USB/Firewire card

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Susan Miller

I have a USB/Firewire card I bought a while ago to increase the number
of slots on my computer. I plugged it into the old board and it never
worked (windows didn't even detect it had been added).

Ultra ULT40109 8-Port USB 2.0/Firewire Combo PCI Card - 4 External USB
2.0, 1 Internal USB 2.0, 2 External Firewire, 1 Internal Firewire Port
MPN: ULT40109

I'm plugging it into my new board and the same thing happens. It
occurs to me it may need to have a cable run from the unit to one of
the motherboard's internal USB jacks (and possibly a firewire jack).
Is this likely? If so, what sort of cable(s) do I buy (the card didn't
come with a cable, I still have the box and double-checked).

Sue
 
Susan said:
I have a USB/Firewire card I bought a while ago to increase the number
of slots on my computer. I plugged it into the old board and it never
worked (windows didn't even detect it had been added).
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That's either a bad card or a bad insertion or a bad slot.
Ultra ULT40109 8-Port USB 2.0/Firewire Combo PCI Card - 4 External USB
2.0, 1 Internal USB 2.0, 2 External Firewire, 1 Internal Firewire Port
MPN: ULT40109
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Ultra page http://snipr.com/u57es
I'm plugging it into my new board and the same thing happens.
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That sounds ominous for the card. We trust the inserter :-)
It
occurs to me it may need to have a cable run from the unit to one of
the motherboard's internal USB jacks (and possibly a firewire jack).
Is this likely?
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No. The card *provides* internal firewire & usb (in addition to
external), it doesn't /require/ firewire or usb from the mobo.
If so, what sort of cable(s) do I buy (the card didn't
come with a cable, I still have the box and double-checked).
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One person commenting in the ultra review section said that he had
trouble installing the card -- something about the arrangement of the
usb/s caused him to have to make physical modification near the PCI slot
that I don't exactly/ at all/ picture from his description.

Is the card going into the slot nicely?

Another person who said he had to return the card didn't know what he
was talking about.
 
That's either a bad card or a bad insertion or a bad slot.


Ultra page http://snipr.com/u57es


That sounds ominous for the card. We trust the inserter :-)
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*LOL* I'm not sure you should ;). But, I appreciate the vote of
confidence.
No. The card *provides* internal firewire & usb (in addition to
external), it doesn't /require/ firewire or usb from the mobo.
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That's what I thought but then it occured to me that people often have
problems plugging usb devices into add-on cards because of the lack of
power. So, I was thinking _maybe_ there was some sort of cable I
needed to plug in to draw power off the motherboard.
One person commenting in the ultra review section said that he had
trouble installing the card -- something about the arrangement of the
usb/s caused him to have to make physical modification near the PCI slot
that I don't exactly/ at all/ picture from his description.

Is the card going into the slot nicely?

Another person who said he had to return the card didn't know what he
was talking about.
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I bought a new motherboard with quite a few USB ports so I think I'll
just toss the card. It's over a year old (just been sitting in the
old case doing nothing but taking up an otherwise unused slot). I was
just looking for things I could plug into each slot on this MB to test
all the slots are good.

Sue
 
Susan said:
I was
just looking for things I could plug into each slot on this MB to test
all the slots are good.
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I would consider that ultra card not a good choice for that test :-/

I have a couple of old sound cards lying around here somewhere which
would also not be good test subjects :-)
 
I would consider that ultra card not a good choice for that test :-/

I have a couple of old sound cards lying around here somewhere which
would also not be good test subjects :-)
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Yeah, I figured that out ;). My cheap turtle beach sound card is doing
the job.

Sue
 
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