from usb1 to usb 2

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Danny

hi,
I am having trouble upgrading from usb1 to usb2. Am running a winfast
nf4k8ab. surposed to be usb2 surportted. Have fiddled with framework 1 and 2
but with no success. Help would be grately appreciated
 
Danny said:
hi,
I am having trouble upgrading from usb1 to usb2. Am running a winfast
nf4k8ab. surposed to be usb2 surportted. Have fiddled with framework 1 and 2
but with no success. Help would be grately appreciated
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You should have at least WinXP SP1 installed. I'm not aware of .NET
framework being needed, for USB to work. I don't currently have any
frameworks installed, and my VIA USB2 works.

Check the BIOS, "Onchip USB", and see if it is set
to "V1.1+V2.0".

If you check the USB2 driver on the Foxconn CD, chances are it is
for an older OS. I've seen USB2 drivers, where if you examine them
carefully, they don't do anything when installed on a WinXP system.
(The driver is effectively nulled out.)

The 39MB "chipset drivers" on the Foxconn site, have no USB
portion, so there aren't any USB drivers in there. That leaves
the entry on your CD, as the only potential source, and due to
Microsoft licensing restrictions, Foxconn shouldn't be putting
any USB2 for WinXP on there.

Apparently, if you installed from an SP2 disk, it is possible
for the USB driver to not install. This article suggests you
can attempt to update the driver manually from Device Manager.
I presume you'd be looking for a driver the OS already
knows about.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873169/en-us

In the Device Manager, the USB2 entry in the USB section might have
the word "Enhanced" in the name. I can't find any
Device Manager pictures for Nvidia, to confirm what
name Nvidia uses for their USB2 entry. Normally,
there'd be at least one USB entry with the word Enhanced
in the name.

Paul
 
Paul said:
You should have at least WinXP SP1 installed. I'm not aware of .NET
framework being needed, for USB to work. I don't currently have any
frameworks installed, and my VIA USB2 works.

Check the BIOS, "Onchip USB", and see if it is set
to "V1.1+V2.0".

If you check the USB2 driver on the Foxconn CD, chances are it is
for an older OS. I've seen USB2 drivers, where if you examine them
carefully, they don't do anything when installed on a WinXP system.
(The driver is effectively nulled out.)

The 39MB "chipset drivers" on the Foxconn site, have no USB
portion, so there aren't any USB drivers in there. That leaves
the entry on your CD, as the only potential source, and due to
Microsoft licensing restrictions, Foxconn shouldn't be putting
any USB2 for WinXP on there.

Apparently, if you installed from an SP2 disk, it is possible
for the USB driver to not install. This article suggests you
can attempt to update the driver manually from Device Manager.
I presume you'd be looking for a driver the OS already
knows about.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873169/en-us

In the Device Manager, the USB2 entry in the USB section might have
the word "Enhanced" in the name. I can't find any
Device Manager pictures for Nvidia, to confirm what
name Nvidia uses for their USB2 entry. Normally,
there'd be at least one USB entry with the word Enhanced
in the name.
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Windows XP original and Windows XP SP1 did not contain any drivers for USB2.
Although it was possible to add USB2 ports if third party drivers were
loaded, it was necessary to have at least SP2 before any divers were offered
by Windows itself. Windows SP2 inculded drivers for the most common USB2
chipsets, but not all contain the word 'enhanced' in their description.
This was because the drivers were actually provided by the chip makers.
 
M.I.5¾ said:
Windows XP original and Windows XP SP1 did not contain any drivers for USB2.
Although it was possible to add USB2 ports if third party drivers were
loaded, it was necessary to have at least SP2 before any divers were offered
by Windows itself. Windows SP2 inculded drivers for the most common USB2
chipsets, but not all contain the word 'enhanced' in their description.
This was because the drivers were actually provided by the chip makers.
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http://www.usbman.com/USB 2 News.htm

"Windows XP

Microsoft Win XP USB 2.0 drivers are included in Service Pack 1.

Service Pack 1 which includes USB 2.0 support for Windows XP is
available at the Windows Update Site."

"How to obtain and to install USB 2.0 drivers in Windows XP Service Pack 1"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329632

Paul
 
http://www.usbman.com/USB 2 News.htm

    "Windows XP

     Microsoft Win XP USB 2.0 drivers are included in Service Pack 1.

     Service Pack 1 which includes USB 2.0 support for Windows XP is
     available at the Windows Update Site."

"How to obtain and to install USB 2.0 drivers in Windows XP Service Pack 1"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329632

    Paul
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USB 2 also requires a "enhance" USB controller. It is not a
"software" only "update.

Danny,

Check you Device Manager and under the Universal Serial Bus
Controller, make sure you have a "enhanced" USB controller. This is a
hardware component.
 
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