Usb 2.0 Not detected??? with xp sp2

harris1986 · 5 Feb 2006 at 11:14

Hey there guys now i have never really been fussed with usb 2.0 until i bought a external hard drive. I plugged everything in fine powered my computer on and up popped a "this device can perform faster when plugged into a usb 2.0 port" (or something like that), now after checking my device manager it indeed reported than no enhanced usb ports were installed :confused:

, so i went back to my motherboard cd to install the drivers as i thought i may have forgotten about it after a re-formatt, but when trying to install the 2.0 drivers it aborts the installation saying that i have windows xp sp2 installed so therefore i don't need to install them. so i'm at a loss here as i have no way of installing the drivers?

harris1986 · 5 Feb 2006 at 12:06

hmmm mite give this a shot, Rebel could be right in saying i need to install usb 2.0 before sp2, i was thinking of uninstalling sp2 but i get a whole host of programmes that mite not work properly so decided against it, i have a new dfi board coming early this week so mite just do a complete re-formatt and install usb 2.0 before sp2.

harris1986 · 5 Feb 2006 at 13:42

this could be a factor, i haven't tonys how embarrasing

hmm i'l give it a look, i'm going to kick myself if it is only this

harris1986 · 5 Feb 2006 at 19:09

just checked and usb 2.0 is enabled in my bios, so i have saved myself embarasment however it still won't work

harris1986 · 6 Feb 2006 at 08:44

problem solved, went into my device manager and chose to re-install usb drivers that way, sure enough picked my usb 2.0 up straight away