Re: USB 2.0 in XP Pro with SP2
- From: "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 22:53:41 -0600
"rhino" <No.offline.contact.please@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I recently purchased my first flash drive. I am running XP Pro SP2 on my PC
and have several USB ports, some at Version 1.1 and some at Version 2.0.
When I put the flash drive in any of the USB 2.0 ports, nothing happens;
they don't seem to be seeing the flash drive. When I put the flash drive
in a USB 1.1 port, the flash drive is recognized but XP displays a message
telling me that I will get much better results by using a 2.0 port.
What do I need to do to get the 2.0 ports to work correctly?
I did a Google search that took me to a site saying that USB 2.0 doesn't
work correctly in XP with SP2; it pointed me to a knowledgebase article
that recommended downloading a Hotfix for this problem. I've got the
Hotfix "invitation" but haven't actually downloaded the Hotfix yet. I
talked to a colleague who works with XP all the time and he's never heard
of an issue involving USB 2.0 so I'm wondering if this Hotfix is really
the best approach. Would it make more sense to update drivers or
something?
I don't know anything about troubleshooting USB issues so forgive my
ignorance in this matter. In fact, I'm not even sure how to tell which of
my ports are 1.1 and which are 2.0 or how to match those ports to the
various USB items in Device Manager. For what it's worth, my other USB
devices like my mouse and scanner seem to work fine.
For what it's worth, I'm not actually all that worried about the flash
drive performing to its full potential; the 1.1 ports go fast enough for
my purposes. However I am very actively considering adding another hard
drive to this computer so I'd like to get USB 2.0 working so that the hard
drive will not crawl if I get a USB-based hard drive.
By the way, with USB 2.0 capable of 480 mpbs, is that going to be faster
than having an internal hard drive or is it still going to be slower? I
can't recall the actual speeds of a regular internal drive. Perhaps I
should just get an internal drive and avoid having to mess with USB
altogether....
--
Rhino
The bus carrying data back and forth to/from the hard drive must be slower
than the hard drive is capable of delivering/receiving. USB 2.0 and
Firewire 400 speed are not a problem here. The last version of Firewire 800
speed, and the upcoming USB 3.0 are a problem with most current and past
hard drives.
Dave
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