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ufcrusher
11-29-2005, 05:40 PM
I think I mentioned a while ago that we received one of my wife's grandfather's computers after he died. Its one of these Gateway Profile4's all in one units and has been driving me nuts as it apparently doesnt like to do what I want it to do.

I had to reformat and reinstall everything to fix the problems with the way her grandfather had installed/linked his multiple systems. I was constantly having to fix his computers for him, but he was very curious and tried to do many things himself.

Fortunatley, I had all of the original discs and the reformat/reinstall was relatively easy. The most difficult thing was having to leave it with XP home rather than Prof which I have on all my other systems. Furthermore, a bunch of the components had to be upgraded (software) which is odd since it was basically stock.

The only thing which is still perplexing me is why the USB keeps saying that its operating USB 2.0 devices at a slower rate due to the lack of USB 2.0 drives. I checked the system and according to the manufacturer all the USB inputs are 2.0. Anyone have an idea why it would default back to 1.0? Is this a bios issue, because I just realized as I am typing this I have yet to go into the Bios on this machine. (duh)

TIA.

irwin
11-29-2005, 06:00 PM
Are you using a USB 2.0 cable?

ufcrusher
11-29-2005, 06:05 PM
Dont know...its a usb hub 2.0 ....so the cable came with it.

DarkFury
11-30-2005, 07:44 AM
How old is the computer that his is being run on?

Is this hub a PCI interface hub... or are you connecting directly through the USB port on the PC? The hub can only go as fast as the port it is plugged into and if this is an older computer that is not 2.0 enabled, then that might be the problem right there.

mechmike0034
11-30-2005, 07:46 AM
Go into the Device Manager and see if there is a USB 2.0 controller listed under Universal Serial Bus controllers.

If there's not, right click on where it says Universal Serial Bus controllers and select "Scan for Hardware Changes".

If there is a USB 2.0 controller listed, connect to the internet, right click on the Controller listing, and select "Update Driver".

As an aside, this is the best step-by-step guide for optimizing a Windows XP installation I have ever seen. Definately worth a read, even if you are already familiar with it:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html