USB 2.0 Problem on MSI Neo4-F

Hi, I'm new here but anyway, I justed installed my second new system about a week ago (stats in sig) and everything has gone well except for my USB connections. It seems that while my USB ports (both front-side and rear) are functioning correctly, I can only get USB 1.1 speeds, not USB 2.0 speeds. Now this wouldn't be a big problem if I didn't have to use by Nomad and Digital Camera so much but I do so I really need full speed USB 2.0. I've tried looking in the BIOS for a fix but I didn't see any setting to turn USB 2.0 on/off, only one that enables USB in general. Any suggestions would be appreciated! (note this seems to have happened to a friend of mine as well, though on a Soltek board)

Sorry, I don't know why the Windows Version disappeared. I wrote it on my profile last night and I guess something happened to it (accidentally probably.) Anyway, yeah I do have SP2 installed which why I'm asking since I thought that you get USB 2.0 support from Service Pack 1 and on . . .
I'm just trying to figure out if the problem is hardware-related because even if I have the front-side USB connected incorrectly (I'm pretty sure they're connected correctly) the back-side USB ports should work since they're integrated into the motherboard. The funny thing is that when my BIOS loads it says that there is a USB 2.0 EHCI controller enabled but yet I still can't get USB 2.0 to work in Windows.
Which is why I'm stumped . . . just to give y'all more info, Windows (naturally) informs me whenever I plug in any USB 2.0 device and says that the device could be faster (obviously) if it were connected to a high-speed USB controller, but when I click on the bubble it states to me clearly that there are "No HIGH-SPEED USB HOST CONTROLLERS INSTALLED ON YOR SYSTEM" so I guess Windows is somehow not recognizing my high speed USB controllers since my BIOS states that they are enabled. I'm hoping I won't have to install a PCI USB 2.0 port but I suppose I might have to if nothing can fix this . . .
EDIT: It's fixed . . . I just had to reinstall the driver . . . apparently for some reason (I assume when SP2 was installed) the USB 2.0 driver wasn't installed correctly . . . gotta love Windows . . .

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http://www.xs4all.nl/~famchow/A64_3.../Prime_2.90.JPG
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hey there,
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Quote from: okta on 02-June-06, 00:35:16
hey there,
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2: Same idea as the first but using a hot knife or a soldering iron tip to flatten out the "small ball" part of the pin. (BE VERY careful not to over do it).
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Its the loud crack that you heard that worries me tho. Was it the physical sound of the SLI bridge card coming out or was it more of an electrical type crack that you heard?
Best thing to do would be to strip back to bare basics and try to go on from there, ie one video card, one memory stick and one H/Drive, Reset the BIOS, and set BIOS to boot from cd and see what happens.
As for getting a new pin from them, I would drop them an email, depending on where you live they might be able to post one to you.

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