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I Williamson

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Since: Jul 08, 2003
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2003 1:57 am
Post subject: USB PCI card problem
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I recently bought a USB printer for my girlfriend's computer intending
to use the onboard USB connector. I bought the USB backplate connector
and attached the plugs to the sockets on the mainboard. Unfortunately
the connection did not work.(I have tried plugging the connector in
both ways) I later found out via info acquired via the internet that
the USB connectors never worked on the brand of mobo she had (pcchips
m537) anyway. So I bought a 4 port USB 2.0 PCI card and installed it
on her machine. This also did not work. The card was recognised as new
hardware by Windows 98SE and the drivers were installed from the CD
supplied. Device manager showed no problems. An error message came up
stating the printer was not communicating with the port. I have tried
swapping the card to another PCI slot. The card was still not
operating. A known working USB device was also connected to the socket
with a working cable but to no avail. Then removed the card & drivers
entirely and installed a 2 port USB 1.1 PCI card - unsurprisingly this
also did not work. Does anyone have any idea why this is?
Machine specs; PCChips M537 mobo
32Mb EDO RAM
Windows 98SE
AMD K6 processor (I think)

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I Williamson
Sheffield
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Mangyrat

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2003 2:54 pm
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bad printer or usb cable? try it on a diferent sys
"I Williamson" <ian.RemoveThis@NOSPAMimwilliamson.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
news:i7emgvg56c35cqorrbu2jqobspr9t71ahq@4ax.com...
 > I recently bought a USB printer for my girlfriend's computer intending
 > to use the onboard USB connector. I bought the USB backplate connector
 > and attached the plugs to the sockets on the mainboard. Unfortunately
 > the connection did not work.(I have tried plugging the connector in
 > both ways) I later found out via info acquired via the internet that
 > the USB connectors never worked on the brand of mobo she had (pcchips
 > m537) anyway. So I bought a 4 port USB 2.0 PCI card and installed it
 > on her machine. This also did not work. The card was recognised as new
 > hardware by Windows 98SE and the drivers were installed from the CD
 > supplied. Device manager showed no problems. An error message came up
 > stating the printer was not communicating with the port. I have tried
 > swapping the card to another PCI slot. The card was still not
 > operating. A known working USB device was also connected to the socket
 > with a working cable but to no avail. Then removed the card & drivers
 > entirely and installed a 2 port USB 1.1 PCI card - unsurprisingly this
 > also did not work. Does anyone have any idea why this is?
 > Machine specs; PCChips M537 mobo
 > 32Mb EDO RAM
 > Windows 98SE
 > AMD K6 processor (I think)
 >
 > --
 > I Williamson
 > Sheffield
 > U.K.
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Craig12

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 12:56 am
Post subject: Re: USB PCI card problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"I Williamson" <ian.RemoveThis@NOSPAMimwilliamson.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
news:i7emgvg56c35cqorrbu2jqobspr9t71ahq@4ax.com...
 > I recently bought a USB printer for my girlfriend's computer intending
 > to use the onboard USB connector. I bought the USB backplate connector
 > and attached the plugs to the sockets on the mainboard. Unfortunately
 > the connection did not work.(I have tried plugging the connector in
 > both ways) I later found out via info acquired via the internet that
 > the USB connectors never worked on the brand of mobo she had (pcchips
 > m537) anyway. So I bought a 4 port USB 2.0 PCI card and installed it
 > on her machine. This also did not work. The card was recognised as new
 > hardware by Windows 98SE and the drivers were installed from the CD
 > supplied. Device manager showed no problems. An error message came up
 > stating the printer was not communicating with the port. I have tried
 > swapping the card to another PCI slot. The card was still not
 > operating. A known working USB device was also connected to the socket
 > with a working cable but to no avail. Then removed the card & drivers
 > entirely and installed a 2 port USB 1.1 PCI card - unsurprisingly this
 > also did not work. Does anyone have any idea why this is?
 > Machine specs; PCChips M537 mobo
 > 32Mb EDO RAM
 > Windows 98SE
 > AMD K6 processor (I think)
 >
 > --
 > I Williamson
 > Sheffield
 > U.K.
 >
Win98 has been know to be problematic with USB 2.0
I have a computer with a USB 2.0 4 port pci card,
with win98SE,WinME,Win200, XP Pro OS's (using OS Selector 8.0)
on one computer.

USB 2.0 has never worked well with USB 2.0.
Me and above works fine.
Computer is old IBM 300PL PIII 500, 256mb, 40gb. HD.

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Mangyrat

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 3:08 am
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sorry i missed the win 98 thing yea your out of luck with 98 and usb 2.0
best thing you can do is get win Me or xp but then you dont have the ram to
run xp and probly not me.
you realy need some ram for that sys as cheap as it is get 128 megs or so
and find a copy of win Me.

