USB 2.0 Problem

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Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with my PC and as far as I can tell it has something to do with the USB 2.0 functionality, it started when I moved into my appt for college and I kind of fear something happened in transport. (although there is no visible damage to anything) Anyway, here are the symptoms I'm experience with my sole USB 2.0 device, an SIIG AV Tuner Pro-PVR; which I tested on my room mate's PC and it worked perfectly fine.

Normally I can install it without a hitch, just load in the drivers, restart, plug it in and it will install fine. However, sometimes I get this error saying that it has malfunctioned and can't be installed (which I know not to be true), other times (and sometimes simultaneously) I get "this device could be running faster" talking about how for some reason its been degraded to USB 1.1.

When it does install properly, shortly after using it (always <1 hour) it will either completely lock up (the box itself, and WinDVR) or windows will make a bunch of "unplugged" noises and I will get that "It could be running faster" bubble. And of course there are some other strange anomolies that have happened too but each one only once.

I have tried 4 different USB ports to no avail, I though it was a software problem so I reinstalled windows, that didn't work either. So now I'm hoping that some of the brilliant people out there can shed some light on the situation for me.

PC specs are in my sig, if necesary.

Thanks a lot to anyone who can help!
 
for usb 2.0 to work, you need service pack 1 and later, so if you havent installed service pack 1 or 2, then you wont get usb2.0 speeds.

I just thought I should throw that out there incase you forgot to install the service packs ?
 
Go into device manager and look for Enhanced USB Host Controller. If you don't see one then your USB 2 is not working. It could be the drivers are corrupted or not installed. A yellow ! would also indicate a problem. You could try the update driver wizard and let it search the internet. You may find drivers on the CD that came with your motherboard.
 
I see this on ThinkPads every now and then. Usually have to send them in for system board replacements.

-Larry
 
for the hell of it make sure USB 2.0 support is enabled in your BIOS. Since you moved, maybe the CMOS got reset and your settings reverted back to default (which might be set to USB 1.1)
 
alphanumeric said:
You may find drivers on the CD that came with your motherboard.
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there are no usb 2.0 drivers on mobo cd's, its incorporated into sp1/2 and only MS can distribute them, which is uber gay, but there you go....
 
I have yet to have windows XP install the USB 2 drivers during the setup or after applying SP2. I always end up installing them manually from a driver CD. If memory serves me correctly I just downloaded them and burned them to a CD. I know for my USB 2 PCI card I downloaded them from the makers web site.
 
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