No response from USB 2.0 PCI card

[DJ]

Windows XP Pro. Pentium II, Acer motherboard.

I cannot get my PC to even acknowledge that I have put this PCI card in.

I have installed SP1, which did not help.
I have tried numerous drivers that I downloaded plus the ones on the CD that
came with the card. Plus updated drivers from the Belkin website. Nothing.

Is my motherboard too old? The card needs PCI 2.1, I do not know what my m/b
has. Motherboard is m11e Acer.

I have tried putting the card in different PCI slots. I have made sure the
card is seated properly in the slot. I have removed network card (I don't
use it), etc.

I have tried changing around the IRQs in the BIOS, etc.

The card is a Belkin Dual-port PCI card Hi-Speed USB 2.0
The motherboard has 2 USB 1.1 ports built in. I cannot find a way through
the BIOS to disable these to see if that is why the card won't work.

Any help would be appreciated. I've been scouring the 'net for two days with
no results.

 

[Graham]

-----Original Message-----
Windows XP Pro. Pentium II, Acer motherboard.

I cannot get my PC to even acknowledge that I have put this PCI card in.

I have installed SP1, which did not help.
I have tried numerous drivers that I downloaded plus the ones on the CD that
came with the card. Plus updated drivers from the Belkin website. Nothing.

Is my motherboard too old? The card needs PCI 2.1, I do not know what my m/b
has. Motherboard is m11e Acer.

I have tried putting the card in different PCI slots. I have made sure the
card is seated properly in the slot. I have removed network card (I don't
use it), etc.

I have tried changing around the IRQs in the BIOS, etc.

The card is a Belkin Dual-port PCI card Hi-Speed USB 2.0
The motherboard has 2 USB 1.1 ports built in. I cannot find a way through
the BIOS to disable these to see if that is why the card won't work.

Any help would be appreciated. I've been scouring the 'net for two days with
no results.


.
I just had the same problem on a different main board. I

had to enable auto IRQ for USB to get it to work. Maybee
your mainboard has the same type of function. Coul dit be
on dip switches/jumpers?

 

[Bob Harris]

When you say that the PC does not scknowledge the USB
card, do you mean that the POST does not show the card or
that XP's device manager does not see it? If the former,
then the problem is more fundamental than drivers, SP1,
etc.

Reboot and go into the BIOS setup. Look for something
like a quick startup or short POST. Turn that OFF. Then,
reboot and watch the screen for some mention of the PCI
card, or the IRQ assignment. Most hardware gets listed in
the BIOS testing that happens when the PC is rebooted.
Typically the video car is first, then the RAM, then the
hard drive, then CDROM, then PCI cards. But, the order
may be different on your PC.

You might also want to try a free program called AIDA32,
which can produce dozens of pages of info about your PC's
hardware: http://www.aida32.hu/proguide/en/proguide.htm

Finally, have you tried the card in another, more modern,
computer? If it also fails to be recognized there, maybe
the card is bad?