Chuck wrote:
> Both Windows XP SP2 and Device Manager are telling me that I have an
> Enhanced USB hub with 8 plugs on my computer, but I cant find them.
>
> I plug in my MP3 player to any of my USB plugs and Windows gives me a pop-up
> telling me that this hardware would work faster on one of my 8 Enhanced USB
> plugs instead of the one it's in. Disabling them, one or all, doesn't help.
>
> Device Manager tells me I have 5 separate USB hubs:
> 24D2 with 2 plugs
> 24D4 with 2 plugs
> 24D7 with 2 plugs
> 24DE with 2 plugs on an added "D" Bracket supplied with MB.
> 24DD Enhanced with 8 (invisible) plugs
>
> Hardware:
> Windows XP Home SP2
> Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz W/HT
> Motherboard-MSI 865 PE NEO2
> Two 512 mb Corsair 400mhz RAM chips Dual Ram Memory
> 160GB Maxtor HD SATA partitioned into 4 equal drives
> 80GB Maxtor HD EIDE Partitioned into 2 equal drives
> Nvidia 5600 FX 256 mb AGP Video Card
> Sound Blaster Live Sound Card
> Network Card for shared high-speed internet connection
> Internal DVD Re-Writer
> Internal DVD Reader
> Floppy Disk Drive
> HP 1200 USB Printer
> All on-board sound, video and network plus are disabled in BIOS
>
> Thanks for any help I can get.
>
> Chuck

Have you compared the connections inside your computer to the diagrams
in your motherboard's manual? It sounds a bit like no ports are
connected to the appropriate header pins on the motherboard.