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Old September 29th 04, 02:31 AM
PNW girl
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Posts: n/a
Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in D

The sound card seems fine and I'm loving it. I removed all files that I
found that I had installed for the USB 2.0, removed it, brought my system
back up, installed the driver, shut down, reinstalled the PCI card, rebooted.

My system said it found a USB hardware device but it went too slow for me to
know exactly what it said. Then the message went away.

I am still getting the PCI input device error at startup: can't install the
hardware because doesn't know about driver. It is still showing up in device
manager as a PCI input device with the yellow question mark.

Do I need to change my BIOS or anything else to enable the Hi-Speed USB to
be recognized? If so, how do I do this? Is there anything else I can do?

The frustrating thing is that the instructions on the CD rom do not match
what is happening. There is no autoinstall or set up on this CD. It only
prompts me to install Adobe reader so that I can read the instructions, so I
cancel that as I already have an updated reader. The instructions just say
to click on the icon. Well, which icon? There are 3 icons! I've installed
all three and each time, the same filename is used as the install file name.
This is very confusing. What am I installing?

Help please. Your time spent on this subject is very much appreciated.

"namniar" wrote:

Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.


"namniar" this@that wrote in message
...
Translation: Two USB ports in the back (which you have found and cannot
be physically removed, as well as, two USB ports in the front of the case
likely under some form of plastic bezel probably around the power button
and/or cd tray. These may or may not be removable depending on if they
are part of the mainboard or connected via cables - regardless there is no
point in physically removing them.

Regarding the USB / Soundcard: Remove both, reboot, use system restore to
get to a point before installing / removeing anything to do with new
cards, reboot as per system restore, install USB drivers as per
instructions (disk should autorun unless autorun is disabled - explore
cdrom and run setup.exe if necessary), shutdown and install as per USB
instructions, reboot. Check for yellow triangles in device manager -
hardware. If no triangles or errors noted plug in your scanner w/o
turning off PC (USB's are hot pluggable) and scanner should be detected
(watch system tray icons), test the scanner.

Next, install soundcard as per instructions - Soundbaster series usually
require the card to be installed, restart, cancel XP's attempt to load /
find drivers, autorun SB cdrom and follow the prompts.

Installing more than one card at a time is usually not a good idea in my
opinion.

Repost back to let us all know the outcome SVP.

r.



"PNW girl" wrote in message
...
The specs say that the Sony RX 752 comes with 4 USB port connectors, two
in
the front and two in the back. Translation?

"WayneM" wrote:

I was wondering if PNW girl really has a USB 1.0 PCI card. Unless the
computer is very old, which it probably isn't since it has XP, USB 1 has
been built into the mainboard. Even my 5 year old FIC socket 370 board
has
built in USB 1.0. I guess it is possible that she added a PCI card to
get
additional ports but that card should be obvious and not inaccessible.

At any rate just plugging in the card as suggested by others should
work. In
my case, my completely patched XP Pro did not find my USB 2.0 PCI card
and I
had to install the drivers provided on a CD-Rom.

Wayne

"PNW girl" wrote in message
news Well, a few updates are in order. Before I got these two answers, I
went
ahead and installed the card w/o installing the software first. Once
inside,
I found that I could not take out the old USB 1.1 card as I can not
get to
it. It's behind a mess of other things.

The scanner works, but the yellow exclamation point shows up in the
device
manager, and I don't think the new USB ports show up on the Universal
Serial
Bus list. There is a menu item on the list labeled OTHER DEVICES that
has
the yellow question mark. Clicking on the plus sign reveals a device
called
PCI INPUT DEVICE. It also has the yellow question mark.

I have service pack one and two installed as I get Windows updates
automatically.

The disk for the drivers and the instructions do not match. It says
to
click on the set up driver icon, but there is no such icon when I look
at
the
disk using the RUN then BROWSE command. There are 3 .exe files, and I
don't
know for sure which one is for Windows XP. I guess and installed the
last
one. Here are the names of these driver files:

U2v2_1_4.exe
U2v2_1_6.exe
U2V2_1_8.exe

Do you think there is something else I can do? It does not appear
that
the
system is recognizing the card as a USB card though the scanner is
working
and working much more quickly. Should I take it out of the slot,
restart
Windows, load all 3 files, then shut down, put the card back in, and
restart?
Very perplexing and I apprecite both of your responses and
suggestions.





"Nathan McNulty" wrote:

I can see why they would say that as it adds the drivers to the list
of
hardware devices XP can recognize. So install the drivers for the
USB
2.0 card first, shut down the computer, remove the old USB PCI Card,
put
the new USB 2.0 PCI Card in (doesn't really matter which slot you
use),
then turn the computer back on. It is actually pretty simple once
you
get in there and do it. Windows should easily be able to handle the
change

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:
P.S. The instructions for the USB card say to install the drivers
first,
then shut down the computer. Your thoughts?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:


The eject you are speaking of is the Safely Remove Hardware icon
that
appears in the system tray. This only needs to be used when
removing
external USB devices that are not Optimized for Quick Removal.
Once
you
turn the computer off, this is no longer necessary as it does the
function for you when Windows is shutting down.

You are saying you want to install the new USB 2.0 PCI Card? That
can
be done by just turning off the PC, open it up, push it into the
PCI
slot, and screw it in. While you're at it, you might as well stick
the
sound card in one of the PCI slots, screw it in, and close up the
computer. Once you turn it on, you may need to install the drivers
if
XP
doesn't automatically do it for you.

Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:

I purchased a 5-port USB PCI Host Card to upgrade my older USB. I
keep
getting a message to upgrade because my scanner is a hi-speed
device.
The
directions for installling this card are not clear. It says to
use
the
"eject or unplug" icon in the system tray bar to eject the old
card
before
removing it from the PC. However, there is no such icon in my
system
tray.
What to do?

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740. But I need to know
about
ejecting
the old USB port before I open my computer up. The instructions
say
that if
I do not do that, I can damage the hard drive and/or the USB
devices.

Please advise and thank you!










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  #17  
Old September 29th 04, 08:01 AM
Nathan McNulty
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel inD

Open Device Manager by clicking Start, Run, Type devmgmt.msc and click
OK. Now find the problematic device with the yellow exclamation mark.
Right click on the device, click Update Drivers, then let it search the
CD ROM for the appropriate drivers. This should install the drivers for
you.

What happens right now if you plug in a USB device to the new card by
the way?

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:
The sound card seems fine and I'm loving it. I removed all files that I
found that I had installed for the USB 2.0, removed it, brought my system
back up, installed the driver, shut down, reinstalled the PCI card, rebooted.

My system said it found a USB hardware device but it went too slow for me to
know exactly what it said. Then the message went away.

I am still getting the PCI input device error at startup: can't install the
hardware because doesn't know about driver. It is still showing up in device
manager as a PCI input device with the yellow question mark.

Do I need to change my BIOS or anything else to enable the Hi-Speed USB to
be recognized? If so, how do I do this? Is there anything else I can do?

The frustrating thing is that the instructions on the CD rom do not match
what is happening. There is no autoinstall or set up on this CD. It only
prompts me to install Adobe reader so that I can read the instructions, so I
cancel that as I already have an updated reader. The instructions just say
to click on the icon. Well, which icon? There are 3 icons! I've installed
all three and each time, the same filename is used as the install file name.
This is very confusing. What am I installing?

