In my experience, when it says the driver exists, it is not always the
correct driver.  If the correct or a better driver is found, Windows will
take the better.  I would start with the chipset driver and give that a
shot.  Depending on what drivers you are getting the yellow exclamation
point(driver not found) for, this also might resolve that problem.  Also,
like Mark said, you will need XP SP1 for USB 2.0 but if you not have that
installed, the usb ports will still run at 1.1 speeds.

-----Original Message-----
From: Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark Tretter
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 8:28 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] USB Driver Question

Is the Win XP disk pre-SP1?  USB 2 needs SP1 to work correctly if memory 
serves.
HTH
Mark
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From: "Donald DeWitt" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 9:29 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] USB Driver Question


> *After formatting and successfully reinstalling XP home addition from the
> original CD on my computer hard drive there seems to be an issue with the
> USB ports. When I give the command to upgrade the USB drivers using the
> system Utilities CD, I receive a message that they already exist. Even 
> after
> replacing the drivers, the USB ports are not recognized. Also in the 
> Device
> Manager there are a few yellow question marks. How can I activate these
> drivers to get the USB ports working again?*
>
> *My system is a 5yr old Dell 4800 running XP Home addition. *
>
> *Donald DeWitt*
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