pcmicia usb 2 seemingly too slow

[Don]

Sony VIAO FX-215
Windows xp, SP1

My notebook came with USB 1.1 installed. I use an external 40g hard drive
that is USB 2.0. It works, but it's slow.

I just purchased a PCMCIA card that is supposed to provide two USB 2.0
ports. The new ports work, but they are still very slow. I don't seem to
have gained any speed at all. What's up?

Device Manager shows the new ports as USB, but does not specify USB 2.0.
Should this be?

The new PCMCIA card is a cheepy from ebay (STLab).

TIA

Don

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Look for the word Enhanced in the Device Manager under your USB entries.

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Don" > wrote in message
. com...
> Sony VIAO FX-215
> Windows xp, SP1
>
> My notebook came with USB 1.1 installed. I use an external 40g hard drive
> that is USB 2.0. It works, but it's slow.
>
> I just purchased a PCMCIA card that is supposed to provide two USB 2.0
> ports. The new ports work, but they are still very slow. I don't seem to
> have gained any speed at all. What's up?
>
> Device Manager shows the new ports as USB, but does not specify USB 2.0.
> Should this be?
>
> The new PCMCIA card is a cheepy from ebay (STLab).
>
> TIA
>
> Don
>
>

[Don]

Thank you.

I did get it working after installing & uninstalling the drivers several
times. I really don't know what finally made it work, but I'll not complain.


"Cari (MS-MVP)" > wrote in message
...
> Look for the word Enhanced in the Device Manager under your USB entries.
>
> Cari
> www.coribright.com
>
> "Don" > wrote in message
> . com...
> > Sony VIAO FX-215
> > Windows xp, SP1
> >
> > My notebook came with USB 1.1 installed. I use an external 40g hard
drive
> > that is USB 2.0. It works, but it's slow.
> >
> > I just purchased a PCMCIA card that is supposed to provide two USB 2.0
> > ports. The new ports work, but they are still very slow. I don't seem to
> > have gained any speed at all. What's up?
> >
> > Device Manager shows the new ports as USB, but does not specify USB 2.0.
> > Should this be?
> >
> > The new PCMCIA card is a cheepy from ebay (STLab).
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Don
> >
> >
>
>

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Great, we'll just keep our fingers crosses at this end as well!

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Don" > wrote in message
.com...
> Thank you.
>
> I did get it working after installing & uninstalling the drivers several
> times. I really don't know what finally made it work, but I'll not
complain.
>
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Look for the word Enhanced in the Device Manager under your USB entries.
> >
> > Cari
> > www.coribright.com
> >
> > "Don" > wrote in message
> > . com...
> > > Sony VIAO FX-215
> > > Windows xp, SP1
> > >
> > > My notebook came with USB 1.1 installed. I use an external 40g hard
> drive
> > > that is USB 2.0. It works, but it's slow.
> > >
> > > I just purchased a PCMCIA card that is supposed to provide two USB 2.0
> > > ports. The new ports work, but they are still very slow. I don't seem
to
> > > have gained any speed at all. What's up?
> > >
> > > Device Manager shows the new ports as USB, but does not specify USB
2.0.
> > > Should this be?
> > >
> > > The new PCMCIA card is a cheepy from ebay (STLab).
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Don
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>