Help please. Your time spent on this subject is very much appreciated.

"namniar" wrote:


Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.


"namniar" this@that wrote in message
...

Translation: Two USB ports in the back (which you have found and cannot
be physically removed, as well as, two USB ports in the front of the case
likely under some form of plastic bezel probably around the power button
and/or cd tray. These may or may not be removable depending on if they
are part of the mainboard or connected via cables - regardless there is no
point in physically removing them.

Regarding the USB / Soundcard: Remove both, reboot, use system restore to
get to a point before installing / removeing anything to do with new
cards, reboot as per system restore, install USB drivers as per
instructions (disk should autorun unless autorun is disabled - explore
cdrom and run setup.exe if necessary), shutdown and install as per USB
instructions, reboot. Check for yellow triangles in device manager -
hardware. If no triangles or errors noted plug in your scanner w/o
turning off PC (USB's are hot pluggable) and scanner should be detected
(watch system tray icons), test the scanner.

Next, install soundcard as per instructions - Soundbaster series usually
require the card to be installed, restart, cancel XP's attempt to load /
find drivers, autorun SB cdrom and follow the prompts.

Installing more than one card at a time is usually not a good idea in my
opinion.

Repost back to let us all know the outcome SVP.

r.



"PNW girl" wrote in message
...

The specs say that the Sony RX 752 comes with 4 USB port connectors, two
in
the front and two in the back. Translation?

"WayneM" wrote:


I was wondering if PNW girl really has a USB 1.0 PCI card. Unless the
computer is very old, which it probably isn't since it has XP, USB 1 has
been built into the mainboard. Even my 5 year old FIC socket 370 board
has
built in USB 1.0. I guess it is possible that she added a PCI card to
get
additional ports but that card should be obvious and not inaccessible.

At any rate just plugging in the card as suggested by others should
work. In
my case, my completely patched XP Pro did not find my USB 2.0 PCI card
and I
had to install the drivers provided on a CD-Rom.

Wayne

"PNW girl" wrote in message
news
Well, a few updates are in order. Before I got these two answers, I
went
ahead and installed the card w/o installing the software first. Once
inside,
I found that I could not take out the old USB 1.1 card as I can not
get to
it. It's behind a mess of other things.

The scanner works, but the yellow exclamation point shows up in the
device
manager, and I don't think the new USB ports show up on the Universal
Serial
Bus list. There is a menu item on the list labeled OTHER DEVICES that
has
the yellow question mark. Clicking on the plus sign reveals a device
called
PCI INPUT DEVICE. It also has the yellow question mark.

I have service pack one and two installed as I get Windows updates
automatically.

The disk for the drivers and the instructions do not match. It says
to
click on the set up driver icon, but there is no such icon when I look
at
the
disk using the RUN then BROWSE command. There are 3 .exe files, and I
don't
know for sure which one is for Windows XP. I guess and installed the
last
one. Here are the names of these driver files:

U2v2_1_4.exe
U2v2_1_6.exe
U2V2_1_8.exe

Do you think there is something else I can do? It does not appear
that
the
system is recognizing the card as a USB card though the scanner is
working
and working much more quickly. Should I take it out of the slot,
restart
Windows, load all 3 files, then shut down, put the card back in, and
restart?
Very perplexing and I apprecite both of your responses and
suggestions.





"Nathan McNulty" wrote:


I can see why they would say that as it adds the drivers to the list
of
hardware devices XP can recognize. So install the drivers for the
USB
2.0 card first, shut down the computer, remove the old USB PCI Card,
put
the new USB 2.0 PCI Card in (doesn't really matter which slot you
use),
then turn the computer back on. It is actually pretty simple once
you
get in there and do it. Windows should easily be able to handle the
change

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:

P.S. The instructions for the USB card say to install the drivers
first,
then shut down the computer. Your thoughts?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:



The eject you are speaking of is the Safely Remove Hardware icon
that
appears in the system tray. This only needs to be used when
removing
external USB devices that are not Optimized for Quick Removal.
Once
you
turn the computer off, this is no longer necessary as it does the
function for you when Windows is shutting down.

You are saying you want to install the new USB 2.0 PCI Card? That
can
be done by just turning off the PC, open it up, push it into the
PCI
slot, and screw it in. While you're at it, you might as well stick
the
sound card in one of the PCI slots, screw it in, and close up the
computer. Once you turn it on, you may need to install the drivers
if
XP
doesn't automatically do it for you.

Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:


I purchased a 5-port USB PCI Host Card to upgrade my older USB. I
keep
getting a message to upgrade because my scanner is a hi-speed
device.
The
directions for installling this card are not clear. It says to
use
the
"eject or unplug" icon in the system tray bar to eject the old
card
before
removing it from the PC. However, there is no such icon in my
system
tray.
What to do?

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740. But I need to know
about
ejecting
the old USB port before I open my computer up. The instructions
say
that if
I do not do that, I can damage the hard drive and/or the USB
devices.

Please advise and thank you!






  #18  
Old September 29th 04, 05:15 PM
PNW girl
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in D

I've done that and it can't find them on the CD. The scanner appears to work
okay so far, I am just not sure at this point what is going on and don't want
problems down the road.

I've read on this forum of people "updating their BIOS." I used to do this
on my older computer online by downloading software. There was never a
charge. Have things changed? My internet searches are taking me to sites
where it will now cost me to upgrade my BIOS. What gives?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:

Open Device Manager by clicking Start, Run, Type devmgmt.msc and click
OK. Now find the problematic device with the yellow exclamation mark.
Right click on the device, click Update Drivers, then let it search the
CD ROM for the appropriate drivers. This should install the drivers for
you.

What happens right now if you plug in a USB device to the new card by
the way?

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:
The sound card seems fine and I'm loving it. I removed all files that I
found that I had installed for the USB 2.0, removed it, brought my system
back up, installed the driver, shut down, reinstalled the PCI card, rebooted.

My system said it found a USB hardware device but it went too slow for me to
know exactly what it said. Then the message went away.

I am still getting the PCI input device error at startup: can't install the
hardware because doesn't know about driver. It is still showing up in device
manager as a PCI input device with the yellow question mark.

Do I need to change my BIOS or anything else to enable the Hi-Speed USB to
be recognized? If so, how do I do this? Is there anything else I can do?

The frustrating thing is that the instructions on the CD rom do not match
what is happening. There is no autoinstall or set up on this CD. It only
prompts me to install Adobe reader so that I can read the instructions, so I
cancel that as I already have an updated reader. The instructions just say
to click on the icon. Well, which icon? There are 3 icons! I've installed
all three and each time, the same filename is used as the install file name.
This is very confusing. What am I installing?

Help please. Your time spent on this subject is very much appreciated.

"namniar" wrote:


Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.


"namniar" this@that wrote in message
...

Translation: Two USB ports in the back (which you have found and cannot
be physically removed, as well as, two USB ports in the front of the case
likely under some form of plastic bezel probably around the power button
and/or cd tray. These may or may not be removable depending on if they
are part of the mainboard or connected via cables - regardless there is no
point in physically removing them.

