I have a pentium II, 250 MZ, 512k ram, 32 gig hd, matsonic 6026 mobo,
amibios circa 1999. Originally ran win 98 1st release, upgraded to win xp
svc pk 2. All things considered, everything runs fine.
I recently got hi-speed internet. My AMD Athlon x2 PC wired to the base.
Works great! I purchased a USB wlan adapter for the pentium II, after I
had tried a PCI card which crashed my computer. The USB ports are the original full-speed 1.1. I got the signal and setup the network and,although
the connection was slow, the computer ran fine.
The problem: I then installed an enhanced 2.0 usb port in the pci slot
hoping to take advantage of the hi-speed connection. What a
disappointment. Not only did xp or my lan configuration not recognize
any connection my computer slowed to a crawl but continued to
remain on and functioning. Both the 1.1 and 2.0 usb cards were in the PCI slots. I took out the 1.1 thinking there might be a conflict. Didn't help.
I checked the device manager. The enhanced ports were installed and
configured/no exclamation points. Everything seems fine. I plugged in my
other usb devices (Printer, camera etc.) to the 2.0 ports and they worked
fine although i don't think they worked any faster than with the 1.1 port.
Is my system just too old to handle the requirement of a hi-speed connection?
amibios circa 1999. Originally ran win 98 1st release, upgraded to win xp
svc pk 2. All things considered, everything runs fine.
I recently got hi-speed internet. My AMD Athlon x2 PC wired to the base.
Works great! I purchased a USB wlan adapter for the pentium II, after I
had tried a PCI card which crashed my computer. The USB ports are the original full-speed 1.1. I got the signal and setup the network and,although
the connection was slow, the computer ran fine.
The problem: I then installed an enhanced 2.0 usb port in the pci slot
hoping to take advantage of the hi-speed connection. What a
disappointment. Not only did xp or my lan configuration not recognize
any connection my computer slowed to a crawl but continued to
remain on and functioning. Both the 1.1 and 2.0 usb cards were in the PCI slots. I took out the 1.1 thinking there might be a conflict. Didn't help.
I checked the device manager. The enhanced ports were installed and
configured/no exclamation points. Everything seems fine. I plugged in my
other usb devices (Printer, camera etc.) to the 2.0 ports and they worked
fine although i don't think they worked any faster than with the 1.1 port.
Is my system just too old to handle the requirement of a hi-speed connection?
