usb headset and usb wifi adapter conflicting?

[metastatic]

Hey guys,

In the past I have had no problems playing TF2 with my wifi usb adapter and usb plantronics gamercom pro1 headset. But starting sometime yesterday I noticed that if my headset is not plugged in, all the servers have great pings (< 50) and everything is as expected. But when I put in my headset and then load up TF2, the pings go up to like 300 and the game is now unplayable. What gives? The only thing I can think of is some possible usb conflict; any idea how I could get this fixed?

Not only is TF2 affected, but web pages load much much slower when the headset is plugged in.

If it helps, I am running Vista home premium.

Thanks

 

[Lafinass]

How many USB ports do you have in your system and is this the exact same arrangement that worked in the past? It's possible that your motherboard is splitting a single USB channel across two ports, some lower end boards will do this to expand 2 USB channels into 4 ports. If this is the case, it's like you've got both devices plugged into the same port and they aren't sharing well. Try moving the mic to a different plug.

Push comes to shove, a PCI USB card is a very cheap component and as long as you have the space for it is an easy solution.