[rocks.in.my.shoes]

i just got a buslink usb 2.0 hard drive for christmas. i have it installed and it's working, the problem is is that it's not optimized for speed. a screen came up when windows finds new hardware and it had a location (cd-rom that came with hd), that was going to allow me to install usb 2.0. however, i closed that screen and now i can't find it. i installed the mass storage disc, but that didn't do anything. so it's not going as fast as it can (i'm usb 1.1).

do i need to buy something extra to make it usb 2.0?

help!

[VxJasonxV]

You can't setup USB2.
You need USB2.0 ports.

My mobo and it's router are all USB1.1.

I went out and pitched in the $30 to get a 4-port USB2 PCI card (BestBuy is where I got mine, I'm sure any tech. store has one).

And I now have 7 useable USB2 ports because I have a 4 port router as well.

(Because I can:)
2 USB1.1 on my mobo
2 USB1.1 on my keyboard
4 USB1.1 on my router
4 USB2 on the PCI card
4 USB2 on the router.

I think I'm ready for the universal USB migration, no?

[rocks.in.my.shoes]

well i got a 4 port hub. it doesn't say anything about usb 2.0 though, just says "fast 12mbps data rate"...

[iamcenz]

you have to buy a USB 2.0 card, like Jason said. the only way man.

[rocks.in.my.shoes]

oh...ok. one last thing, it's humming and getting very hot being connected to the computer. should i plug it into an electrical outlet instead?

[MarkoDaGeek]

hard drives hum ,and they can get quite hot even ext. hard drives , this is normal , but i would suggest pluging it into the wall anyways