slow speeds help

[38_CalibuR]

bought a usb enclosure manhathan hi speed usb enclosure. i went through the setup like the manual said pc recognized it so everything was installed ok, then i went ahead and transfer some files to it but the speed i got were about .80 mbps which is really slow can anyone help me get a faster speed thnx in advance

[38_CalibuR]

wonder if money was involved if id get help

[Nephilim]

lol like how much we talking?

and ah little more detail, give meh the serial no or model, is a hdd enclosure i assume, so is sata or ide

http://www.pcaware.com/proddetail.asp?prod=351002

is it this one?

also, an' doh buss meh nuts for this, you sure you using the USB2.0 ports?

[Spazosaurus]

I had such a problem with an enclosure once...turned out that the enclosure itself was faulty. Any problems with any other data intensive USB device?

[TriniXaeno]

make sure yuh have usb 2.0 for starters.

but those usb enclosures are prone to problems indeed.

I have two given me real stress right now. Nothing lasts forever but jeez these things fragile.

[38_CalibuR]

i have usb 1.1 which suxs

[38_CalibuR]

its the 3.5 of that same model

[Prowl]

USB 1.1 is slow, really slow.

[Spazosaurus]

Yeah USB 1.1 is  your problem there. If you're using Windows XP, it should have come up saying that "This device can perform faster" etc etc and that a usb 2 device is plugged in a 1.1 port. Easiest option is to get a pci usb 2.0 controller card which will give you the speed. Short of that, the whole mainboard will have to change.

[38_CalibuR]

thnx man