Regarding the USB / Soundcard: Remove both, reboot, use system restore to
get to a point before installing / removeing anything to do with new
cards, reboot as per system restore, install USB drivers as per
instructions (disk should autorun unless autorun is disabled - explore
cdrom and run setup.exe if necessary), shutdown and install as per USB
instructions, reboot. Check for yellow triangles in device manager -
hardware. If no triangles or errors noted plug in your scanner w/o
turning off PC (USB's are hot pluggable) and scanner should be detected
(watch system tray icons), test the scanner.

Next, install soundcard as per instructions - Soundbaster series usually
require the card to be installed, restart, cancel XP's attempt to load /
find drivers, autorun SB cdrom and follow the prompts.

Installing more than one card at a time is usually not a good idea in my
opinion.

Repost back to let us all know the outcome SVP.

r.



"PNW girl" wrote in message
...

The specs say that the Sony RX 752 comes with 4 USB port connectors, two
in
the front and two in the back. Translation?

"WayneM" wrote:


I was wondering if PNW girl really has a USB 1.0 PCI card. Unless the
computer is very old, which it probably isn't since it has XP, USB 1 has
been built into the mainboard. Even my 5 year old FIC socket 370 board
has
built in USB 1.0. I guess it is possible that she added a PCI card to
get
additional ports but that card should be obvious and not inaccessible.

At any rate just plugging in the card as suggested by others should
work. In
my case, my completely patched XP Pro did not find my USB 2.0 PCI card
and I
had to install the drivers provided on a CD-Rom.

Wayne

"PNW girl" wrote in message
news
Well, a few updates are in order. Before I got these two answers, I
went
ahead and installed the card w/o installing the software first. Once
inside,
I found that I could not take out the old USB 1.1 card as I can not
get to
it. It's behind a mess of other things.

The scanner works, but the yellow exclamation point shows up in the
device
manager, and I don't think the new USB ports show up on the Universal
Serial
Bus list. There is a menu item on the list labeled OTHER DEVICES that
has
the yellow question mark. Clicking on the plus sign reveals a device
called
PCI INPUT DEVICE. It also has the yellow question mark.

I have service pack one and two installed as I get Windows updates
automatically.

The disk for the drivers and the instructions do not match. It says
to
click on the set up driver icon, but there is no such icon when I look
at
the
disk using the RUN then BROWSE command. There are 3 .exe files, and I
don't
know for sure which one is for Windows XP. I guess and installed the
last
one. Here are the names of these driver files:

U2v2_1_4.exe
U2v2_1_6.exe
U2V2_1_8.exe

Do you think there is something else I can do? It does not appear
that
the
system is recognizing the card as a USB card though the scanner is
working
and working much more quickly. Should I take it out of the slot,
restart
Windows, load all 3 files, then shut down, put the card back in, and
restart?
Very perplexing and I apprecite both of your responses and
suggestions.





"Nathan McNulty" wrote:


I can see why they would say that as it adds the drivers to the list
of
hardware devices XP can recognize. So install the drivers for the
USB
2.0 card first, shut down the computer, remove the old USB PCI Card,
put
the new USB 2.0 PCI Card in (doesn't really matter which slot you
use),
then turn the computer back on. It is actually pretty simple once
you
get in there and do it. Windows should easily be able to handle the
change

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:

P.S. The instructions for the USB card say to install the drivers
first,
then shut down the computer. Your thoughts?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:



The eject you are speaking of is the Safely Remove Hardware icon
that
appears in the system tray. This only needs to be used when
removing
external USB devices that are not Optimized for Quick Removal.
Once
you
turn the computer off, this is no longer necessary as it does the
function for you when Windows is shutting down.

You are saying you want to install the new USB 2.0 PCI Card? That
can
be done by just turning off the PC, open it up, push it into the
PCI
slot, and screw it in. While you're at it, you might as well stick
the
sound card in one of the PCI slots, screw it in, and close up the
computer. Once you turn it on, you may need to install the drivers
if
XP
doesn't automatically do it for you.

Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:


I purchased a 5-port USB PCI Host Card to upgrade my older USB. I
keep
getting a message to upgrade because my scanner is a hi-speed
device.
The
directions for installling this card are not clear. It says to
use
the
"eject or unplug" icon in the system tray bar to eject the old
card
before
removing it from the PC. However, there is no such icon in my
system
tray.
What to do?

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740. But I need to know
about
ejecting
the old USB port before I open my computer up. The instructions
say
that if
I do not do that, I can damage the hard drive and/or the USB
devices.

Please advise and thank you!







  #19  
Old September 29th 04, 06:47 PM
namniar
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in D

No charge for BIOS updates via flashing from manufacturers website.

See my post regarding Sony website. BIOS update is in there.

r.

"PNW girl" wrote in message
...
I've done that and it can't find them on the CD. The scanner appears to
work
okay so far, I am just not sure at this point what is going on and don't
want
problems down the road.

I've read on this forum of people "updating their BIOS." I used to do
this
on my older computer online by downloading software. There was never a
charge. Have things changed? My internet searches are taking me to sites
where it will now cost me to upgrade my BIOS. What gives?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:

Open Device Manager by clicking Start, Run, Type devmgmt.msc and click
OK. Now find the problematic device with the yellow exclamation mark.
Right click on the device, click Update Drivers, then let it search the
CD ROM for the appropriate drivers. This should install the drivers for
you.

What happens right now if you plug in a USB device to the new card by
the way?

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:
The sound card seems fine and I'm loving it. I removed all files that
I
found that I had installed for the USB 2.0, removed it, brought my
system
back up, installed the driver, shut down, reinstalled the PCI card,
rebooted.

My system said it found a USB hardware device but it went too slow for
me to
know exactly what it said. Then the message went away.

I am still getting the PCI input device error at startup: can't install
the
hardware because doesn't know about driver. It is still showing up in
device
manager as a PCI input device with the yellow question mark.

Do I need to change my BIOS or anything else to enable the Hi-Speed USB
to
be recognized? If so, how do I do this? Is there anything else I can
do?

The frustrating thing is that the instructions on the CD rom do not
match
what is happening. There is no autoinstall or set up on this CD. It
only
prompts me to install Adobe reader so that I can read the instructions,
so I
cancel that as I already have an updated reader. The instructions just
say
to click on the icon. Well, which icon? There are 3 icons! I've
installed
all three and each time, the same filename is used as the install file
name.
This is very confusing. What am I installing?

Help please. Your time spent on this subject is very much appreciated.

"namniar" wrote:


Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling
the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS
setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard
brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring
only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.


"namniar" this@that wrote in message
...

Translation: Two USB ports in the back (which you have found and
cannot
be physically removed, as well as, two USB ports in the front of the
case
likely under some form of plastic bezel probably around the power
button
and/or cd tray. These may or may not be removable depending on if
they
are part of the mainboard or connected via cables - regardless there
is no
point in physically removing them.

Regarding the USB / Soundcard: Remove both, reboot, use system
restore to
get to a point before installing / removeing anything to do with new
cards, reboot as per system restore, install USB drivers as per
instructions (disk should autorun unless autorun is disabled - explore
cdrom and run setup.exe if necessary), shutdown and install as per USB
instructions, reboot. Check for yellow triangles in device manager -
hardware. If no triangles or errors noted plug in your scanner w/o
turning off PC (USB's are hot pluggable) and scanner should be
detected
(watch system tray icons), test the scanner.

