USB only reading at 1.0 spec

julianhj · 14 Oct 2009 at 18:56

I currently have an issue where all my USB ports, including those directly mounted to the motherboard are all working at only 1.0 speed. Each time I plug any USB device in to any port I get a little yellow pop-up in the bottom right corner of the screen saying words to the effect of 'This device can perform faster when plugged in to a USB 2.0 port'.

Have I managed to somehow mess up some settings? I've no idea where to start checking, so any pointers greatly appreciated!

JonJ678 · 14 Oct 2009 at 19:10

Are you using one of the earlier versions of windows XP? USB 2.0 drivers were introduced in either SP1 or SP2, I can dimly remember solving this issue by updating windows.

julianhj · 14 Oct 2009 at 19:12

XP SP3 currently, going to W7 when my copies arrive next week. Need to get it sorted now if it's a reasonably quick fix to make backing everything up that much quicker...

JonJ678 · 14 Oct 2009 at 19:13

Next up is reinstalling the drivers from the motherboard cd. Failing that, the answer may be to wait and see if 7 does the same thing, which it really shouldn't.

It's unlikely to be a hardware fault, but I suppose it's possible. Good luck man

julianhj · 14 Oct 2009 at 19:30

Thanks for your assistance, I'll give it a go

Temi_D · 14 Oct 2009 at 22:18

I used to have that problem but only when my computer resumed from standby. It was an old socket 478 motherboard. How old/new is your pc and what are the specs? It's probably a driver issue. Also even though it shows that message, it still operates at the normal usb 2.0 speed.

1 more thing; Maybe the problem is in the bios. You might have disabled "usb 2.0" in the bois settings.

julianhj · 15 Oct 2009 at 08:48

It's a P4 3.2Ghz on an Abit AA8 M/B. It does run ridiculously slow when transferring over USB.

Dreadhead · 15 Oct 2009 at 09:34

First step should be to check the BIOS- there are options in there which set the speed at which your USB controller runs. You can set: Hi-Speed (USB1.0) or Full-Speed (USB2.0)

bledd · 15 Oct 2009 at 10:40

Dreadhead said:
First step should be to check the BIOS- there are options in there which set the speed at which your USB controller runs. You can set: Hi-Speed (USB1.0) or Full-Speed (USB2.0)

this

julianhj · 15 Oct 2009 at 10:57

BIOS checked and all in order, I'm about to flash the latest BIOS settings, it's on the second release BIOS from mid-2004, and there's at least 10 newer versions available. Gonna go for the last one (issued in 2006).