503+ USB 2.0 card not recognized, calling all wizards/gurus!

External Since: Jul 24, 2003 Posts: 1

I built a 503 for my father awhile back, current configuration:

503+, 1.2 (I think, how do you tell?)
BIOS 1.15JE36
AMD K6-2/500 mhz
2 sticks Micron 64 meg ram, PC100
Matrox Mystique PCI video, 4 megs
Viewsonic 17' Monitor
ActionTec PCI Modem
SoundBlaster 16 ISA sound card (replaced a PCI Monster sound card)
IBM 8 gig hd, boot drive
Maxtor 12 gig hd, second drive
TDK 16/10/40 cd burner
Microsoft infared (?) mouse on mouse port
IBM PS/2 keyboard
Windows 98SE
4in1 driver version 4.35
Microsoft and VIA usb filter patches
Epson dot matrix printer on LPT1

My father wants to get one on the new multi-function printers. As they are USB I
purchased a generic riser/slot cover to use the motherboard usb. After reading some of
the posts here I decided maybe that would not be too good so I purhcased a Belkin usb 2.0
2 port pci card. All the pci slots were full so I removed a Diamond Monster pci sound
card, replaced it with the sb16 card and placed the usb card in that slot. When I turned
the machine back on, Windows did not see it to install it. I told it to seach for
hardware and it still could not find the usb card but it found the sb16 ok. I traded
places with the pci modem and still no luck. I upgraed the 4in1 drivers and installed the
usb filters. Nothing.

And ideas? Is there another card that would be more compatible? Should I try a usb 1.1
card? I would prefer the usb 2.0 speed for the scanner. Is my bios too old? Is there a
setting in the bios that needs to be changed? BTW, to be sure the card was seated all the
way I removed the back plate for purposes of the install. When I get it to work I will
put the plate back on.

Thanks for your help. This upgrade is driving me a little crazy. When I get it done I
have a TNT2, 32 meg agp to install, hope that goes easier <g>. Other than this, this
has been an adequate setup for him.

Fred Endow
Idaho

External Since: Jul 10, 2003 Posts: 18

Hello Fred:
I seem to recall someone before on here using a Belkin PCI USB card, but
don't remember for sure. I used an off brand "Best Ports" or something like
that, USB 2.0 PCI card with the NEC chipset because I had heard about
problems with PCI cards using the VIA USB chipset. When you removed the
original sound card, did you go through the proper Windows 98 procedure- go
to Device Manager and remove the sound card there first, then shut down the
PC and physically remove it? You should always do swaps like this one step
at a time, and always shut down the computer and restart it before adding a
new piece of hardware, to give Windows a chance to realize that the old one
is actually gone. Then, shut down again and install the new device, and
restart. Also, does the driver for the Belkin USB card say it is for
Windows 98? You have to get a driver from the card manufacturer, MS is not
providing USB 2.0 device drivers. I had to do some searching on the
internet before I found a driver for Win98SE that worked with my USB card.
Robert
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> I built a 503 for my father awhile back, current configuration:
>
> 503+, 1.2 (I think, how do you tell?)
> BIOS 1.15JE36
> AMD K6-2/500 mhz
> 2 sticks Micron 64 meg ram, PC100
> Matrox Mystique PCI video, 4 megs
> Viewsonic 17' Monitor
> ActionTec PCI Modem
> SoundBlaster 16 ISA sound card (replaced a PCI Monster sound card)
> IBM 8 gig hd, boot drive
> Maxtor 12 gig hd, second drive
> TDK 16/10/40 cd burner
> Microsoft infared (?) mouse on mouse port
> IBM PS/2 keyboard
> Windows 98SE
> 4in1 driver version 4.35
> Microsoft and VIA usb filter patches
> Epson dot matrix printer on LPT1
>
> My father wants to get one on the new multi-function printers. As they
are USB I
> purchased a generic riser/slot cover to use the motherboard usb. After
reading some of
> the posts here I decided maybe that would not be too good so I purhcased a
Belkin usb 2.0
> 2 port pci card. All the pci slots were full so I removed a Diamond
Monster pci sound
> card, replaced it with the sb16 card and placed the usb card in that slot.
When I turned
> the machine back on, Windows did not see it to install it. I told it to
seach for
> hardware and it still could not find the usb card but it found the sb16
ok. I traded
> places with the pci modem and still no luck. I upgraed the 4in1 drivers
and installed the
> usb filters. Nothing.
>
> And ideas? Is there another card that would be more compatible? Should I
try a usb 1.1
> card? I would prefer the usb 2.0 speed for the scanner. Is my bios too
old? Is there a
> setting in the bios that needs to be changed? BTW, to be sure the card
was seated all the
> way I removed the back plate for purposes of the install. When I get it
to work I will
> put the plate back on.
>
> Thanks for your help. This upgrade is driving me a little crazy. When I
get it done I
> have a TNT2, 32 meg agp to install, hope that goes easier <g>. Other
than this, this
> has been an adequate setup for him.
>
> Fred Endow
> Idaho