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OS is XP SP2 fully up-to-date. Motherboard has USB on-board, 2 front, 2
rear. Processor is Athlon 1.533Ghz, 760 mb RAM
PROBLEM - just installed USB2 PCI card, which appears to work (adding 2 USB2
ports to the rear). Also bought USB2 4 port hub, to allow flexible
connectivity.
Initially, rear ports on card worked, but connecting the hub to one of
these, and a USB2 memory stick into the hub, resulted in the "this will work
faster in USB2" message. Tried the MS download site for updated driver
(zilch), but by some miracle, after two re-boots, system now appears to be
working correctly (meaning - no more "this will work faster" message).
Installation CD had text file saying MS SP1 had appropriate drivers - not to
use the CD for XP.
As a test, I copyied a 120mb file in both USB and USB2 mode. There's
virtually no difference in the transfer time (about 3 minutes). I thought
the whole point of USB2 was that it was 10 times quicker. I now have 4 USB
ports on the motherboard
Am I missing something? What should the transfer time be for 120mb in USB
and USB2? Reason for the question is that I don't know whether USB2 is
actually working (if so, why are USB ports apparently working at same
speed?)
OS is XP SP2 fully up-to-date. Motherboard has USB on-board, 2 front, 2
rear. Processor is Athlon 1.533Ghz, 760 mb RAM
PROBLEM - just installed USB2 PCI card, which appears to work (adding 2 USB2
ports to the rear). Also bought USB2 4 port hub, to allow flexible
connectivity.
Initially, rear ports on card worked, but connecting the hub to one of
these, and a USB2 memory stick into the hub, resulted in the "this will work
faster in USB2" message. Tried the MS download site for updated driver
(zilch), but by some miracle, after two re-boots, system now appears to be
working correctly (meaning - no more "this will work faster" message).
Installation CD had text file saying MS SP1 had appropriate drivers - not to
use the CD for XP.
As a test, I copyied a 120mb file in both USB and USB2 mode. There's
virtually no difference in the transfer time (about 3 minutes). I thought
the whole point of USB2 was that it was 10 times quicker. I now have 4 USB
ports on the motherboard
Am I missing something? What should the transfer time be for 120mb in USB
and USB2? Reason for the question is that I don't know whether USB2 is
actually working (if so, why are USB ports apparently working at same
speed?)