Next, install soundcard as per instructions - Soundbaster series
usually
require the card to be installed, restart, cancel XP's attempt to load
/
find drivers, autorun SB cdrom and follow the prompts.

Installing more than one card at a time is usually not a good idea in
my
opinion.

Repost back to let us all know the outcome SVP.

r.



"PNW girl" wrote in message
...

The specs say that the Sony RX 752 comes with 4 USB port connectors,
two
in
the front and two in the back. Translation?

"WayneM" wrote:


I was wondering if PNW girl really has a USB 1.0 PCI card. Unless
the
computer is very old, which it probably isn't since it has XP, USB 1
has
been built into the mainboard. Even my 5 year old FIC socket 370
board
has
built in USB 1.0. I guess it is possible that she added a PCI card
to
get
additional ports but that card should be obvious and not
inaccessible.

At any rate just plugging in the card as suggested by others should
work. In
my case, my completely patched XP Pro did not find my USB 2.0 PCI
card
and I
had to install the drivers provided on a CD-Rom.

Wayne

"PNW girl" wrote in message
news
Well, a few updates are in order. Before I got these two answers,
I
went
ahead and installed the card w/o installing the software first.
Once
inside,
I found that I could not take out the old USB 1.1 card as I can not
get to
it. It's behind a mess of other things.

The scanner works, but the yellow exclamation point shows up in the
device
manager, and I don't think the new USB ports show up on the
Universal
Serial
Bus list. There is a menu item on the list labeled OTHER DEVICES
that
has
the yellow question mark. Clicking on the plus sign reveals a
device
called
PCI INPUT DEVICE. It also has the yellow question mark.

I have service pack one and two installed as I get Windows updates
automatically.

The disk for the drivers and the instructions do not match. It
says
to
click on the set up driver icon, but there is no such icon when I
look
at
the
disk using the RUN then BROWSE command. There are 3 .exe files,
and I
don't
know for sure which one is for Windows XP. I guess and installed
the
last
one. Here are the names of these driver files:

U2v2_1_4.exe
U2v2_1_6.exe
U2V2_1_8.exe

Do you think there is something else I can do? It does not appear
that
the
system is recognizing the card as a USB card though the scanner is
working
and working much more quickly. Should I take it out of the slot,
restart
Windows, load all 3 files, then shut down, put the card back in,
and
restart?
Very perplexing and I apprecite both of your responses and
suggestions.





"Nathan McNulty" wrote:


I can see why they would say that as it adds the drivers to the
list
of
hardware devices XP can recognize. So install the drivers for the
USB
2.0 card first, shut down the computer, remove the old USB PCI
Card,
put
the new USB 2.0 PCI Card in (doesn't really matter which slot you
use),
then turn the computer back on. It is actually pretty simple once
you
get in there and do it. Windows should easily be able to handle
the
change

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:

P.S. The instructions for the USB card say to install the
drivers
first,
then shut down the computer. Your thoughts?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:



The eject you are speaking of is the Safely Remove Hardware icon
that
appears in the system tray. This only needs to be used when
removing
external USB devices that are not Optimized for Quick Removal.
Once
you
turn the computer off, this is no longer necessary as it does
the
function for you when Windows is shutting down.

You are saying you want to install the new USB 2.0 PCI Card?
That
can
be done by just turning off the PC, open it up, push it into the
PCI
slot, and screw it in. While you're at it, you might as well
stick
the
sound card in one of the PCI slots, screw it in, and close up
the
computer. Once you turn it on, you may need to install the
drivers
if
XP
doesn't automatically do it for you.

Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS
once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:


I purchased a 5-port USB PCI Host Card to upgrade my older USB.
I
keep
getting a message to upgrade because my scanner is a hi-speed
device.
The
directions for installling this card are not clear. It says to
use
the
"eject or unplug" icon in the system tray bar to eject the old
card
before
removing it from the PC. However, there is no such icon in my
system
tray.
What to do?

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a
sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740. But I need to know
about
ejecting
the old USB port before I open my computer up. The
instructions
say
that if
I do not do that, I can damage the hard drive and/or the USB
devices.

Please advise and thank you!









  #20  
Old September 29th 04, 06:49 PM
namniar
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in D

Curious, what USB card (brand name and model) do you have?

r.


"PNW girl" wrote in message
...
I've done that and it can't find them on the CD. The scanner appears to
work
okay so far, I am just not sure at this point what is going on and don't
want
problems down the road.

I've read on this forum of people "updating their BIOS." I used to do
this
on my older computer online by downloading software. There was never a
charge. Have things changed? My internet searches are taking me to sites
where it will now cost me to upgrade my BIOS. What gives?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:

Open Device Manager by clicking Start, Run, Type devmgmt.msc and click
OK. Now find the problematic device with the yellow exclamation mark.
Right click on the device, click Update Drivers, then let it search the
CD ROM for the appropriate drivers. This should install the drivers for
you.

What happens right now if you plug in a USB device to the new card by
the way?

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:
The sound card seems fine and I'm loving it. I removed all files that
I
found that I had installed for the USB 2.0, removed it, brought my
system
back up, installed the driver, shut down, reinstalled the PCI card,
rebooted.

My system said it found a USB hardware device but it went too slow for
me to
know exactly what it said. Then the message went away.

I am still getting the PCI input device error at startup: can't install
the
hardware because doesn't know about driver. It is still showing up in
device
manager as a PCI input device with the yellow question mark.

Do I need to change my BIOS or anything else to enable the Hi-Speed USB
to
be recognized? If so, how do I do this? Is there anything else I can
do?

The frustrating thing is that the instructions on the CD rom do not
match
what is happening. There is no autoinstall or set up on this CD. It
only
prompts me to install Adobe reader so that I can read the instructions,
so I
cancel that as I already have an updated reader. The instructions just
say
to click on the icon. Well, which icon? There are 3 icons! I've
installed
all three and each time, the same filename is used as the install file
name.
This is very confusing. What am I installing?

Help please. Your time spent on this subject is very much appreciated.

"namniar" wrote:


Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling
the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS
setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard
brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring
only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.


"namniar" this@that wrote in message
...

Translation: Two USB ports in the back (which you have found and
cannot
be physically removed, as well as, two USB ports in the front of the
case
likely under some form of plastic bezel probably around the power
button
and/or cd tray. These may or may not be removable depending on if
they
are part of the mainboard or connected via cables - regardless there
is no
point in physically removing them.

Regarding the USB / Soundcard: Remove both, reboot, use system
restore to
get to a point before installing / removeing anything to do with new
cards, reboot as per system restore, install USB drivers as per
instructions (disk should autorun unless autorun is disabled - explore
cdrom and run setup.exe if necessary), shutdown and install as per USB
instructions, reboot. Check for yellow triangles in device manager -
hardware. If no triangles or errors noted plug in your scanner w/o
turning off PC (USB's are hot pluggable) and scanner should be
detected
(watch system tray icons), test the scanner.

