Enabling USB 2.0??

[sn8ke]

Hello, I know theres really no way to "enable" it, but I didn't know how else to word it.

Motherboard is a Soltek K8AN2E-GR 250Gb (Nforce3). It's been transferring like regular USB 1.1 since the day I installed it. It never really bothered me much, but now I require faster USB transfers for stuff like digital pics, mp3s, PSP transfers etc.

It just took ~50 seconds to transfer a 50MB video file onto the PSP. Isn't USB 2.0 something like 50MB/sec?? So it should have transfered over almost instantly shouldn't it have?

Pictures from my digital camera which is usb 2.0 transfer over slow as well.

All mobo drivers were installed. I'm using the rear USB ports. There is 4 total on the back.. switching them doesn't seem to make a difference.

Anyone else with this mobo and working USB 2.0... anything special you did? Which ports do you use?


Thanks for any help.

 

[tcsenter]

In the BIOS, typically under Integrated Peripherals, there is an option to enable USB2.0 on many motherboards.

 

[sn8ke]

Thanks for the suggestion.

I double-checked and it is in fact set correctly as USB 1.1/2.0 in the BIOS. Other options were Disabled and just 1.1. So the problem isn't there I guess..

 

[grooge]

Originally posted by: sn8ke

Anyone else with this mobo and working USB 2.0... anything special you did? Which ports do you use?


Thanks for any help.

Humm, USB2.0 need at least XP SP1 to fully work or USB 2.0 drivers for older OS. I had this motherboard and I did nothing special to have USB2.0 working. I had XP and SP1 on it and SP2 later. You may check in device manadger if there is a yellow ! in the USB section. You may try to have windows update the driver automatically.

 

[forumposter32]

Sorry, I need to post a message to see if I can find my other post.

 

[sn8ke]

I'm running SP2 currently.

In device manager, there are no errors. It finds the following hardware:

Standard Enhanced PCI to USB controller
Standard OpenHCD USB host controller
Standard OpenHCD USB host controller
USB root hub
USB root hub
USB root hub

I'm going to test it under linux. I don't know if slackware supports usb 2.0, but i'm gonna boot that up and test transfer speeds.

 

[grooge]

Originally posted by: sn8ke
I'm running SP2 currently.

In device manager, there are no errors. It finds the following hardware:

Standard Enhanced PCI to USB controller
Standard OpenHCD USB host controller
Standard OpenHCD USB host controller
USB root hub
USB root hub
USB root hub

I'm going to test it under linux. I don't know if slackware supports usb 2.0, but i'm gonna boot that up and test transfer speeds.

Then your USB 2.0 is correct, and it is caused by the the device at the other end. My external HDD, on USB 2.0 transfer on an average of 25 MB/s, while it fall under 1 MB/s on USB1 controller. Your digital camera is maybe usb1, but compatible USB2.0... not the same. Which model is your digital camera? And writing/reading to flash memory is slower than the USB2.0 bandwidth. So your PSP might be the limiting factor. In doubt, test it on another machine.

There is not that much device that support USB2.0. Thay are compatible, but not necessary using the full bandwidth. To date, I only know about external storage devices that really use USB2.0 bandwidth.

 

[Chode Messiah]

I agree. I have a PSP, and it tends to be slow as well. Ur cam is probably 1.1 like grooge said.

 

[wchou]

Originally posted by: Chode Messiah
I agree. I have a PSP, and it tends to be slow as well. Ur cam is probably 1.1 like grooge said.

True that's like saying a 1ghz cpu should be able to do more then that just because the mobo supports up to 2ghz.

 

[sn8ke]

Thanks for all the suggestions..

The camera is a Fuji Finepix A330. It was released only about a year ago so it's pretty new. The manual doesn't say anything about usb 2.0 (that I saw) but the description on Amazon states: "Images come out of the A330 quickly, too, since it is compatible with the much-faster transfer speeds of USB 2.0 when uploading to computers that are likewise equipped."

It's true what you're saying about the PSP and flash memory cards, I forgot about that.

The same 50MB video file (46mb actually) transferred from the PSP to my pc in about 10 seconds.

I wish there was some kind of program which benchmarked or tested USB. Theres gotta be one out there. Anyone know??

 

[grooge]

Originally posted by: sn8ke
Thanks for all the suggestions..

The camera is a Fuji Finepix A330. It was released only about a year ago so it's pretty new. The manual doesn't say anything about usb 2.0 (that I saw) but the description on Amazon states: "Images come out of the A330 quickly, too, since it is compatible with the much-faster transfer speeds of USB 2.0 when uploading to computers that are likewise equipped."

It's true what you're saying about the PSP and flash memory cards, I forgot about that.

The same 50MB video file (46mb actually) transferred from the PSP to my pc in about 10 seconds.

I wish there was some kind of program which benchmarked or tested USB. Theres gotta be one out there. Anyone know??

If is it not stated in the camera's manual, then the unit is probably usb1, but would work on usb2 ports too. Amazon may have done an error. And portable device, as memory card or your PSP are much faster to upload(reading from their memory) than writing to their memory. That's why you have better time uploading the same file to the computer.

If you want to benchmark, go in BIOS and disable usb2 capability in BIOS and do the same thing..

 

[CraigRT]

The only thing I can think of, is in the BIOS there might be an option for USB 1.1/2.0 and which mode it is using. I am thinking must be 1.1

I don't know if drivers need to be installed for 2.0 to work, I can't recall. I have the same mobo and USB speeds are wonderful.

 

[grooge]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
The only thing I can think of, is in the BIOS there might be an option for USB 1.1/2.0 and which mode it is using. I am thinking must be 1.1

I don't know if drivers need to be installed for 2.0 to work, I can't recall. I have the same mobo and USB speeds are wonderful.

His system is perfectly normal.. USB speed are what they should be. It is just like saying that SATA interface is not working properly because the transfer is only 60 MB/s while it should be 150... The problem is at the other end of the cable.. no drive are fast enough to fully use the SATA bandwidth.. in fact, even ATA100 is fast enough for normal drive...

retrieving picture from my digital camera take more time if I read the card while still in the camera than if I took it out and put it in my card reader. Both are connected to USB2.0.. but the camera is not fast enough to fully process the data in order to use the USB2.0 bandwidth.

 

[arswihart]

for anyone who come across this thread wondering why their usb2 isn't working, the most common thing as someone already mentioned, is to look for a yellow exclamation for a usb controller under device properties. Some people say just uninstall this item and reboot, but that hasn't done it for me. I found I have to uninstall the exclamation point item along with the existing usb controllers that are working properly (your mouse may go dead while you are doing this)

With SP1 installed, upon rebooting, the usb2 drivers will be installed, and you'll have, just as sn8ke has, the following under usb controllers in device manager:
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB controller <----this one indicates USB2 support
Standard OpenHCD USB host controller
Standard OpenHCD USB host controller
USB root hub
USB root hub
USB root hub