Next].
11. Choose [Include this location in the search].
12. Click [Browse] to specify the file path where the driver is,
e.g. "X:\Drivers\USB2\XP"( X is the drive you put the support CD).
13. Click [Next].
14. Click [Finish].

and i dont have anything under other devices that has anythign to do with USB.

 

Did you see any message like this (look my attachment)when you plug External HD in USB ports. you maybe use others that you know it work good for testing USB ports

the External HD. it has a driver?

 

That's because the Standard OpenHCD USB Controller (driver) was already installed, you will have to uninstall those first. Your system may redetect usb hardware which then you can direct/browse to your driver cd. If it doesn't automatically redetect hardware you can scan (start menu>settings>control panel>add hardware) for new hardware.