brilldan

Ive just done this for the root hubs and host controllers and i just get a message saying the best driver for your device is already installed ?

When i do that it never asks to install the drivers they are just allways somehow there ? I got impacient and reformatted using my vista cd. i now have a fresh install was hoping this would fix it but all 4 of my usb ports are showing as Intel® 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C8 where they should all be enhanced as they should be usb 2. I have installed the latest chipset driver both from the intel site and the alienware site and its still bloody the same. Please is there any way of getting these freaking usb ports to run as usb 2 like they should its useless without them mite aswell chuck it out and buy a new one ! grr

Hi thanks for your suggestions, there are no exclamation marks in the device manager as the USB ports are working but only at USB 1 speed which is soo slow ! updated with all the latest drivers from the alienware site ? Is there anything else i can try or will i have to reformat again ? Thanks

Hi guys hopefully someone can help this is driving me mad ! I have an alienware m9750 laptop which I had to reformat due to a number of problems. Now its all restored all my USB ports which have allways been usb 2 its a £2000 laptop so it definatly had them ! but when ever i plug something in i get the message "this could perform faster if you connect it to a USB 2.0 port" it is extreemly annoying as it can takes hours to sync my iphone and i really need to sort it out. I understand that it should say enhanced controller in device manager if they are usb 2.0 drivers installed is that correct because mine says Intel® 82801G (ICH7 Familiy) USB Universal Host Controller. Please can someone give me a hand cheers Dan