re: drivers for usb card
Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(659 messages posted)
Sorry for the delay in replying. I was off having a think about the problem.
Firstly, anti-static precautions: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winme/1176533789
Secondly, you need to be aware that USB 2.0 PCI cards are not freely interchangeable.
A PCI card with USB 2.0 ports will be incompatible with some motherboards.
This is a fact of life!
To have the best chance of success, fit a PCI card which has an NEC chipset on it.
These cards have the widest compatibility with the many different types of motherboard
found in Win98 computers.
Thirdly, your comment "Came with drivers on a CD which I installed once the PCI
card was in pace". Bad move! Standard procedure is to always install the software
first, then switch off; install the PCI card; then start up normally.
You can still do that. Uninstall the software, take out the PCI card with the computer
switched off, and try that. While doing so, you might cure the fault anyway, if the
fault is...
Fourthly, the fault may be that the PCI card is not properly seated in the slot.
So take it out and try again, paying careful attention to the seating of the connector
in the motherboard slot.
Finally, you will NOT see an extra drive in the computer, until you plug something
into the USB ports! A USB port is NOT a drive. It is merely an empty port. You wouldn't
expect to see your printer if it wasn't plugged into the computer, would you?
Ed
On Sunday, November 11, 2007 at 2:38 pm, J Johsnsson wrote:
>Annoyance: Ed.
>1. The subject is a Viscom USB 20 4-Port PCI Card.
>Came with drivers on a CD which I installed once the PCI card was in pace.
>
>2.The PCI card is for Windows 98 SE, Me, 200 and XP, This computer’s OS is
a
>Win. 98 SE.
>3.Check in the Device Manager for an exclamation mark on the usb device. There
are
>no remarks all seem well.
>
>4.Delete files and restart computer. I did this well before I appealed for help,
>even though the drivers had no yellow remarks against them.
>
>5. In the Device Manager Select the device for updating. I did this as well and
>the computers reaction to this was: “The drivers are up-to-date.”
>
>6. In addition, the PCI card was purchased from and in consultation with a licensed
>Microsoft technician with many years of experience. The pity thing is I bought
this
>from him on the other side of the globe
>
>· Features of the USB 2.0
>
>· externa USB2.0 ports
>
>· EHCI based 480 Mbps USB 2.0 compliant
>
>· OHCI based 12 Mbps USB 1.1 compliant
>
>· USB ports auto speed selectable
>
>· Each port supplies 500 mA power
>
>· Support both USB 2.0 and 1.1 devices
>
>· Easy plug and play installation and device connection
>
>· Fully backward compatible with USB 1.1/1.0 devices
>
>· USB 2.0 high-speed drivers for Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 & XP
>7.The question in my mind : Why do I not see an additional drive in my computer?
> Surely as well as we have drive C, D, printer, including the Zip drive which
is
>assigned drive E, there should be a drive F for the USB. Should this not come automatically
>after the installation of the PCI? Could this be the reason why the computer cannot
>identify the memory when I plug it in?
>The usb memory I am trying to plug in is a USB 2.0 Flash Disk USB2.0
>Many thanks. Janet
>
>
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