Installing a usb 2.0 card on a computer that has 1.1 onboard

hello, i just bought a 5 port usb 2.0 pci card. It has 4 external connectors and 1 internal. I tried installing it into the pci bus and when i boot up windows and go to install the drivers for it, windows uses it as a usb 1.1 card. i don't know how to disable the onboard usb 1.1 on my mobo. but it sucks copying things at 1.5mb/s. this is a relatively old computer (from 2000)but i don't know what to do... any help at all please post a message here

 

First off, remove your email address from your post. Second, read the forum rules.

Did you install the drivers that came with the card, or allow windows to use its native drivers?

~Rich

 

i put the card into teh pci slot and boot up windows and then i put the cd in (after windows has found and installed the native drivers)

 

Did you install the drivers from the CD? Did it run a setup program or did you install them from Device Manager?

You should not have to disable the on-board USB 1.1 to have the 2.0 card work.

~Rich

 

i did install it from the cd and after that was done, i plugged in a usb 2.0 cable (for my ipod) and a popup said 'this device can perform faster if plugged into a hi-speed port'. this is what's getting me frustrated bc i bought this for speed and not frustration i would just like to get this up and running

 

Try moving it to a different PCI slot. Update the drivers through device manager (point it to the CD for the drivers) and see what happens.

~Rich

 

i was thinking install from the ADD HARDWARE in the control panel. this way it would find usb 2.0 driver software from microsoft...

 

What version of Windows?????


Read this.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/bus/USB/USB2support.mspx

~Rich

 

xp but im on a p3 processor with 512 mb ram... i don't know if it'll work.

 

Do you have SP2?

~Rich

 

yes

 

Try this.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=822603

Download and install. Should be the most current 2.0 support from MS.

~Rich

 

nope it says it can't run bc i have sp2 already...

 

Hmmm.......Update the driver through Device Manager and look for USB 2.0 or Enhanced Host Controller....something along those lines. Also, check your version of usbhost.sys. Under the file properties, it should say USB 1.1 and 2.0 etc, etc.......

~Rich

 

where is usbhosts.sys?

 

C:\windows\system32\drivers I think......

Just do a search for it.


~Rich

 

sounds like the usb2 driver did not install,go into divice mgr and see if ye have any yellow listed on the left side after ye click the + tab..under universal serial bus controellers

 

He said it IS working, wich means a driver did install. I think he has outdated 1.1 USB drivers...not the current 2.0 drivers.

~Rich

 

i have two (2) onboard usb 1.1 ports.
im trying to put in a pci card that is capable of doing hi-speed usb (usb 2.0) i can't get the card to function as a 2.0 capable card. right now the card is running at 1.1 speeds.