Hello I have a Gateway Media Center PC that is about 3 years old, I
have done numerous upgrades over the years. My problem is that some of
the USB 2.0 ports read as 1.1 by XP when a device is connected, however
in the device manager it reads them as 2.0. Other then 1 USB 2.0 port
in the front, most of them drop the connection to the attached device
as well. Could it be my system is underpowered? New Power Supply?

Current Specs:
P4 2.8 gHz
1.5 Gigs Ram*
HD1- 250GB*
HD2- 300GB*
Nvidia 6600GT AGP*
Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II
Creative SB Audigy
HP DVD Writer 740b*
LG DVD Writer*
Original Power Supply

* - indicates it was upgraded

Karterius@gmail.com wrote:
see if that helps. What type of USB devices are you plugging in?
External Hard drives, flash drives or ____? Are there any USB Hubs in
the mix?

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connected to. Unless the two DVD writers were operating it wouldn't make
much difference. The video card would take a lot more power and so would
using maybe 3 times the original memory.
It's more like a problem with the ports if you fitted them, or the
motherboard.
The devices plugged in might be USB1.1.