usb 2.0 running at 1.1?

[VHockey86]

I got one of those flash USB memory drives because im sick of slow floppy disks for rewriteable media... nehow

Its a microadvantage 256MB, the brand office max has been having rebate deals on the last couple months.

Whenever I plug it into my computer:
Windows XP
XP 2000+
Soyo Dragon Ultra KT333 mobo,

I get a little bubble that says
"Hi-speed usb device plugged into non hi-speed usb hub"

Now... these usb ports are wired into the 2 usb 2.0 controllers on the mobo.. I've never really had any troulbe with them functioning (usb printer hooked up to them, also used them for my mp3 player which was usb 1.1), however didnt know if the 2.0 ever worked.

Now.. I have the usb 2.0 drivers installed, and in the device manager it lists a usb 2.0 root hub device, along with a VIA usb 2.0 enhanced host controller, along with some other things such as a USB mass storage device and 2, usb root hubs, and 4 "VIA rev 5 or later usb universal host controllers"

The memory stick does however seem to write slow, at least for what ud expect from a usb 2.0 device and that bubble seems to confirm that its only running at usb 1.1

It took about 4 minutes to write a 130MB file to it.

When I clikc the bubble it gives me a recommendation saying the usb mass storage will function at reduced speed. You must add a hi-speed usb host controller to this computer to obtain maximum performance (which appeared to be listed in the device manager, usb 2.0 enhanced host controller)

Anyone have any ideas why its not working?

[sam]

just a thought, is your front ports on your case USB 2.0. if not it might not work as a 2.0 i have usb 2 and my front ports are usb1.1 even though it is pluged in to a usb 2 mobo it still works as usb 1.1

[slinky]

Perhaps the flash drive is designed to run at 1.1 speeds?

I know that when it comes to running usb2.0 at 1.1 speeds Intel boards handle that very well... in fact it worked for me on my i820.

[John Prophet]

u got it plugged into the front case ports? Maybe try the actual motherboard ports on the rear.

[ArcticFox]

For USB 2.0 support to work in WindowsXP, you need to be running Service Pack 1. Do you have that installed?

[VHockey86]

Yes I have service pack 1 and ive tried it in the ports in the back as well, does the exact same thing.

[VHockey86]

er now the problems just getting weirder.

I tried going to the soyo website and went to the knowledge base for my mobo and then to installing usb 2.0

It said to just install service pack 1, which I did a long time ago, then to uninstall the host controller and restart.

Well I did that and it installed basically the same stuff over again (none of the names had 2.0 in them this time tho).

Now when I plug it in I dont get the message on the ports plugged into the usb 2.0 controllers on the mobo, however when I start copying stuf to it like disappears from my computer and gives an error about the file path.

IF i plug it into a usb 1.1 port, it seems to copy without a hitch but I can tell its slower than the few moments it works whle attached to a 2.0

[VHockey86]

ugh I'll never understand xp, well after a few restarts and running the setup/uninstalller on my motherboard Cd for the usb 2.0 drivers it seems to be working (at the moment, havent restarted to see if it still works lol).

[jokostel]

try finding new drivers or reinstalling the drivers.