re: drivers for usb card
Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 8:03 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(673 messages posted)
As Windows 98 does not have built-in support for USB 2.0, you must install an add-in
USB 2.0 PCI Card and a Windows 98 compatible driver.
It is prudent to buy a PCI card that (a) has an NEC chipset, as that chipset has
the widest compatibility with older motherboards, and (b) that comes with a driver
file for Windows 98.
Such third party drivers ONLY work with Win 98SE (Second Edition), not with the original
"first edition" release of Windows 98, a.k.a. "Windows 98 Gold".
In practice, to use an add-on USB 2.0 PCI card in Windows 98 you must buy one that
comes with a USB 2.0 driver file for Windows 98. Not all of them come with
that. You may have bought the wrong type!
Subject to that, start the computer normally and then open the Device Manager: Go
to START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM and click on the tab marked "Device
Manager".
Look at the entry for the USB device. Is there a yellow exclamation mark or a question
mark against it? If so, proceed as follows.
Windows 98 wants to update the driver:
The reason why there is a question mark or exclamation mark is that Windows 98 needs
to update the driver, because you are currently using the WRONG driver file or because
no driver file has been installed.
You may need to obtain a driver file from the Card's manufacturer, a file that is
actually *stated* to be for use with Windows 98.
The current driver file you have (if any) is NOT for Windows 98 if it is not being
recognised by Device Manager.
Go to the website of the Card's manufacturer and download a driver file for Windows
98 to your Desktop.
Try manually updating the driver:
Highlight the device in question in Device Manager, then click PROPERTIES and go
through the procedure for manually updating the driver. Manufacturers typically supply
several driver files, and it is possible you have installed the wrong one.
The newest driver is NOT necessarily the one to go for. You may need to install an
older one, dated prior to the release of Windows XP.
Some possible locations to point the update function (i.e. the update wizard) to,
when trying to find the correct file, are:
C:\WINDOWS
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
C:\WINDOWS\IOSUBSYS
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS
An alternative: Delete the Card's entry in Device Manager, and reboot. On the reboot
the plug-and-play wizard will automatically re-install the Card with the correct
drivers, if they exist on your system.
Another alternative: Reboot into SAFE mode (press F5 or F8 on restarting the computer)
and open Device Manager. Delete any "ghost" entries (those which only show up in
Safe Mode), as they can cause a conflict with other installed device drivers. Then
reboot normally.
Note - Sometimes a deletion of ONLY the "ghost" entries is not effective, in which
case a possible solution is to delete ALL devices, *including* the "ghost" entries,
from Device Manager, while in Safe Mode; and then reboot normally. You MUST have
all of the disks that came with each device on hand, in order to reinstall the devices!
In the unlikely event that something goes wrong you will be able to reload one of
the five backups of your Windows Registry, using the SCANREG /RESTORE command
at the DOS prompt.
Ed
On Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 1:37 am, J Johansson wrote:
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