Next, install soundcard as per instructions - Soundbaster series
usually
require the card to be installed, restart, cancel XP's attempt to load
/
find drivers, autorun SB cdrom and follow the prompts.

Installing more than one card at a time is usually not a good idea in
my
opinion.

Repost back to let us all know the outcome SVP.

r.



"PNW girl" wrote in message
...

The specs say that the Sony RX 752 comes with 4 USB port connectors,
two
in
the front and two in the back. Translation?

"WayneM" wrote:


I was wondering if PNW girl really has a USB 1.0 PCI card. Unless
the
computer is very old, which it probably isn't since it has XP, USB 1
has
been built into the mainboard. Even my 5 year old FIC socket 370
board
has
built in USB 1.0. I guess it is possible that she added a PCI card
to
get
additional ports but that card should be obvious and not
inaccessible.

At any rate just plugging in the card as suggested by others should
work. In
my case, my completely patched XP Pro did not find my USB 2.0 PCI
card
and I
had to install the drivers provided on a CD-Rom.

Wayne

"PNW girl" wrote in message
news
Well, a few updates are in order. Before I got these two answers,
I
went
ahead and installed the card w/o installing the software first.
Once
inside,
I found that I could not take out the old USB 1.1 card as I can not
get to
it. It's behind a mess of other things.

The scanner works, but the yellow exclamation point shows up in the
device
manager, and I don't think the new USB ports show up on the
Universal
Serial
Bus list. There is a menu item on the list labeled OTHER DEVICES
that
has
the yellow question mark. Clicking on the plus sign reveals a
device
called
PCI INPUT DEVICE. It also has the yellow question mark.

I have service pack one and two installed as I get Windows updates
automatically.

The disk for the drivers and the instructions do not match. It
says
to
click on the set up driver icon, but there is no such icon when I
look
at
the
disk using the RUN then BROWSE command. There are 3 .exe files,
and I
don't
know for sure which one is for Windows XP. I guess and installed
the
last
one. Here are the names of these driver files:

U2v2_1_4.exe
U2v2_1_6.exe
U2V2_1_8.exe

Do you think there is something else I can do? It does not appear
that
the
system is recognizing the card as a USB card though the scanner is
working
and working much more quickly. Should I take it out of the slot,
restart
Windows, load all 3 files, then shut down, put the card back in,
and
restart?
Very perplexing and I apprecite both of your responses and
suggestions.





"Nathan McNulty" wrote:


I can see why they would say that as it adds the drivers to the
list
of
hardware devices XP can recognize. So install the drivers for the
USB
2.0 card first, shut down the computer, remove the old USB PCI
Card,
put
the new USB 2.0 PCI Card in (doesn't really matter which slot you
use),
then turn the computer back on. It is actually pretty simple once
you
get in there and do it. Windows should easily be able to handle
the
change

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:

P.S. The instructions for the USB card say to install the
drivers
first,
then shut down the computer. Your thoughts?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:



The eject you are speaking of is the Safely Remove Hardware icon
that
appears in the system tray. This only needs to be used when
removing
external USB devices that are not Optimized for Quick Removal.
Once
you
turn the computer off, this is no longer necessary as it does
the
function for you when Windows is shutting down.

You are saying you want to install the new USB 2.0 PCI Card?
That
can
be done by just turning off the PC, open it up, push it into the
PCI
slot, and screw it in. While you're at it, you might as well
stick
the
sound card in one of the PCI slots, screw it in, and close up
the
computer. Once you turn it on, you may need to install the
drivers
if
XP
doesn't automatically do it for you.

Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS
once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:


I purchased a 5-port USB PCI Host Card to upgrade my older USB.
I
keep
getting a message to upgrade because my scanner is a hi-speed
device.
The
directions for installling this card are not clear. It says to
use
the
"eject or unplug" icon in the system tray bar to eject the old
card
before
removing it from the PC. However, there is no such icon in my
system
tray.
What to do?

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a
sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740. But I need to know
about
ejecting
the old USB port before I open my computer up. The
instructions
say
that if
I do not do that, I can damage the hard drive and/or the USB
devices.

Please advise and thank you!









  #21  
Old September 29th 04, 07:43 PM
Nathan McNulty
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel inD

If the scanner works fine, it sounds like XP automatically recognized
and installed the card. There must be a different device connected that
is bringing up that Yellow !. Also, you don't really need to update the
BIOS unless the computer is not running properly, though it never really
hurts anything either. It doesn't matter if you update it or not, it
will probably still run the same way.

As for paying for the BIOS update, it should be free from your
(motherboard or computer) manufacturer's website. The ones that people
are charging for are modified BIOS files or replacement BIOS chips. I
wouldn't trust any of them.

----
Nathan McNulty


PNW girl wrote:
I've done that and it can't find them on the CD. The scanner appears to work
okay so far, I am just not sure at this point what is going on and don't want
problems down the road.

I've read on this forum of people "updating their BIOS." I used to do this
on my older computer online by downloading software. There was never a
charge. Have things changed? My internet searches are taking me to sites
where it will now cost me to upgrade my BIOS. What gives?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:


Open Device Manager by clicking Start, Run, Type devmgmt.msc and click
OK. Now find the problematic device with the yellow exclamation mark.
Right click on the device, click Update Drivers, then let it search the
CD ROM for the appropriate drivers. This should install the drivers for
you.

What happens right now if you plug in a USB device to the new card by
the way?

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:

The sound card seems fine and I'm loving it. I removed all files that I
found that I had installed for the USB 2.0, removed it, brought my system
back up, installed the driver, shut down, reinstalled the PCI card, rebooted.

My system said it found a USB hardware device but it went too slow for me to
know exactly what it said. Then the message went away.

I am still getting the PCI input device error at startup: can't install the
hardware because doesn't know about driver. It is still showing up in device
manager as a PCI input device with the yellow question mark.

Do I need to change my BIOS or anything else to enable the Hi-Speed USB to
be recognized? If so, how do I do this? Is there anything else I can do?

The frustrating thing is that the instructions on the CD rom do not match
what is happening. There is no autoinstall or set up on this CD. It only
prompts me to install Adobe reader so that I can read the instructions, so I
cancel that as I already have an updated reader. The instructions just say
to click on the icon. Well, which icon? There are 3 icons! I've installed
all three and each time, the same filename is used as the install file name.
This is very confusing. What am I installing?

Help please. Your time spent on this subject is very much appreciated.

"namniar" wrote:



Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.


"namniar" this@that wrote in message
.. .


Translation: Two USB ports in the back (which you have found and cannot
be physically removed, as well as, two USB ports in the front of the case
likely under some form of plastic bezel probably around the power button
and/or cd tray. These may or may not be removable depending on if they
are part of the mainboard or connected via cables - regardless there is no
point in physically removing them.

Regarding the USB / Soundcard: Remove both, reboot, use system restore to
get to a point before installing / removeing anything to do with new
cards, reboot as per system restore, install USB drivers as per
instructions (disk should autorun unless autorun is disabled - explore
cdrom and run setup.exe if necessary), shutdown and install as per USB
instructions, reboot. Check for yellow triangles in device manager -
hardware. If no triangles or errors noted plug in your scanner w/o
turning off PC (USB's are hot pluggable) and scanner should be detected
(watch system tray icons), test the scanner.

