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Device would work faster if connected to USB 2.0

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by eafshar, Sep 30, 2008.

  1. eafshar Newcomer, in training Posts: 86

    i have inspiron 1420 laptop which comes with 4 usb 2.0. my external harddrive has been consitanly giving me 10mgb/s+ transfer speed. but suddlenly its around 800kb/s. and i get that error too. that lead me to beleive that there was something wrong with the driver but in device manager it says the device driver was installed successfully but fail when running. i dont no how to fix that.

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    eafshar, Sep 30, 2008
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  2. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 19,001   +73

    Uninstall the device line yellow asterisk in the device manager, and restart your system
    Tmagic650, Sep 30, 2008
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  3. CCT Newcomer, in training Posts: 3,556

    Check USB 2.0 enabled in Bios.
    CCT, Sep 30, 2008
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  4. eafshar Newcomer, in training Posts: 86

    thanks guys.. uninstalled the device and restarted .. its back to normal..
    eafshar, Oct 1, 2008
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