Bob,
I got it. I went to Intel website and downloaded and installed the drivers.
Works fine now, can't understand why they were blown away.
Thanks for you help and hope that you have a great weekend.
"Bob Bailin" <> wrote in message
news:dPh7i.11883$ et...
> You can go into Device Manager and right-click on all of the devices
> listed in the USB section and uninstall these devices.
>
> Reboot the computer, go into the BIOS and verify that any USB settings
> are set to 2.0 or hi-speed mode.
>
> When Windows starts up again, the USB controllers, hubs and devices
> will be re-detected, hopefully as 2.0 devices this time. Any thumb drive
> you plug into a motherboard USB port should *not* give you that warning
> message.
>
> You don't mention which motherboard you're using. I would check the
> specs for the mb model and see if it does have USB 2.0 ports builtin.
>
> Bob
>
> "CIL" <> wrote in message
> news:l817i.88906$...
>> Hi Bob,
>> Yes I have not used the hub for several months (unplugged) and I still
>> get the "this unit can perform faster" message on all thumb drives and
>> the new Ext drive.
>>
>> Where do I check to see which drivers that I have loaded and how can I
>> verify that they are correct. I would bet $$ that at one time this PC
>> was operating at 2.0.
>>
>> Thanks for the help..
>>
>>
>> "Bob Bailin" <> wrote in message
>> news:Lv_6i.6550$ t...
>>>
>>> "CIL" <> wrote in message
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>>>> Top of the evening,
>>>>
>>>> If this is not the correct group Please let me know, any help will be
>>>> appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> I have a PC that has the above motherboard with a 2.53Ghz chip. The PC
>>>> is about 20 months old. It has 4 usb ports.
>>>>
>>>> About 6 months ago I needed another usb port and bought a hub
>>>> (stratitec) that has certified Hi Speed on the front of the unit. I
>>>> plugged this into an existing usb port and plugged 2 thumb drives into
>>>> the hub. I do not know if this is a coincidence or what but ever since
>>>> I get a message when I plug any usb device into any of the 4 ports that
>>>> says some thing to the effect of "this unit can perform faster".
>>>>
>>>> I bought an external drive and it is extremely slow on this machine -
>>>> used it on my laptop and much faster.
>>>>
>>>> What do I need to check/do?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to all.
>>>>
>>>
>>> If you unplug the hub from an existing USB port and plug the thumb drive
>>> directly into that port, do you still get this message ("this unit can
>>> perform
>>> faster")?
>>>
>>> If not, then your hub is not really USB 2.0 compliant, despite what it
>>> says on the package. You're only getting 1.1 speeds.
>>>
>>> If you still get the message when plugged directly into a motherboard
>>> USB
>>> port, then you should go into the mb's BIOS setup and enable USB 2.0
>>> support.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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