Has anyone seen my USB2?

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Greetings!

I recently installed two new SATA hard drives in a RAID 1 array with a source and mirror. I newly installed Windows XP, new SATA/RAID drivers, and Via 4in1 Hyperion Pro 5.13a updates. System is working well. However, I am receiving messages that USB ports are running at 1.0 speed. They were faster USB2 prior to upgrade, as mobo supports USB2. How do I restore USB2 speed?

Another quirk: I use a Netgear WG111T USB wireless adapter with this computer. When it is plugged into the rear USB port (on the mobo), the bios window or bios screen freezes for about two minutes at startup (and restart). When I move the adapter to the front USB, which is a remote port which is actually plugged into the rear port, the bios screen does not freeze and the system boots normally. This makes no sense. ???

I seem to have some bios or driver conflicts, but I am unable to resolve.

I was unable to locate solutions on Via/ECS/Soyo websites. Any help is appreciated. I welcome your replies.

PS - I was thinking of upgrading to (2) 1GB PC3200 (400MHz) RAM, but I am not sure if it will make that much of a difference. Any thoughts? The mobo and CPU are fairly outdated. I may be better starting over. But, the system is serving us well at this point.

System info as follows:

Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2.8 MHz 2800+
Motherboard: ECS KT600-A (it may be a Soyo KT-600A Dragon Plus - unable to confirm).
Motherboard ID: 12/15/2004-KT600-8237-6a6LYE1FC-00
BIOS: Phoenix Award 12/15/2004 ver. 1.2c
Chipset: VIA VT8377 Apollo KT600
RAM: (2) 256MB and (1) 512MB - DDR SDRAM PC2700 (166MHz)
Graphics/Video: ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon 7500 64MB AGP 4x
ATI Driver: atidvag (6.14.10.6614 – ATI Catalyst 6.5)
Hard Drives: (2) Maxtor STM350063AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB SATA II (jumpered to SATA I) in RAID 1 with a source disk and mirror disk.
Windows XP Home SP2 with all updates.
Updates: Via Hyperion Pro 4in1 v5.13a
IDE Controller Via Bus Master – 0571
Via RAID Controller – 3149
USB1 Controller: Via VT8237 USB Universal Host Controller
USB2 Controller: Via VT8237 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
FireWire Controller: Via VT6306 Fire II IEEE1394 Host Controller (PHY: Via VT6307)
NetGear WG111T wireless USB adapter.
AVG Antivirus, Spybot

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Thanks justask for the reply.

I do not have the CD. This computer was given to me by a family member. He doesn't have it either.

The Everest Utility identifies the mobo as ECS. They have a good website, but I wasn't able to identify any USB2 drivers. They did offer a Via 4in1 update. I found a newer one at the Via website. I installed the Via 4in1 update as noted above. While the update provided me with the RAID drivers that I needed, I didn't see any USB drivers in the update.

I welcome your further suggestions. Thanks.