I have a IDE to USB adapter to allow me to easily connect ordinary HDs via the USB port without needing additional enclosures. Every time I connect it to my target machine on any of the available 4 USB 2.0 ports, I get the dreaded “This device could run faster if connected to a USB 2.0 enabled port”. When I click on the bubble, it shows that it IS connected to a USB Enhanced controller. Not sure how to get XP to properly recognize this device as USB 2.0. I have confirmed this by doing a 50mb file copy from a HD using the device to an internal HD and it crawls like a USB 1.1 connection would.
Hardware: AMD XP 1800+, 512mb ram, ECS K7S5A Pro 5.0 motherboard (latest BIOS) with 4 USB 2.0 rear ports, SIS AGP card, etc.
Software: Recent bare install of XP Pro SP2 with latest updates, latest chipset drivers, etc. (this is a test machine and I was about to make an image of it)
Here’s what I’ve tried in troublshooting this problem:
– Connected this adapter to another XP machine and it’s properly recognized as USB 2.0, so there’s nothing wrong with the adapter
– Connected other USB 2.0 devices (a USB thumb drive) to this machine and it’s properly recognized in any port, so there’s nothing wrong with the USB ports in the target machine
– Checked BIOS settings. PNP O/S is set to Y and USB to Enabled.
Tough to figure this one…
