re: USB device doesn't show in Device Manager & pics on website
Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by combsy1992
(3 messages posted)
Duh..... this is a Windows 98SE Second Edition too... Last device listed is Universal
Serial Bus Controller with two drop downs labeled AMD 756 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
& USB Root Hub......double duh.... I am not to computer savvy as I am positive you
can tell :) I did contact my web designer who built and set up my site and she has
assured me all will be well there too so thanks for your info also. Gateway has
advised us that if we cannot save that they will help us to clear out and upgrade
to a different Windows I am leaning that way but I am so sad to lose my pictures.
I have thought about just keeping this one as it is but we have so many problems
and the pictures do me no good just stuck on computer.
The FreeAgent external
drive comes with a small foldout page that consists of p1) This won't take long,
p2) Take out your FreeAgent desktop drive and cords out of the package 0:39, p3)Plug
in the power crd 0:59, p4)Plug in the USB cable.1:11, p5) A few seconds after your
FreeAgent desktop drive lights up, you're ready to go. 1:36, p6) Please Enjoy .....
LOL...:-) and two days of trying and finding no phone number for support has rendered
this pretty much useless for me
:-( Thanks for helping me.
Kim
On Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 5:01 pm, gewg_ wrote:
>|My system is a Microsoft Windows 98 Special Edition
>| combsy1992 (Kim)
>|
>Mine is special too--but *it* is called Second Edition. 8-)
>
>|There is NO working USB controller showing in the Device Manager
>|
>A pretty good indicator that one needs to be installed.
>
>|that I can find searching for those specific words.
>|
>"Universal Serial Bus controllers"--alphabetically last on the list.
>
> What "mounted" means in the hardware sense
> (not what UNIX refers to as "mounted"):
>physically bolted into the computer's chassis
>and connected with the proper cabling.
>
>This is seperate and distinct from...
>
> What "installed" means (in the computer world--to include Windoze):
>A DEVICE DRIVER (a small bit of software) has been loaded
>as an adapto-kit between the hardware and the operating system.
>*These* are what show up in Device Manager--not hardware.
>
>When the hardware is physically connected to the system
>and the OS doesn't find a driver for it
>(or every time you boot with the device connected without a valid driver),
>the OS should bitch about that.
>Some USB hardware requires that the device driver be installed *first*.
>Read the paperwork that came with yours.
>
>
>|I am so stuck now I am worried about what will happen to my Reborn website
>|and pictures I have uploaded there.
>|
>It is unlikely that the website is on your computer.
>It is likely on a "server" which is at the location of your site's "host".
>As long as you pay your hosting bills, everything should be fine.
>
>If this is on your ISP's site, in the X megabytes of space
>that they have allotted to your account, just continue to pay them.
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