USB 2.0

Aerozord · 05-20-2010, 02:27 PM

Ok I got my new motherboard, and made sure it had USB 2.0

However whenever I hook up my external harddrive it says "would run faster if connected to USB 2.0", though I am aware it might just be a standard message, it certainly seems to be loading things slow.

Is there something special I have to do?

Borealis · 05-21-2010, 10:13 AM

Not all that sure about this, but if you have a tower desktop with USB ports at the front, they will generally be non-2.0. USB 2.0's generally at the back, I think.

Aerozord · 05-21-2010, 02:16 PM

thats what I figured, though I did plug them into the back. atleast all those should be USB 2.0. what it said when I bought it

Karrrrrrrrrrrresche · 05-22-2010, 08:24 PM

Check for red ports. Red ports are always faster.

synkr0nized · 05-23-2010, 01:10 AM

Is it possible that your ports are using USB 1.1 drivers instead for some reason? Or that your external drive isn't a 2.0 device?

PyrosNine · 05-23-2010, 02:41 AM

It's probably the CORD for the external drive that's not 2.0, though my first guess was that you failed to update your motherboard drivers for the new 2.0 as well. For 2.0 to work, the usb cable and the port have to be USB 2.0.

05-20-2010, 02:27 PM	#1
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	USB 2.0 Ok I got my new motherboard, and made sure it had USB 2.0 However whenever I hook up my external harddrive it says "would run faster if connected to USB 2.0", though I am aware it might just be a standard message, it certainly seems to be loading things slow. Is there something special I have to do? __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

05-21-2010, 02:16 PM	#3
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	thats what I figured, though I did plug them into the back. atleast all those should be USB 2.0. what it said when I bought it __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

05-23-2010, 01:10 AM	#5
synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,857	Let's check bases. Is it possible that your ports are using USB 1.1 drivers instead for some reason? Or that your external drive isn't a 2.0 device? __________________ Find love.

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PyrosNine Zettai Hero Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A figment of my own imagination Posts: 6,103	It's probably the CORD for the external drive that's not 2.0, though my first guess was that you failed to update your motherboard drivers for the new 2.0 as well. For 2.0 to work, the usb cable and the port have to be USB 2.0. __________________ Pyrosnine.blogspot.com: An experimental blog of writing. Updated possibly daily. Possibly. A fair chance. Current Works for reading: War Between them, Karma Police. PyrosNine: Weirdo Magnet Extraordinaire!

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05-21-2010, 10:13 AM	#2
Borealis Questionable Content Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 75	Not all that sure about this, but if you have a tower desktop with USB ports at the front, they will generally be non-2.0. USB 2.0's generally at the back, I think.