Next, install soundcard as per instructions - Soundbaster series usually
require the card to be installed, restart, cancel XP's attempt to load /
find drivers, autorun SB cdrom and follow the prompts.

Installing more than one card at a time is usually not a good idea in my
opinion.

Repost back to let us all know the outcome SVP.

r.



"PNW girl" wrote in message
...


The specs say that the Sony RX 752 comes with 4 USB port connectors, two
in
the front and two in the back. Translation?

"WayneM" wrote:



I was wondering if PNW girl really has a USB 1.0 PCI card. Unless the
computer is very old, which it probably isn't since it has XP, USB 1 has
been built into the mainboard. Even my 5 year old FIC socket 370 board
has
built in USB 1.0. I guess it is possible that she added a PCI card to
get
additional ports but that card should be obvious and not inaccessible.

At any rate just plugging in the card as suggested by others should
work. In
my case, my completely patched XP Pro did not find my USB 2.0 PCI card
and I
had to install the drivers provided on a CD-Rom.

Wayne

"PNW girl" wrote in message
news

Well, a few updates are in order. Before I got these two answers, I
went
ahead and installed the card w/o installing the software first. Once
inside,
I found that I could not take out the old USB 1.1 card as I can not
get to
it. It's behind a mess of other things.

The scanner works, but the yellow exclamation point shows up in the
device
manager, and I don't think the new USB ports show up on the Universal
Serial
Bus list. There is a menu item on the list labeled OTHER DEVICES that
has
the yellow question mark. Clicking on the plus sign reveals a device
called
PCI INPUT DEVICE. It also has the yellow question mark.

I have service pack one and two installed as I get Windows updates
automatically.

The disk for the drivers and the instructions do not match. It says
to
click on the set up driver icon, but there is no such icon when I look
at
the
disk using the RUN then BROWSE command. There are 3 .exe files, and I
don't
know for sure which one is for Windows XP. I guess and installed the
last
one. Here are the names of these driver files:

U2v2_1_4.exe
U2v2_1_6.exe
U2V2_1_8.exe

Do you think there is something else I can do? It does not appear
that
the
system is recognizing the card as a USB card though the scanner is
working
and working much more quickly. Should I take it out of the slot,
restart
Windows, load all 3 files, then shut down, put the card back in, and
restart?
Very perplexing and I apprecite both of your responses and
suggestions.





"Nathan McNulty" wrote:



I can see why they would say that as it adds the drivers to the list
of
hardware devices XP can recognize. So install the drivers for the
USB
2.0 card first, shut down the computer, remove the old USB PCI Card,
put
the new USB 2.0 PCI Card in (doesn't really matter which slot you
use),
then turn the computer back on. It is actually pretty simple once
you
get in there and do it. Windows should easily be able to handle the
change

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:


P.S. The instructions for the USB card say to install the drivers
first,
then shut down the computer. Your thoughts?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:




The eject you are speaking of is the Safely Remove Hardware icon
that
appears in the system tray. This only needs to be used when
removing
external USB devices that are not Optimized for Quick Removal.
Once
you
turn the computer off, this is no longer necessary as it does the
function for you when Windows is shutting down.

You are saying you want to install the new USB 2.0 PCI Card? That
can
be done by just turning off the PC, open it up, push it into the
PCI
slot, and screw it in. While you're at it, you might as well stick
the
sound card in one of the PCI slots, screw it in, and close up the
computer. Once you turn it on, you may need to install the drivers
if
XP
doesn't automatically do it for you.

Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:



I purchased a 5-port USB PCI Host Card to upgrade my older USB. I
keep
getting a message to upgrade because my scanner is a hi-speed
device.
The
directions for installling this card are not clear. It says to
use
the
"eject or unplug" icon in the system tray bar to eject the old
card
before
removing it from the PC. However, there is no such icon in my
system
tray.
What to do?

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740. But I need to know
about
ejecting
the old USB port before I open my computer up. The instructions
say
that if
I do not do that, I can damage the hard drive and/or the USB
devices.

Please advise and thank you!



  #22  
Old September 29th 04, 09:39 PM
PNW girl
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in D

I am in contact w/the vendor of the USB 2.0 card and they might help me, but
we'll see. I didn't notice when I purchased it that there was no brand name
on the card. It flashed by me at some point during installation, but too
quickly for me to see, and I didn't physically inspect the card before I put
it in. That is one problem. I just bought a firewire/USB 2.0 card that I
was going to install in my daughter's PC, but maybe I'll try it in mine and
see if the card and drivers I bought are just stinky. I bought the new one
from CompUSA and it's supposed to be delivered by today or tomorrow.

I was trying to update the BIOS because I kept reading on the forum that I
had to enable USB 2.0 on my BIOS in order to use those ports, but when I
pressed F2 at start up and looked at the BIOS, I did not see any place to
make such a choice. Hence the thought that I should update the BIOS. There
are two Sony BIOS upgrades that are online for my system, but only one
pertains to Windows XP and I already downloaded and installed that one. It
fixes only a minute problem, though.

Thank you again for the time you are putting in on this problem. It is most
appreciated.

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:

If the scanner works fine, it sounds like XP automatically recognized
and installed the card. There must be a different device connected that
is bringing up that Yellow !. Also, you don't really need to update the
BIOS unless the computer is not running properly, though it never really
hurts anything either. It doesn't matter if you update it or not, it
will probably still run the same way.

As for paying for the BIOS update, it should be free from your
(motherboard or computer) manufacturer's website. The ones that people
are charging for are modified BIOS files or replacement BIOS chips. I
wouldn't trust any of them.

----
Nathan McNulty


PNW girl wrote:
I've done that and it can't find them on the CD. The scanner appears to work
okay so far, I am just not sure at this point what is going on and don't want
problems down the road.

I've read on this forum of people "updating their BIOS." I used to do this
on my older computer online by downloading software. There was never a
charge. Have things changed? My internet searches are taking me to sites
where it will now cost me to upgrade my BIOS. What gives?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:


Open Device Manager by clicking Start, Run, Type devmgmt.msc and click
OK. Now find the problematic device with the yellow exclamation mark.
Right click on the device, click Update Drivers, then let it search the
CD ROM for the appropriate drivers. This should install the drivers for
you.

What happens right now if you plug in a USB device to the new card by
the way?

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:

The sound card seems fine and I'm loving it. I removed all files that I
found that I had installed for the USB 2.0, removed it, brought my system
back up, installed the driver, shut down, reinstalled the PCI card, rebooted.

My system said it found a USB hardware device but it went too slow for me to
know exactly what it said. Then the message went away.

I am still getting the PCI input device error at startup: can't install the
hardware because doesn't know about driver. It is still showing up in device
manager as a PCI input device with the yellow question mark.

Do I need to change my BIOS or anything else to enable the Hi-Speed USB to
be recognized? If so, how do I do this? Is there anything else I can do?

The frustrating thing is that the instructions on the CD rom do not match
what is happening. There is no autoinstall or set up on this CD. It only
prompts me to install Adobe reader so that I can read the instructions, so I
cancel that as I already have an updated reader. The instructions just say
to click on the icon. Well, which icon? There are 3 icons! I've installed
all three and each time, the same filename is used as the install file name.
This is very confusing. What am I installing?

