I am planning to buy a new extra PCI cards for additional 4 USB ports.
Do I need special, new drivers to work with these ports or are these
drivers always the same as the one for the standard USB ports which
are "built-in" on the motherboards?

Are there differences in handling under Win2000 vs Windows XP?

Are there differences in handling between PCI card based additional USB ports
and PCMCIA based additional USB ports?

Mbene

"Mbene Ovambo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I am planning to buy a new extra PCI cards for additional 4 USB ports.
> Do I need special, new drivers to work with these ports or are these
> drivers always the same as the one for the standard USB ports which
> are "built-in" on the motherboards?

No.

> Are there differences in handling under Win2000 vs Windows XP?

Don't know what you mean.

> Are there differences in handling between PCI card based additional USB
ports
> and PCMCIA based additional USB ports?

PCMCIA might be slower.

Marco

========================
Marc Reinig
UCO/Lick Observatory
Laboratory for Adaptive Optics

If you are currently running XP with SP2, the USB2.0 drivers are included
with the O/S.
--
Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com

"Mbene Ovambo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am planning to buy a new extra PCI cards for additional 4 USB ports.
> Do I need special, new drivers to work with these ports or are these
> drivers always the same as the one for the standard USB ports which
> are "built-in" on the motherboards?
>
> Are there differences in handling under Win2000 vs Windows XP?
>
> Are there differences in handling between PCI card based additional USB
> ports
> and PCMCIA based additional USB ports?
>
> Mbene
>
>

Usually PCI cards just use the Windows standard drivers on Win2k/XP. Check
the manufacturer's web site to see if they have a driver download for the
particular product you're interested in.

"Mbene Ovambo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:cvla73$546$02$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am planning to buy a new extra PCI cards for additional 4 USB ports.
> Do I need special, new drivers to work with these ports or are these
> drivers always the same as the one for the standard USB ports which
> are "built-in" on the motherboards?
>
> Are there differences in handling under Win2000 vs Windows XP?
>
> Are there differences in handling between PCI card based additional USB
> ports
> and PCMCIA based additional USB ports?
>
> Mbene
>

(E-Mail Removed) (Mbene Ovambo) wrote:

>I am planning to buy a new extra PCI cards for additional 4 USB ports.
>Do I need special, new drivers to work with these ports or are these
>drivers always the same as the one for the standard USB ports which
>are "built-in" on the motherboards?

No. Usually the PCI card will handle the USB ports itself. If a driver
is required, it will be shipped with the card.

>Are there differences in handling under Win2000 vs Windows XP?

No.

>Are there differences in handling between PCI card based additional USB ports
>and PCMCIA based additional USB ports?

Usually no. If you experience problems with running a specific USB via
the card, try connecting it to one of the original USB ports.
And make sure that the USB card supports USB 2.0 if you need this.

--
(tm)

It will often help to uninstall the original USB ports, hubs
and controllers, then install the new PCI card. When you
reboot, the hardware will be detected and the correct
drivers installed.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


"Thorsten Matzner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
| (E-Mail Removed) (Mbene Ovambo) wrote:
|
| >I am planning to buy a new extra PCI cards for additional
4 USB ports.
| >Do I need special, new drivers to work with these ports
or are these
| >drivers always the same as the one for the standard USB
ports which
| >are "built-in" on the motherboards?
|
| No. Usually the PCI card will handle the USB ports itself.
If a driver
| is required, it will be shipped with the card.
|
| >Are there differences in handling under Win2000 vs
Windows XP?
|
| No.
|
| >Are there differences in handling between PCI card based
additional USB ports
| >and PCMCIA based additional USB ports?
|
| Usually no. If you experience problems with running a
specific USB via
| the card, try connecting it to one of the original USB
ports.
| And make sure that the USB card supports USB 2.0 if you
need this.
|
| --
| (tm)

Windows 2000 did not handle USB 2.0 until SP4. If your new card is USB
2.0 (it almost certainly is), and you have SP4 installed, then W2K
will recognize the new hardware and install the proper drivers. If you
don't have SP4 installed, then install the drivers that come with the
card. Bear in mind that accessories that draw a lot of power from the
USB port might not work with the new card (the PCI bus won't deliver
as much power to the USB port as a motherboard would). This is
generally not a problem with USB accessories that draw power from the
mains (such as printers, scanners, etc.).

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:33:55 +0100, (E-Mail Removed) (Mbene Ovambo)
wrote:

>I am planning to buy a new extra PCI cards for additional 4 USB ports.
>Do I need special, new drivers to work with these ports or are these
>drivers always the same as the one for the standard USB ports which
>are "built-in" on the motherboards?
>
>Are there differences in handling under Win2000 vs Windows XP?
>
>Are there differences in handling between PCI card based additional USB ports
>and PCMCIA based additional USB ports?
>
>Mbene