In Reply to: Re: New PC - USB devices run painfully SLOW!! posted by Bill D. on 02/25/02 at 4:57 PM:
: You've changed the SiS driver to "Standard Open Host Controller"?
: Bill
Yes. I changed to this driver but it made no difference, so I changed back to the SIS drivers. Does my problem sound like one that is typically caused by the SIS drivers?
: : Installed IBM PC Camera and Wingman joystick (both USB).
: : The devices run so slowly that they are essentially useless.
: : The camera produces a picture totally out of sync with audio.
: : The joystick responds so slowly, Microsoft Combat Flight Sim can't be
: : played.
: : Both devices function well on an older Celeron machine.
: : I have updated to newest mobo bios. (020112L)
: : I have updated to newest 109 agp drivers from ECS.
: : I have installed newest approved Nvidia display drivers.
: : I have installed Microsoft Win 98 SE patch for USB.
: : I have removed the SIS USB controller drivers and tried default drivers.
: : I have turned off USB error correction.
: : I have eliminated all "ghost devices" in Device Manager from Windows "safe"
: : mode.
: : USB IRQ's are not being shared with other devices.
: : Newest drivers and software from Wingman.
: : Newest drivers and software for IBM camera.
: : On board LAN, sound and modem disabled in MB bios.
: : Except for this issue, my system runs very fast and very stable.
: : I'm going NUTS with this!
: : Any help from anyone is most welcome.
: : Configuration:
: : ECS - K7S5A - motherboard with LAN (newest bios)
: : 1.33 Athalon T-Bird
: : 256 Mb PC133 SDRAM (2x128)
: : 40 Gb 7200 RPM, ATA 100 W.D. HD
: : Hi-Val PCI Aureal Vortex A3D sound card (newest Aureal drivers)
: : Rockwell PCI modem (newest Conexant/Rockwell drivers from manufacturer)
: : NEC 1.44 Floppy
: : Buslink 52X CDROM
: : Cendyne 8x4x32 CDRW
: : Mid-Tower case with Codegen 350 watt PS
: : Visiontek Xtasy GEForce2 GTS-V AGP 32MbVideo (newest approved Nvidia
: : drivers)
: : Win98 SE (all updates applied)
: : Direct X 8.1
: : Thanks for reading this long sob story.