Any Alternatives to : Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Notebook Card ?

[veritas]

Hello ,

I have XP SP2.

I just bought a Samsung SCX-4200 Laser jet printer . It needs USB 2.0 . On
my notebook I only have 4 USB 1.1 slots .

I do have a card slot . So I buy the " Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Notebook Card
" . Printer would not work until I downloaded

the latest driver . For some reason I had difficulty getting the driver to
install because it would stop in the middle of the installation

and tell me a " This is a Windows STOP MESSAGE " . When I installed the
driver ( eventually ) everything worked ok until today .

Now my laptop does not recognize that I even have this Belkin card installed
.. Is this card faulty now ; is it my computer ?

Are there any other alternatives I could try to get my printer to work on my
3 yr old laptop ?

Thanks for any help in advance .

 

[Guest]

To install the boards usb controller,one must install the boards chipset
installation
utility,get that from the mfg web site (intel,amd,etc)...

 

[veritas]

To install the boards usb controller,one must install the boards chipset
installation
utility,get that from the mfg web site (intel,amd,etc)...

I have a Intel Pentium 4 . How do I get the information to do this ?

By-the-way , the laptop is a 3 yr old Northgate . An American firm that went
out of
business in April 2005 .

 

[veritas]

I went to to Intel site and download the chipset identification utility and
I get the message that "
Intel® Chipset Identification Utility
System Information

This system does not contain an Intel Chipset

"

But I know I am running a Pentium 4 ..????

 

[veritas]

To install the boards usb controller,one must install the boards chipset
installation
utility,get that from the mfg web site (intel,amd,etc)...

Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 63-0620-009999-00101111-040201-SiS650$G731For Lan Plus SIS650
BIOS
Motherboard Name Unknown

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel NetBurst
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 100 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 400 MHz
Bandwidth 3200 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties
Bus Type SiS MuTIOL
Bus Width 16-bit

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BIOS Properties
BIOS Type AMI
System BIOS Date 10/11/02
Video BIOS Date 09/23/20

BIOS Manufacturer
Company Name American Megatrends Inc.
Product Information http://www.ami.com/amibios

Problems & Suggestions
Suggestion System BIOS is more than 2 years old. Update it if necessary.

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[veritas]

To install the boards usb controller,one must install the boards chipset
installation
utility,get that from the mfg web site (intel,amd,etc)...

The Manufacturer ID of the motherboard is 9999 and is unlisted .

It is probably a Taiwanese motherboard .

What do I do now ?

In the meantime I ordered a replacement Belkin card like the original just
in case something is wrong

with the card .

 

[Guest]

I see from your other post you have a new Belkin card on the way, hope it
does the trick..
You might check here for support, (http://www.supportfornorthgate.com/)
though I'm not impressed at all with this outfit, if it was my call, I would
get another laptop from a solid & reputable OEM with decent support options..
Click on the "about us" tab and you get no info about the company at all,
that's just outrageous, and inexcusable.. Maybe just a bad link, but not a
good omen none the less..

I know, getting a new laptop is easier said than done, aye mate..?
Cheers
j;-j