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USB Very Slow

Asked by Neil

I Just reinstalled Ubuntu (9.04 32bit) all is good but for the usb everything is very slow when using it I have a external HDD camera cards, flash driver etc. ALL are slow to start take 3-4 min just to find them, and to get photos or read the HDD very slow.
any ideas please. can I reinstall the driver for the USB? if so how?

Thanks Neil

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

I would check the BIOS settings to make sure they are set correctly for USB. You may need extra parameters for your

usb_storage

module:

for a quick fix you could try disconnecting the device then running:

sudo rmmod usb_storage; slep 10; sudo modprobe usb_storage

then reattatch.

If the system is a branded PC (Dell, Acer, whatever) ten their may be guides or help regarding the issue and their may beoptions you can use on the modprobe to get better speed.

Also make sure your system is fully updated with:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

If you do not have it you could try the 2.26-30 kernel to see if it runs any better

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