Problem with USB 2.0?

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  1. pimplazy1

    pimplazy1 Member

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    Hey there, not sure if this is the correct place to put this question but oh well.

    The problem I'm having is I know I have USB 2.0 but recently all the flash drives or whatever that I plug in, Windows say "This device can perform faster" and now whenever I try to transfer files it can take up to 20 minutes whereas it used to take like 3 minutes at the most when I tried to put like a 1 GB onto it.

    Can anyone tell me how I can get my USB 2.0 speed back? I'm running Windows XP if that helps.
     
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    I have had this problem when I was running Vista. Seemed that this machine, a home built job sporting a MA790X-UD4 motherboard, used to sniff at some usb ports but accept all the others. So at the time my remedy was to change ports. I have not noticed the same problem now I am running Windows 7 64 bit.
     
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    I had the same problem on XP . It all started after I update to service pack 3 .
     
  4. pimplazy1

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    And were you able to fix it?
     
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    I tried a system restore to a point before sp3 and it didnt work . I reinstalled and havent updated to sp3 and it runs fine . I was to lazy to do the research .
     
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    this happened to a freind of mine. my friends was handbuilt and he always got usb1.1. one day i went up after pising around with it for months. i slackined the motherboard a bit and took out his front usb ports. worked fine. put his front ports back in and its all fine.
     
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    are you using the front or back usb ports
     

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