Not sure if this should be in software...
Why is my computer giving me the message, for a long time now, on inserting any USB device, 'This device can perform faster....' ?
Detail
I get this message with every different device I hang onto a USB port, irrespective of which socket (USB port) on my PC I use (there are 6)- "This device can perform faster. If you connect it to a Hi-speed USB 2.0 port. For a list of available ports, click here"
Clicking here does nothing. I read somewhere (probably the HP website before they removed the specifications info on my PC) the my computer had USB 2. The m/b specification says "Two front, four back (ver. 2.0)".
I'm also attaching a screenshot of System Properties>Hardware>Device Manager, which I don't really understand, but at the bottom it definitely says "USB 2.0"...(PCI related entries).(H:\ScrSh_HWM_USB.jpg)
I have looked in BIOS setup, and I did not find anything about USB except legacy, set to auto/enable/disable. I tried all of these without any change. I have tried updating the drivers: I got the message from the update wizard that it couldn't find a better match than the drivers I already had. I have tried re-installing the drivers for the three Universal Host Controllers and the three Root Hubs, this resulted in a change in the driver from 5.1.2600.0 to 5.1.2600.5512, but the message doesn't go away and there is no change to Hi-speed USB 2.0 operation.
I have the intel 845G/GE chipset and the intel driver finder tells me that I do not need to update that (driver is 'valid'). The host controller is an ICH4 intel 82801DB/DBM, which supports USB 2.0
One thing I have noticed is that under the first USB Controller, where the USB external ports seem to live, there is not (never, under no circumstances) an Enhanced controller or a USB 2.0 controller listed. On my Pavilion a405.uk which has an extremely similar spec (m/b MS-6577 v3.1), which displays no message when connecting a USB device to it, the Universal Host Controllers and root hubs are listed, but there is an additional entry under USB Controllers for an Enhanced USB 2.0 Host Controller. This is absent on my Presario. Perhaps if I could make that entry appear it would give me USB 2.0 operation ?
Could anyone help me get my USB 2.0 system back up to speed ?
Dumb_Question
27.February.2014
Compaq Presario S5160UK DT261A under XP/SP3
Processor - Celeron 2.7 GHz
Motherboard - MSI MS-6577 v2.1
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