"I Williamson" <ian.RemoveThis@NOSPAMimwilliamson.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
news:i7emgvg56c35cqorrbu2jqobspr9t71ahq@4ax.com...
 > I recently bought a USB printer for my girlfriend's computer intending
 > to use the onboard USB connector. I bought the USB backplate connector
 > and attached the plugs to the sockets on the mainboard. Unfortunately
 > the connection did not work.(I have tried plugging the connector in
 > both ways) I later found out via info acquired via the internet that
 > the USB connectors never worked on the brand of mobo she had (pcchips
 > m537) anyway. So I bought a 4 port USB 2.0 PCI card and installed it
 > on her machine. This also did not work. The card was recognised as new
 > hardware by Windows 98SE and the drivers were installed from the CD
 > supplied. Device manager showed no problems. An error message came up
 > stating the printer was not communicating with the port. I have tried
 > swapping the card to another PCI slot. The card was still not
 > operating. A known working USB device was also connected to the socket
 > with a working cable but to no avail. Then removed the card & drivers
 > entirely and installed a 2 port USB 1.1 PCI card - unsurprisingly this
 > also did not work. Does anyone have any idea why this is?
 > Machine specs; PCChips M537 mobo
 > 32Mb EDO RAM
 > Windows 98SE
 > AMD K6 processor (I think)
 >
 > --
 > I Williamson
 > Sheffield
 > U.K.
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Craig12

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 1:49 pm
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"Craig" <nospam.TakeThisOut@nospam.biz> wrote in message
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 >
 > "I Williamson" <ian.TakeThisOut@NOSPAMimwilliamson.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
 > news:i7emgvg56c35cqorrbu2jqobspr9t71ahq@4ax.com...
  > > I recently bought a USB printer for my girlfriend's computer intending
  > > to use the onboard USB connector. I bought the USB backplate connector
  > > and attached the plugs to the sockets on the mainboard. Unfortunately
  > > the connection did not work.(I have tried plugging the connector in
  > > both ways) I later found out via info acquired via the internet that
  > > the USB connectors never worked on the brand of mobo she had (pcchips
  > > m537) anyway. So I bought a 4 port USB 2.0 PCI card and installed it
  > > on her machine. This also did not work. The card was recognised as new
  > > hardware by Windows 98SE and the drivers were installed from the CD
  > > supplied. Device manager showed no problems. An error message came up
  > > stating the printer was not communicating with the port. I have tried
  > > swapping the card to another PCI slot. The card was still not
  > > operating. A known working USB device was also connected to the socket
  > > with a working cable but to no avail. Then removed the card & drivers
  > > entirely and installed a 2 port USB 1.1 PCI card - unsurprisingly this
  > > also did not work. Does anyone have any idea why this is?
  > > Machine specs; PCChips M537 mobo
  > > 32Mb EDO RAM
  > > Windows 98SE
  > > AMD K6 processor (I think)
  > >
  > > --
  > > I Williamson
  > > Sheffield
  > > U.K.
  > >
 > Win98 has been know to be problematic with USB 2.0
 > I have a computer with a USB 2.0 4 port pci card,
 > with win98SE,WinME,Win200, XP Pro OS's (using OS Selector 8.0)
 > on one computer.
 >
 > USB 2.0 has never worked well with USB 2.0.
 > Me and above works fine.
 > Computer is old IBM 300PL PIII 500, 256mb, 40gb. HD.
 >
 > Craig
 >
 >
Errr...Should say USB 2.0 has never worked well with Win98SE.

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I Williamson

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 3:16 am
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On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 00:08:51 -0400, "Mangyrat"
<gmckean.RemoveThis@homexpressway.net> wrote:

 >sorry i missed the win 98 thing yea your out of luck with 98 and usb 2.0
 >best thing you can do is get win Me or xp but then you dont have the ram to
 >run xp and probly not me.
 >you realy need some ram for that sys as cheap as it is get 128 megs or so
 >and find a copy of win Me.
Thanks to both replies to my problem. It is appreciated.
I think that my only solution is going to be another computer. I have
been offered a PII with USB quite cheap (shop owner clearing stockroom
space) and will probably sell/give away the old one. It has given good
service but is getting a bit long in the tooth now.
Sheffield
U.K.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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J.A.S.

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 4:59 am
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USB 2.0 will work with 98se. I install 4 ports cards, Belkin and Buslink
into computers all the time and they work fine. The issue is the drivers for
the device attaching to the computer, not the drivers for the USB card.
I always keep my Plextor 2.0 USB drivers with me when I do installs. I have
used them even with 98 First edition.
Check the printer manufacturer to make sure it supports 2.0.
Hope this helps.
J.A.S.

"I Williamson" <ian RemoveThis @NOSPAMimwilliamson.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 00:08:51 -0400, "Mangyrat"
 > <gmckean RemoveThis @homexpressway.net> wrote:
 >
  > >sorry i missed the win 98 thing yea your out of luck with 98 and usb 2.0
  > >best thing you can do is get win Me or xp but then you dont have the ram
to
  > >run xp and probly not me.
  > >you realy need some ram for that sys as cheap as it is get 128 megs or so
  > >and find a copy of win Me.
 > Thanks to both replies to my problem. It is appreciated.
 > I think that my only solution is going to be another computer. I have
 > been offered a PII with USB quite cheap (shop owner clearing stockroom
 > space) and will probably sell/give away the old one. It has given good
 > service but is getting a bit long in the tooth now.
 > Sheffield
 > U.K.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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