Hey Guys,
My current desktop uses a rather archaic Asus P4B motherboard, running a P4 2.0ghz and a rather stingy 2 DIMM array creating 512mb 166mhz SD-RAM. It also has 2 USB1.1 ports, which, needless to say, provides rather lacklustre levels of performance when using my Maxtor OneTouchII hard drive. I therefore purchased a 5 port USB2.0 PCI extension card.
I initially presumed 'corruption' problems on the drive (whereby whole folders (and the files within them) would have odd hex-like names or nothing at all) was a sign of it dying. However, when I run the drive through my inbuilt USB1.1 ports, nothing seems the matter, except a small corruption in the 'recycle bin' of the drive (whereby odd files with squares in their name are apparently unable to be deleted, though aren't even visable in the drive).
I therefore presume this USB2.0 PCI expansion card is the root of my problems. I have tried reseating it, cleaned it etc, but nothing. I have also reinstalled Windows several times without change.
If anyone knows what could be happening, and more to the point, how to go about fixing it, I would be most grateful. It takes over 3 hours to install some software I have stored; apparently USB1.1 is far slower than it even should be on XP
Thanks Guys.
Xaneden.