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Chris Delahousse

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Getting USB 1.1 speed out of my USB 2.0 port
« on: February 12, 2005, 11:05:32 PM »
Hey guys,

I just bought a Vantec NexStar 2 3.5" Drive Enclosure (USB 2.0) and installed a Western Digital 200gb drive in it. It's now a portable harddrive. The drive works flawlessly but my problem is whenever my computer detects the HD, Windows XP says it's a High Speed USB device in a USB 1.1 port. I do know for sure that I did plug the HD into a USB 2.0 port, according to my mobo's instruction manual.

My mobo is a Asus A7V333 with the VIA KT333 chipset. I have a Anthlon 1800+ processor and 512 megs of DDR333 ram. The new HD is plugged in the lower USB ports.

So can anybody help me figure out this speed problem?
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Chris Delahousse

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Re: Getting USB 1.1 speed out of my USB 2.0 port
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2005, 11:50:59 PM »
I just updated my BIOS and Chipset Drivers and I still have the same problem.
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Computer_Commando

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Re: Getting USB 1.1 speed out of my USB 2.0 port
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2005, 09:47:28 AM »
You have 2-USB 2.0 ports and 2-USB 1.1 ports.  Look at the user manual.

http://www.asus.com/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=A7V333&Type=All

P. 24 shows USB-EN jumper on pins 1-2 to enable USB 2.0 operation.

P. 30 shows 4 USB ports.  Looking at the back of the motherboard, the 2 on the left (next to the keyboard and mouse ports) are USB 1.1, the 2 on the right are the USB 2.0 ports .
« Last Edit: February 13, 2005, 09:48:42 AM by Computer_Commando »
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Chris Delahousse

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Re: Getting USB 1.1 speed out of my USB 2.0 port
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2005, 10:14:36 AM »
So it's just a problem to have to do with Jumpers? I was aware that the bottom ports were the US2.0 ones, but I didn't figure you needed to change some jumpers. I'll get back to you guys to see how it worked.
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Computer_Commando

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Re: Getting USB 1.1 speed out of my USB 2.0 port
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2005, 10:55:51 AM »
Default postion (USB 2.0 enabled) is supposed to be pins 1-2.  Jumper is at very bottom of motherboard.  From left to right pins are:  1-2-3
Place jumper in 1-2 position.
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Chris Delahousse

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Re: Getting USB 1.1 speed out of my USB 2.0 port
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2005, 11:16:15 AM »
Well the jumper was at postion 1-2 when I opened up my comp. I changed it over so that it's at position 2-3 so that the comp would become USB2.0 compliant according to the manual. When I rebooted, no USB devices were being recognized by Windows XP. I know that they're working correctly though because I saw that my mouse was still powered.

I therefor set the jump to it's original position of 1-2 and now I can use my USB devices again, but they're still set to USB1.1 mode.

I'M sure that I'm using my USB 2.0 ports.

Any more help?

Thanks a million
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Computer_Commando

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Re: Getting USB 1.1 speed out of my USB 2.0 port
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2005, 04:32:10 PM »
Contact Asus.
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Chris Delahousse

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Re: Getting USB 1.1 speed out of my USB 2.0 port
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2005, 05:16:28 PM »
Crap...

Thanks anyways.
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