This device can run faster...USB problem  

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  1. Posts : 8
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #1

    This device can run faster...USB problem


    Hello,

    Since a couple of weeks a get the message "this device can run faster" when I plug a external HD or USB stick in the USB ports of my laptop.
    Its not only a warning, the transfer speed is also a lot slower as it used to be...
    Now, cannot recal when it started exactly and if I did something special...
    My laptop is an ASUS UL 80V running on windows 7 64bit.
    If tried updating the intel chipset drivers, no help....
    Then I replaced the internal HD with an SSD HD and made a complete fresh Windosw 7 install just to find out that my problem still exists.
    Again updated my intel ICH9 chipset drivers but without result...so it does not look like a software problem? Anybody an idea/solution?
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  2. Posts : 17,322
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #2

    I was getting that message after SP1, not sure if that applies to you as well.

    I just uninstalled the usb drivers and when windows reinstalled them, the problem was gone.

    Here's another thread marked solved, This Device Can Perform Faster
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  3. Posts : 8
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Tried that several times...no help and same problem after installation of SP1...
    a while ago I "lost" my buildin webcam also...not such an issue but I think that the problem started then...
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  4. Posts : 17,322
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #4

    abynormal said:
    Tried that several times...no help and same problem after installation of SP1...
    a while ago I "lost" my buildin webcam also...not such an issue but I think that the problem started then...

    Have you checked the settings in the BIOS?

    As mentioned in the last post here,

    This Device Can Perform Faster
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  5. Posts : 8
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Checked my BIOS, dont have any settings concerning USB...
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  6. Posts : 17,322
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #6

    abynormal said:
    Checked my BIOS, dont have any settings concerning USB...
    Well, that's all I have. Sorry.

    If you could fill in your System Specs,

    System Info - See Your System Specs

    I'm sure it will help those with other ideas.
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  7. Arc
    Posts : 35,373
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
       #7

    As I know, the latest USB devices (USB3) can transfer at a rate of 5 Gbit/s whereas USB2 does it at 480 Mbit/s and USB1.1 does it at 12 Mbit/s . If your USB port is a older one, a latest USB device will pop this message up .
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  8. Posts : 8
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
    Thread Starter
       #8

    This laptop is a bit more than 1 year old and has never generated this message and always had "fast" USB transfers...
    I have USB2 ports...I dont care about the msg(easy to get rid off), but the lack of transfer speed does gets me crazy...
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  9. Posts : 1,808
    Windows 7 64b Ultimate
       #9

    It could be caused by the following.... If an external hdd is removed incorrectly, the next time it connects, the latency caused by a sort of file check can cause the system to think it is a lower usb speed than it should be. Try a checkdisk on such a hdd, it will take a long time.... When finished, correctly remove. Next time you plug in, it shoul be back to normal speed.
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  10. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #10

    Did you try to set on Write Caching (Better Performance) - in Device Manager > Properties of the device > Policies.
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