USB2 Controller PCI Card

[Scorpio]

I recently bought a USB adapter which can play external EIDE
devices, such as Hard Disks and CD/DVD ROMs. The adapter is
capable of USB2 high speeds but since my PC is not, the
external devices run at very slow speeds. So I purchased a
USB2.0 Controller PCI Card which I am trying to instal and
get to work. My O.S. is Windows XP Pro. Should I install the
drivers first and then boot up with the Card fitted into a
PCI slot, or will Windows XP automatically detect the card
and ask for the drivers? The reason I am posting this
question is that when I installed the card in the PC's spare
PCI slot, Windows would not load up. I got the BIOS sound
and then saw a few lines indicating that the hard drives
were being checked, and then I got a black screen with no
further activity. When I removed the card the PC booted up
all right. Thinking that the PCI slot was faulty I tried
another slot which I knew was working, but the same thing
happened. Hence my question whether the driver installation
should precede the hardware. Any views and also comments
from folks who have installed a USB2 Controller card would
be most welcome. Please post replies in the newsgroup.

 

[Rich Barry]

It seems like WinXP prefers installing the software first for USB
devices. If you have not updated XP with
SP1 then do so before you proceed. You can get it here.
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp