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October 16th, 2009 08:00
USB 2.0 not running at high speed
I hope there is still someone around who even remembers my old laptop. I have a 10 year old Inspiron 8100. I am "almost" certain that, when I bought it for my daughter, it was advertised as having two USB 2.0 high speed ports. I doubt if she ever connected anything to it but if she did she probably wouldn't have paid any attention to the diagnostic box that pops up. In fact, I'm not sure if it has always given this error -- it didn't originally come with XP Pro.
Whenever I attach any USB device XP Pro sp3 gives me a little diagnostic box telling me that the device will run faster if I connect it to a high speed port and that if I click on the balloon it will search for a high speed port. When I click on the ballon it comes back and tells me that it didn't find any high speed controllers. The ports work fine, just at slow speed.
Am I wrong? Did this laptop never have the high speed USB ports or have I somehow gotten the wrong configuration, or the wrong driver installed? If so, can anyone point me in the right direction for getting it corrected?
Btw, I have tried setting the BIOS to Legacy support enabled and disabled and it made no difference. The Dell Support Disgnostic utility identifies the USB controller as:
Port Intel(r) 82801 BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2442
Will appreciate whatever info and help I can get.
Howard
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October 16th, 2009 08:00
Got it. Thanks for the quick reply.
Regards,
Howard
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October 16th, 2009 08:00
The 8100 does NOT have a USB2 Chipset.
Intel® 82801DB I/O Controller Hub (ICH4) or newer
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins8100/
If you want USB2 ports you will have to use a Cardbus USB 2.0 adaptor.
BELKIN COMPONENTS USB 2.0 Laptop Card 2 port CardBus USB Adapter ...
Highlights
Overview
A quick installation provides two 480Mbps ports - simply slide the card into your CardBus Card Type II slot. The Card offers Plug-and-Play setup and you can instantly connect next-generation scanners, printers, high-speed storage devices, and video cameras. Linking the Card with a Belkin USB 2.0 hub lets you daisy-chain up to as many as 127 USB 1.1 and 2.0 devices to your laptop.
Manufacturer Part# : F5U222V1
Dell Part# : A0918540
Non-Intel Motherboards
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- The Intel® Chipset Identification utilitycan determine if your system has this I/O controller hub.
Intel® 82801DB or newer USB Controller OS RequirementsIntel chipsets utilizing the Intel® 82801DB I/O controller hub (ICH4) or newer support USB 2.
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October 29th, 2011 06:00
Whenever I attach any USB device XP Pro service pack 3. givI get a diagnostic box telling me that the device will run faster if I connect it to a high speed port and that if I click on the balloon it will search for a high speed port. When I click on the ballon it comes back and tells me that it didn't find any high speed controllers. The USB 1.1 port works fine, just at slow. My usb port is - Intel(r) 82801 BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2442
I need a high speed host controller. What do I do ?
Someone Please help me with this problem.