TYAN S2676 USB and Card Reader

Hi, I hope someone can help.

I have a Tyan s2676 with two Xeon CPUs and BIOS 2.01. The PC is new and stable, but my newly installed Sitecom USB2 card reader which is plugged into a back USB2 socket will only transfer a few files before failing often with a Win XP 'USB device not recongnized' error.

The card reader will then sometimes some back up itself but then the pattern repeats.

Is it worth upgrading to BIOS 2.02?

If so how do I do it without a floppy drive?

Any other ideas? Thanks