Help please. Your time spent on this subject is very much appreciated.

"namniar" wrote:



Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.


"namniar" this@that wrote in message
.. .


Translation: Two USB ports in the back (which you have found and cannot
be physically removed, as well as, two USB ports in the front of the case
likely under some form of plastic bezel probably around the power button
and/or cd tray. These may or may not be removable depending on if they
are part of the mainboard or connected via cables - regardless there is no
point in physically removing them.

Regarding the USB / Soundcard: Remove both, reboot, use system restore to
get to a point before installing / removeing anything to do with new
cards, reboot as per system restore, install USB drivers as per
instructions (disk should autorun unless autorun is disabled - explore
cdrom and run setup.exe if necessary), shutdown and install as per USB
instructions, reboot. Check for yellow triangles in device manager -
hardware. If no triangles or errors noted plug in your scanner w/o
turning off PC (USB's are hot pluggable) and scanner should be detected
(watch system tray icons), test the scanner.

Next, install soundcard as per instructions - Soundbaster series usually
require the card to be installed, restart, cancel XP's attempt to load /
find drivers, autorun SB cdrom and follow the prompts.

Installing more than one card at a time is usually not a good idea in my
opinion.

Repost back to let us all know the outcome SVP.

r.



"PNW girl" wrote in message
...


The specs say that the Sony RX 752 comes with 4 USB port connectors, two
in
the front and two in the back. Translation?

"WayneM" wrote:



I was wondering if PNW girl really has a USB 1.0 PCI card. Unless the
computer is very old, which it probably isn't since it has XP, USB 1 has
been built into the mainboard. Even my 5 year old FIC socket 370 board
has
built in USB 1.0. I guess it is possible that she added a PCI card to
get
additional ports but that card should be obvious and not inaccessible.

At any rate just plugging in the card as suggested by others should
work. In
my case, my completely patched XP Pro did not find my USB 2.0 PCI card
and I
had to install the drivers provided on a CD-Rom.

Wayne

"PNW girl" wrote in message
news

Well, a few updates are in order. Before I got these two answers, I
went
ahead and installed the card w/o installing the software first. Once
inside,
I found that I could not take out the old USB 1.1 card as I can not
get to
it. It's behind a mess of other things.

The scanner works, but the yellow exclamation point shows up in the
device
manager, and I don't think the new USB ports show up on the Universal
Serial
Bus list. There is a menu item on the list labeled OTHER DEVICES that
has
the yellow question mark. Clicking on the plus sign reveals a device
called
PCI INPUT DEVICE. It also has the yellow question mark.

I have service pack one and two installed as I get Windows updates
automatically.

The disk for the drivers and the instructions do not match. It says
to
click on the set up driver icon, but there is no such icon when I look
at
the
disk using the RUN then BROWSE command. There are 3 .exe files, and I
don't
know for sure which one is for Windows XP. I guess and installed the
last
one. Here are the names of these driver files:

U2v2_1_4.exe
U2v2_1_6.exe
U2V2_1_8.exe

Do you think there is something else I can do? It does not appear
that
the
system is recognizing the card as a USB card though the scanner is
working
and working much more quickly. Should I take it out of the slot,
restart
Windows, load all 3 files, then shut down, put the card back in, and
restart?
Very perplexing and I apprecite both of your responses and
suggestions.





"Nathan McNulty" wrote:



I can see why they would say that as it adds the drivers to the list
of
hardware devices XP can recognize. So install the drivers for the
USB
2.0 card first, shut down the computer, remove the old USB PCI Card,
put
the new USB 2.0 PCI Card in (doesn't really matter which slot you
use),
then turn the computer back on. It is actually pretty simple once
you
get in there and do it. Windows should easily be able to handle the
change

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:


P.S. The instructions for the USB card say to install the drivers
first,
then shut down the computer. Your thoughts?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:




The eject you are speaking of is the Safely Remove Hardware icon
that
appears in the system tray. This only needs to be used when
removing
external USB devices that are not Optimized for Quick Removal.
Once
you
turn the computer off, this is no longer necessary as it does the
function for you when Windows is shutting down.

You are saying you want to install the new USB 2.0 PCI Card? That
can
be done by just turning off the PC, open it up, push it into the
PCI
slot, and screw it in. While you're at it, you might as well stick
the
sound card in one of the PCI slots, screw it in, and close up the
computer. Once you turn it on, you may need to install the drivers
if
XP
doesn't automatically do it for you.

Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:



I purchased a 5-port USB PCI Host Card to upgrade my older USB. I
keep
getting a message to upgrade because my scanner is a hi-speed
device.
The
directions for installling this card are not clear. It says to
use
the
"eject or unplug" icon in the system tray bar to eject the old
card
before
removing it from the PC. However, there is no such icon in my
system
tray.
What to do?

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740. But I need to know
about
ejecting
the old USB port before I open my computer up. The instructions
say
that if
I do not do that, I can damage the hard drive and/or the USB
devices.

Please advise and thank you!




  #23  
Old September 29th 04, 09:47 PM
PNW girl
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in D

There are two BIOS upgrades for my system there, but only one is for XP and I
already downloaded that one. I pressed F2 during reboot and looked at my
BIOS but did not see anything there to give me an option for USB 2.0
enabling. Thanks for your help, I really appreciate the efforts.

"namniar" wrote:

No charge for BIOS updates via flashing from manufacturers website.

See my post regarding Sony website. BIOS update is in there.

r.

"PNW girl" wrote in message
...
I've done that and it can't find them on the CD. The scanner appears to
work
okay so far, I am just not sure at this point what is going on and don't
want
problems down the road.

I've read on this forum of people "updating their BIOS." I used to do
this
on my older computer online by downloading software. There was never a
charge. Have things changed? My internet searches are taking me to sites
where it will now cost me to upgrade my BIOS. What gives?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:

Open Device Manager by clicking Start, Run, Type devmgmt.msc and click
OK. Now find the problematic device with the yellow exclamation mark.
Right click on the device, click Update Drivers, then let it search the
CD ROM for the appropriate drivers. This should install the drivers for
you.

What happens right now if you plug in a USB device to the new card by
the way?

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:
The sound card seems fine and I'm loving it. I removed all files that
I
found that I had installed for the USB 2.0, removed it, brought my
system
back up, installed the driver, shut down, reinstalled the PCI card,
rebooted.

My system said it found a USB hardware device but it went too slow for
me to
know exactly what it said. Then the message went away.

I am still getting the PCI input device error at startup: can't install
the
hardware because doesn't know about driver. It is still showing up in
device
manager as a PCI input device with the yellow question mark.

Do I need to change my BIOS or anything else to enable the Hi-Speed USB
to
be recognized? If so, how do I do this? Is there anything else I can
do?

The frustrating thing is that the instructions on the CD rom do not
match
what is happening. There is no autoinstall or set up on this CD. It
only
prompts me to install Adobe reader so that I can read the instructions,
so I
cancel that as I already have an updated reader. The instructions just
say
to click on the icon. Well, which icon? There are 3 icons! I've
installed
all three and each time, the same filename is used as the install file
name.
This is very confusing. What am I installing?

