# USB ports slow **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 21, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-ports-slow/50394 "2008-06-21T18:58:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SubaruDan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/subarudan/32/7195_2.png) [@SubaruDan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SubaruDan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-ports-slow/50394/1 "2008-06-21T18:58:19Z")
Anyone have any idea why my USB ports wouldn’t be transferring data as fast as they used to. I have a 2GB card for my camera, and when I used to copy the files off onto my HDD, it would take about 2 minutes when the card was full. I’ve done nothing to my computer, and all the sudden, its taking 30+ minutes. Its really annoying. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![SubaruDan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/subarudan/32/7195_2.png) [@SubaruDan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SubaruDan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-ports-slow/50394/2 "2008-06-21T19:40:53Z")
System specs: Windows XP SP2 Asus P5GD1 motherboard P4 3.2 GHz 1 GB ram ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-ports-slow/50394/3 "2008-06-21T19:41:33Z")
have you changed the picture size with the camera? ---
**Author:** ![SubaruDan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/subarudan/32/7195_2.png) [@SubaruDan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SubaruDan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-ports-slow/50394/4 "2008-06-22T04:39:02Z")
No, and either way though, I would just be downloading 2GB of data, would the individual file sizes make a difference? ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-ports-slow/50394/5 "2008-06-22T09:52:45Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > have you changed the picture size with the camera? Whats bigger 2GB worth of 500kb pictures of 2GB worth of 5MB pictures? ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-ports-slow/50394/6 "2008-06-22T09:58:23Z")
Uploading smaller photos is always quicker than uploading bigger photos. Normally the computer does it one at a time. Thats all I was getting at. ---
**Author:** ![Cavi\_Mike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cavi_mike/32/5217_2.png) [@Cavi\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cavi_Mike)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-ports-slow/50394/7 "2008-06-22T10:13:51Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > Whats bigger 2GB worth of 500kb pictures of 2GB worth of 5MB pictures? That made me lol ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-ports-slow/50394/8 "2008-06-22T11:38:22Z")
Check your BIOS and make sure your USB ports are running in 2.0 and not 1.1 ---
**Author:** ![cdvma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@cdvma](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cdvma)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-ports-slow/50394/9 "2008-06-22T13:29:11Z")
The flash card might just be old and fragmented if memory cells have died over time. You should try another USB device to make sure that its not the card. Also if you have other USB devices plugged into the bus that bring it down to 1.1 speeds, it will slow down. Try using the memory card reader directly to a port on the computer without any other devices on the bus or going through a hub. > [@Just Karter](#): > > Uploading smaller photos is always quicker than uploading bigger photos. > Normally the computer does it one at a time. > Thats all I was getting at. Not to flash. Reading/writing from flash cards is faster in bulk operations and not individual files.