Oh well for anyone that's following this mostly one-sided conversation !
I've just put my tester (continuity) on the card. The pin header
immediately behind the internal USB port is, (surprise surprise), an
internal USB pin header. ... the 8 pin header JP3 is, (surprise
surprise), an internal firewire pin header i.e. 6 contacts inside the
internal firewire socket each connect to six of the eight pins on the JP3
pin header. Now, buried deep in my hd somewhere is pin-out diagram for a
firewire plug !
....and I've read even more, on the web, from LOTS of people that are having
problems with this card in XP SP2 machines !
apparantly the 1394 part is detected by XP and works okay but, the USB side
is problematic.
....I think I may plug it in and see what happens !
....wouldn't it have been nice if it had come with some instructions, and the
correct drivers if required, ...maybe they are the correct drivers !
regards, Richard
"RJK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> ...scratch that, ...looks like an old SP1 job !
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> regards, Richard
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> "RJK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> After further hunting:-
>> It looks like the card & USB driver is this one:-
>> http://it.us.syba.com/support_downlo...73-0108-1.html
>> ...and the 1394 VIA chip driver XP knows all about :-)
>>
>> regards, Richard
>>
>>
>> "RJK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> http://forums.viaarena.com/messagevi...&enterthread=y
>>>
>>> ...was interesting, ..i.e. lets Windows go onto the web to find driver,
>>> if there is no native driver !
>>> ...forgot about that, ...again !!
>>>
>>> regards, richard
>>>
>>>
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>>> "RJK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>>> ps
>>>> Whilst reading up on the thing, I found lots of discussions where
>>>> people were having trouble installing this card, and after taking an
>>>> initial look around the driver cd that came with it, and noticing that
>>>> the VIA VT* chip no's on the driver cd didn't match up with those on
>>>> the pci card, I though I'd do a bit more rummaging and post here as
>>>> well.
>>>>
>>>> regards, Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "RJK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:uxUZlfE$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> Thanks for your response, comments inserted ....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Lil' Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>> news:O$RV0VE$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>>> "RJK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:OmbvawD$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>>>> Hello, I bought this one, :-
>>>>>>> http://tekgems.com/Products/la-pci13.htm (not from here btw)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ...and thought I'd do a little research, and a restore point ! ,
>>>>>>> before fitting it.
>>>>>>> ...partly because I have a card reader in a 3 1/4" drive bay
>>>>>>> connected to a motherboard USB pin header - drive letters I:\
>>>>>>> through L:\ atm
>>>>>>> ...2 IDE hd's on IDE1 - drives C:\ through H:\
>>>>>>> ...2 dvd/cd rewriters - drives X:\ and Z:\ (because I got fed up
>>>>>>> with them moving around.)
>>>>>>> ...a USB pen drive that always seems to appear as drive O:\ for
>>>>>>> some reason.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...+vt6214l&meta=
>>>>>>> http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx...0&SubCatID=122
>>>>>>> http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/pe...ls/usb/vt6214/
>>>>>>> ...above links seem to indicate that the two Via VT6306 and VT6214L
>>>>>>> chips are already supported in XP (...mine is SP2 updated),
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ...driver cd that came with it seems to be for something else !
>>>>>>> ...anyone know what the 2x4 / 8 pin header "JP3" near the internal
>>>>>>> firewire port is for ? ...and what the 5 pin header next to the
>>>>>>> internal USB port is for :-) !
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> any tips appreciated:-
>>>>>>> TIA
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> regards, Richard
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> External PC drive bays are 5.25" or 3.5".
>>>>>
>>>>> hair splitter ! <vbg> (I'm getting old !)
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is a USB 2.0 driver for the chipset on the driver CD per your
>>>>>> first link.
>>>>>
>>>>> I did look carefully through what's on the cd, and theres drivers for
>>>>> Via chips 6202 and 6212 which didn't seem to match up with the 6306
>>>>> and 6214L ic's on the card.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Due to size of pictures, I am unable to determine where JP3 is on the
>>>>>> card. Maybe someone else will have better luck.
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>> Ebay item no. 330167036203 has a good picture ? ...This particular
>>>>> card seems to be avialable in millions !
>>>>>
>>>>> regards, Richard
>>>>>
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