text: hub and usb 2.0 not recognized? i have xp sp2 and an asus p4 motherboard  each time i install a hub and plug my external hds on it  (hd are finely recognized as usb 2.0 when i plug them directly on the motherboard's usb ports) the rate is very slow and i have that stupid xp message saying :"you should have usb 2.0... etc" when it's absolutely ok if i don't use those damn hubs... i have no particular drivers delivered with those hubs..  pls help me (and yeah i know my english sucks especially when it comes to technical stuff) i'm not sure i understand your question but here goes:  your external usb 2.0 hardrives work fine and fast when plugged directly into your asus motherboard usb ports but are quite slow when plugged into a usb hub which is plugged into your asus motherboard?  it sounds simply like the hub is not a usb 2.0 hub.  does the hub have it's own power supply?  the ones without are generally 1.1 and 2.0 will have it's own.