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    M11x USB 2.0 Help

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Khaotic, Jan 10, 2012.

  1. Khaotic

    Khaotic Notebook Enthusiast

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    Bought my m11x less then a year ago and really never bothered seeing as to why transferring files took long and i get a notification sometimes saying i can speed it up by using a 2.0 port. From my understanding all ports are suppose to be 2.0 just wondering if there's something wrong. Thanks.

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    Khaotic, Jan 10, 2012
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  2. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Try the latest Intel chipset driver.
     
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  3. Khaotic

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    Okay i tried to install the chipset drivers but i already have them so i then tried to troubleshoot it. I disabled both "enhanced" USB ports and still my external mouse and keyboard worked. I then disabled a "universal" USB port and my mouse no longer worked. I'm trying to figure out why it wants to use the USB 1.0 settings instead of the 2.0 settings.
     
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    I get the message too sometimes. Not sure why.
     
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  5. Khaotic

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    Just so i'm sure. It's not suppose to take 7 minutes to transfer a 1.5gb file to a thumb drive. Right?
     
    Khaotic, Jan 10, 2012
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    That's just under 4MB's a second, which i believe is a little slow. WHat kind of thumb drive is it? I had a cheap 8GB thumb drive give me the same speeds on any system.
     
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    It's pretty old so that might be the reason. But what about transferring files onto my phone. Same thing, Takes a really long time. It doesn't really bother me it would just be nice to find a way to fix it.
     
    Khaotic, Jan 11, 2012
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