usb hell

[BmcG]

I have just installed a new usb 2 card onto an old machine, running xppro sp2
but the motherboard is a gygabyte 440bx, will it be supported as I am now
getting blue screen of death as a result

[philo]

"BmcG" <u27022@uwe> wrote in message news:66b77e953574f@uwe...
> I have just installed a new usb 2 card onto an old machine, running xppro
sp2
> but the motherboard is a gygabyte 440bx, will it be supported as I am now
> getting blue screen of death as a result
>


try a different PCI slot

[BmcG via WindowsKB.com]

tried That, still no joy! Think the motherboard to old to support USB 2.
Trying to contact Gygabyte to see if that is right. Do you need High Speed
Hubs if you want your hub to run at high Speed?

philo wrote:
>> I have just installed a new usb 2 card onto an old machine, running xppro sp2
>> but the motherboard is a gygabyte 440bx, will it be supported as I am now
>> getting blue screen of death as a result
>
>try a different PCI slot

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[philo]

"BmcG via WindowsKB.com" <u27022@uwe> wrote in message
news:66c5d3bf17d7a@uwe...
> tried That, still no joy! Think the motherboard to old to support USB 2.


<snip>

In theory USB-2 should work on an older mobo...

It's a matter of OS support and drivers

[antioch]

"BmcG" <u27022@uwe> wrote in message news:66b77e953574f@uwe...
>I have just installed a new usb 2 card onto an old machine, running xppro
>sp2
> but the motherboard is a gygabyte 440bx, will it be supported as I am now
> getting blue screen of death as a result
>


BmcG
Have you visited the below link - good forum and very helpful the last time
I used them

http://www.everythingusb.com/

Rgds
Antioch