Re: K7S5A and USB 2.0

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ALE" <too much junk> wrote:

> My OS is WIN 98 SE on a ESC K7S5A motherboard.
>
> The computer runs fine but I just tried to add a USB 2.0 PCI card.
>
> With the card in any slot, the computer will not boot. It gets to starting
> WIN 98, pauses for awhile and then restarts and goes to SAFE MODE.

It doesn't boot, but it boots to Safe Mode. Hmmm...

> If I use F8 at startup and select booting from the drive with WIN XP
> everything works fine.

> Is it possible to use a USB 2.0 PCI card in WIN 98?
>
> The card came in a box that says: For BEST Ports Connection.
> It has the certified hi-speed USB label, 4 external ports, 1 internal
port,
> and uses a VIA chipset.

VIA USB 2.0 works fine with Win98, even when the instructions say you need
98SE.

Do you have the VIA USB filter (not just the driver) installed
(www.viaarena.com)?
I don't know if it's needed with a plug-in card, but it doesn't do any harm.

I would completely uninstall the USB driver software, reboot without the
card,
and reinstall the driver software. Then reboot again after reinstalling the
card.

Some boxes say one thing but contain something else. So did you really
get a VIA chipset (VT6202 or VT6212), which is oblong, as opposed another
brand, which would be square?



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