usb 1.0 and usb2.0 pci card

[madad2005]

Having a little problem with my dad's pc.

The four usb ports he has are all usb 1.0. I recently installed a pci adaptor card with 2 usb 2.0 ports. The system is running windoze xp with sp2. The current problem is i am trying to use a adsl modem on it that requires usb 1.1 (min), but for some reason when i plug it into the usb 2.0 port it still won't be detected.

Questions:

1) Is it possible to update usb 1.0 to 1.1, or is it purely hardware-dependent?

2) What issues could there be that would mean the modem won't be detected by the usb 2.0 ports?

The modem is working fine, I know. I can't understand what is wrong with the usb 2.0 adaptor. Sisoft sandra can detect it fine. Could it be a bios issue?

[madad2005]

Problem solved.

The usb 2.0 adaptor card was working fine (I confirmed it with some other usb 2.0 devices). The problem lay with the adsl drivers supplied by the company. I used another set of drivers i had, from a different company, but for the same hardware and it is working fine.

And after some research, i believe the answer to question 1 is no.

[Fruss Tray Ted]

Until I saw your solution, I was going to ask if you installed the card after installing SP2 as SP2 has usb 2 drivers on it and theyu may have not been installed if the card were not ppresent at the time.

Good that you got it resolved though :)

[saphalline]

Correct. The answer to number 1 is no. It's not so much a condition of the ports as much as the USB root hub. Whatever the ports are connected to, that's what USB version they are.