> If you rmmod ehci_hcd (which may affect other USB devices, so be > careful), you might find it falls back to either uhci or ohci (depending > on who designed your chipset), which provides 12 MB/s "Full Speed" from > USB 1.1. [1] > > If this affects you, then you may find that the USB ports attached to > the motherboard work better. > > Hope this helps, > > James. > thanks, now it works ok. -- Bye, Hammer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The only system which is truly secure, is one which is switched off and unplugged, locked in a titanium lined safe, buried in a concrete bunker, surrounded by nerve gas and very highly paid armed guards. Even then, I wouldn't stake my life on it" - Gene Spafford (Good thing. the law of unintended consequences: A laptop, w/wireless NIC and wake on "date" set in the BIOS) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------