I can't seem to find squat on specifics of that BIOS...

the best I come up with is this: http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/ma...ID%20Guide.pdf

one of the sub sections is "Setting Up The BIOS"...yep, its for RAID, but it does give a picture of the main screen of the BIOS...my best guess is the USB configuration settings are in the Advanced Chipset Features section

follow the directions in that manual to get into the bios from boot up, then use the arrow keys to navigate to the chipset section and hit enter, that will pop up what you can play with...you may have to use the arrows and hit enter again to navigate further (can't say as I can find no manual for the BIOS)...

for my BIOS, on an Asus P4C800xxx MoBo, the usb settings have the ability to enable usb 2.0 and to also set its speed (high preferably)..I also take the time to disable legacy usb support as that is known to cause issues in some cases and having it disabled causes no use of usb problems for me...

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Peerless & PickaxeFairy

I just want to make a suggestion here that may save PickaxeFairy a lot of hassle.

Now, as I said before, my PC is older than PickaxeFairy's and I had the problem of running external USB2.0 HDs on and older PC with only USB1.1 facilities.

Well, the easiest thing to do is install "PCI to USB2.0 card", available from Dabs 4 Port USB2.0 PCI Card (with CD-ROM manual and drivers). It can be installed in minutes, there is no fiddling with the BIOS or anything else, just straight forward plug and play USB2.0 facilities without any fuss or bother.

PickaxeFairy may require help to open her PC to install this card but it is very easy to do and only takes a few minutes.


UK Bob