usb 2.0 and xp

[jay]

Ok i have a usb 2.0 hard drive and usb 2.0 cd burner. i have a usb 2.0 cardbus with 4 port. My problem is when i connect my external hard drive into usb 2.0 cardbus it transfer file slower than usb 1.1. Many times it crashes my computer. Mu cd burner never starts to burns anything when i attemp to burn something. It starts as if it's going to burn but it just dosnt start burning.
What do you think the problem is?
SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows XP Pro
Version 2002

COMPUTER:
Intel Pentium lll processor
600 MHz
256 MB of RAM
40 Gb. internal hard drive.

 

[TheTad]

Hi Jay

Just a thought -

1. Does your mobo support USB 2.0 (not many do as yet)?

2. Have you downloaded the USB 2.0 drivers from MS?

 

[Zedric]

Does the cable support USB 2.0? Is it perhaps too long?

Probably not since I guess you got the cable with the burner but what the hey.

 

[jay]

I have tried everything to solve this problem. Even i bought second usb 2.0 cardbus and still same problem.
This this is drving me crazy. Sometimes i just wanna chop up my notebook and throw it in the garbage.

 

[xsk8zerox]

Perhaps bad drivers? i had a problem like that a while ago