usb port/type question

[Wigwam]

i notice in my device manager that i have a "standard enhanced pci to usb host controller" as well as 2 "standard OpenHCD usb host controller"s
the former has 6 ports - usb 2.0
the latter have 3 ports each usb 1.1

all i knew was that my board supported 6 usb 2 ports
in the back of my pc i have 4 usb ports [ie slots to plug into] which contain 1 usb2 scanner [recognised on the enhanced controller], a printer and a dsl modem [both recognised on the openhcd controller] as well as 2 ports in the front.

what does all the different type of controllers mean and what do i need to do to make all 6 "slots" usb2.0 given that the m/b is supposed to support this?

i'm sorry it is a slightly wierd question but i am confused by this arrangement in device manager

 

[John]

[*]standard enhanced = USB 2.0
[*]you cannot make a 1.1 card/controller USB 2.0
[*]Why are you connecting your DSL modem thru a USB port?

 

[Wigwam]

Originally posted by: John
[*]standard enhanced = USB 2.0
[*]you cannot make a 1.1 card/controller USB 2.0
[*]Why are you connecting your DSL modem thru a USB port?

because it is a usb modem.

okay i cant make a 1.1 controller a usb2.0 but then i have 4 "slots" in the back of my motherboard; my standard enhanced cotroller supports 6 ports yet only seems to be "recognising" 1 device, whereas the 2 other usb devices are being recognised by the usb1.1 controller - how do i get the usb controller to recognise the and run the devices in the other 2 slots [and any devices in the front usb ports which are also supposed to be usb2]?

 

[johnjkr1]

What type of motherboard is this?

 

[Wigwam]

asus a7n8x deluxe [rev2.0]

 

[Wigwam]

if it helps, i noticed that:
the scanner [usb 2] only works when plugged into 1 of the slots and is not recognised when plugged into the others.
infact it seems that my 2 front ports work as usb 1.1 - 1 is mapped to the same root hub as the hub that "controls" the modem and printer on 2 of the back ports
the other front port maps to the 2nd 1.1 root hub
of the 4 back slots 2 map to the hub as above and the scanner/usb2.0 slot maps to the usb2.0hub [with 5 empty "ports" on this hub].
the 4th slot, when i put anything in it comes up as "unknown usb device"

 

[jlr69t]

The only thing I can think of is that you might want to update your bios.
Or just dont use the two front usb ports, do you really need more then four ports?

 

[Wigwam]

not really but they are useful for things that are hotswapped alot eg my webcam

i think i agree that at the very least i will have to disable the front ones and see what that does.
it still wouldnt fix all though as 2 of the back 4 are being controlled by a 1.1 controller