REQ: Newbie need Help HowTo Get USB v2.0 on MOB with v1.0 only

Hi
I am somwhat of a newbie and need a bit of hand holding

I have an Asus MOB (A7V266-E)
I just bought an External HD (USB v2.0)
Then noticed that the BIOS only support USB v1.0 , which is very
slow.

Can I get a USB v2.0 support for this Motherboard ??
If so then what is the best way. ??
Do I ned to
a. Upgrade the BIOS
b. get a USB Controller Card

I would very much appreciate some help regarding this problem and
solution.

TIA
Best regards
Snoopy

 

Can I get a USB v2.0 support for this Motherboard ??

This, or a new motherboard are your options.

-John O

 

Thank you for the quick reply
So I guess the leas expensive would be a Controller card.
One more question
With a New Controller card; Do I need to upgrade the BIOS as well ??

Tjanks again
Snoppy

 

Nope. I've done this on several units. Usually I pick up a USB 2.0 and
Firewire Combo PCI card that has 3 of the former and two of the latter
receptacles.

 

Thanks again for the help

 

I can verify this advice.

I'm using a 2001 box that has a number of limitations
by todays standards. One of them is slow onboard USB.
I added a USB controller card and it worked. There is
no BIOS involvement. I also worked around a 137 GB
hard drive addressing limitation by adding an IDE
controller card. Again, no BIOS involvement. I also
used an overlay in order to overcome the 137 GB limit
while still using an onboard IDE controller. My box
has two hard drives; a 320 GB and a 400 GB. Each is
set up with two volumes and cross backed (each backs
up the other). One is on the controller card and one
is on one of the onboard IDE controllers. The other
onboard IDE controller handles the optical drives (a
newer and an older combo (CD/DVD) drive).

One thing I should mention is that the addition of the
USB card wasn't all that satisfying. I did it because
I bought a Creative Labs MP3 player/flash drive.
Dumping music to the mp3 player was horribly slow with
the onboard USB, but it didn't become blisteringly fast
after adding the USB card. It's faster, but nothing even
close to what the latest USB specification promises.
I imagine the mp3 players flash memory is the bottleneck,
but my point is not to get your hopes up.
--

 

Hi, Snoopy,
I have an older computer too, which I built myself (actually, I
used two older self-builts; the oldest, I built in 2000). I got around
the 137GB limit by going to the Mother Board manufacturer's web site
and getting the BIOS patch they had available for my board. It was
quick, easy to install, and I didn't have to mess with overlays, which
can cause problems down the road. I currently have two hard drives in
that computer, an 80BG with the OS, and a 320GB, set up with one
partition the full size of the drive, for data storage. Updating your
BIOS is a good idea, as the patch usually contains fixes/updates for
problems they may have discovered AFTER your MoBo was shipped. The
manufacturer will have complete instructions for installing the patch
on their web site. Even with a brand new MoBo, it's always good to
check for BIOS patches/updates. It's simply part of your A+ tech
duties. As far as the USB snapin card, I haven't used one, so I can't
tell you anything new about them.

Cheers,

Steve

 

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