Big E wrote:
Paul -
Hmmm... After all this jacking around, the onboard SiS Open Host Controllers
show up correctly in under USB Controllers in Device Manager again instead of
Other Devices as was the case there for a while but, alas, the drivers can't
be found by Windows when I enable them.

I'll have to compare the device IDs to what's in the .inf file and then to
the list on Sourceforge. At a quick first glance, the VEN/DEVs are correct. I
didn't look at subsys yet or the compatible ID list in Device Manager.

One question - Is the Matching Device ID shown in Device Manager/Details
from the .inf files? The USB Controllers and audio card that won't install
don't show one. All the other devices do.

I won't be able to dig any further into this for a couple days but I'll post
what I find. If it will help, I can upload screenshots to MediaFire and post
the links. I really appreciate your thoughts on this.

Thanks

I hadn't really looked at it in that much detail. On trying a few menu entries
from the Details in Device Manager, it looks like the info is derived from
something. I don't typically rely on Device Manager for that anyway, because
Everest makes it easier to quickly review the entries (fewer clicks).

If you look at the Everest info, it almost looks like all devices in the
Devices:PCI are having their config space data shown. So it looks more like
an attempt to read each hardware device directly.

USB 1.1 drivers should have been present in the original WinXP (dunno about
completeness of all brands and instances of USB devices though). SP1 added
USB 2.0 drivers. If the USB drivers won't install, some other software
failing is preventing it. The trick is to figure out what is doing it.
Any error messages, or things you can find in log files, might help.
You'd be surprised how many .log files there are floating around in
there.

For example, if you're having trouble sleeping at night, start reading
the "setupapi.log" file :-) Mine is half a megabyte. I see a few USB
entries.

Paul