Help please. Your time spent on this subject is very much appreciated.

"namniar" wrote:


Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling
the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS
setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard
brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring
only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.


"namniar" this@that wrote in message
...

Translation: Two USB ports in the back (which you have found and
cannot
be physically removed, as well as, two USB ports in the front of the
case
likely under some form of plastic bezel probably around the power
button
and/or cd tray. These may or may not be removable depending on if
they
are part of the mainboard or connected via cables - regardless there
is no
point in physically removing them.

Regarding the USB / Soundcard: Remove both, reboot, use system
restore to
get to a point before installing / removeing anything to do with new
cards, reboot as per system restore, install USB drivers as per
instructions (disk should autorun unless autorun is disabled - explore
cdrom and run setup.exe if necessary), shutdown and install as per USB
instructions, reboot. Check for yellow triangles in device manager -
hardware. If no triangles or errors noted plug in your scanner w/o
turning off PC (USB's are hot pluggable) and scanner should be
detected
(watch system tray icons), test the scanner.

Next, install soundcard as per instructions - Soundbaster series
usually
require the card to be installed, restart, cancel XP's attempt to load
/
find drivers, autorun SB cdrom and follow the prompts.

Installing more than one card at a time is usually not a good idea in
my
opinion.

Repost back to let us all know the outcome SVP.

r.



"PNW girl" wrote in message
...

The specs say that the Sony RX 752 comes with 4 USB port connectors,
two
in
the front and two in the back. Translation?

"WayneM" wrote:


I was wondering if PNW girl really has a USB 1.0 PCI card. Unless
the
computer is very old, which it probably isn't since it has XP, USB 1
has
been built into the mainboard. Even my 5 year old FIC socket 370
board
has
built in USB 1.0. I guess it is possible that she added a PCI card
to
get
additional ports but that card should be obvious and not
inaccessible.

At any rate just plugging in the card as suggested by others should
work. In
my case, my completely patched XP Pro did not find my USB 2.0 PCI
card
and I
had to install the drivers provided on a CD-Rom.

Wayne

"PNW girl" wrote in message
news
Well, a few updates are in order. Before I got these two answers,
I
went
ahead and installed the card w/o installing the software first.
Once
inside,
I found that I could not take out the old USB 1.1 card as I can not
get to
it. It's behind a mess of other things.

The scanner works, but the yellow exclamation point shows up in the
device
manager, and I don't think the new USB ports show up on the
Universal
Serial
Bus list. There is a menu item on the list labeled OTHER DEVICES
that
has
the yellow question mark. Clicking on the plus sign reveals a
device
called
PCI INPUT DEVICE. It also has the yellow question mark.

I have service pack one and two installed as I get Windows updates
automatically.

The disk for the drivers and the instructions do not match. It
says
to
click on the set up driver icon, but there is no such icon when I
look
at
the
disk using the RUN then BROWSE command. There are 3 .exe files,
and I
don't
know for sure which one is for Windows XP. I guess and installed
the
last
one. Here are the names of these driver files:

U2v2_1_4.exe
U2v2_1_6.exe
U2V2_1_8.exe

Do you think there is something else I can do? It does not appear
that
the
system is recognizing the card as a USB card though the scanner is
working
and working much more quickly. Should I take it out of the slot,
restart
Windows, load all 3 files, then shut down, put the card back in,
and
restart?
Very perplexing and I apprecite both of your responses and
suggestions.





"Nathan McNulty" wrote:


I can see why they would say that as it adds the drivers to the
list
of
hardware devices XP can recognize. So install the drivers for the
USB
2.0 card first, shut down the computer, remove the old USB PCI
Card,
put
the new USB 2.0 PCI Card in (doesn't really matter which slot you
use),
then turn the computer back on. It is actually pretty simple once
you
get in there and do it. Windows should easily be able to handle
the
change

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:

P.S. The instructions for the USB card say to install the
drivers
first,
then shut down the computer. Your thoughts?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:



The eject you are speaking of is the Safely Remove Hardware icon
that
appears in the system tray. This only needs to be used when
removing
external USB devices that are not Optimized for Quick Removal.
Once
you
turn the computer off, this is no longer necessary as it does
the
function for you when Windows is shutting down.

You are saying you want to install the new USB 2.0 PCI Card?
That
can
be done by just turning off the PC, open it up, push it into the
PCI
slot, and screw it in. While you're at it, you might as well
stick
the
sound card in one of the PCI slots, screw it in, and close up
the
computer. Once you turn it on, you may need to install the
drivers
if
XP
doesn't automatically do it for you.

Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS
once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:


I purchased a 5-port USB PCI Host Card to upgrade my older USB.
I
keep
getting a message to upgrade because my scanner is a hi-speed
device.
The
directions for installling this card are not clear. It says to
use
the
"eject or unplug" icon in the system tray bar to eject the old
card
before
removing it from the PC. However, there is no such icon in my
system
tray.
What to do?

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a
sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740. But I need to know
about
ejecting
the old USB port before I open my computer up. The
instructions
say
that if
I do not do that, I can damage the hard drive and/or the USB
devices.

Please advise and thank you!










  #24  
Old September 29th 04, 09:49 PM
PNW girl
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in D

P.S. AWARD has merged with PHOENIX and their website directed me to a site
that charged for updating the BIOS. That's one thing that prompted my
question. Thanks again.

"namniar" wrote:

No charge for BIOS updates via flashing from manufacturers website.

See my post regarding Sony website. BIOS update is in there.

r.

"PNW girl" wrote in message
...
I've done that and it can't find them on the CD. The scanner appears to
work
okay so far, I am just not sure at this point what is going on and don't
want
problems down the road.

I've read on this forum of people "updating their BIOS." I used to do
this
on my older computer online by downloading software. There was never a
charge. Have things changed? My internet searches are taking me to sites
where it will now cost me to upgrade my BIOS. What gives?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:

Open Device Manager by clicking Start, Run, Type devmgmt.msc and click
OK. Now find the problematic device with the yellow exclamation mark.
Right click on the device, click Update Drivers, then let it search the
CD ROM for the appropriate drivers. This should install the drivers for
you.

What happens right now if you plug in a USB device to the new card by
the way?

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:
The sound card seems fine and I'm loving it. I removed all files that
I
found that I had installed for the USB 2.0, removed it, brought my
system
back up, installed the driver, shut down, reinstalled the PCI card,
rebooted.

My system said it found a USB hardware device but it went too slow for
me to
know exactly what it said. Then the message went away.

I am still getting the PCI input device error at startup: can't install
the
hardware because doesn't know about driver. It is still showing up in
device
manager as a PCI input device with the yellow question mark.

Do I need to change my BIOS or anything else to enable the Hi-Speed USB
to
be recognized? If so, how do I do this? Is there anything else I can
do?

The frustrating thing is that the instructions on the CD rom do not
match
what is happening. There is no autoinstall or set up on this CD. It
only
prompts me to install Adobe reader so that I can read the instructions,
so I
cancel that as I already have an updated reader. The instructions just
say
to click on the icon. Well, which icon? There are 3 icons! I've
installed
all three and each time, the same filename is used as the install file
name.
This is very confusing. What am I installing?

Help please. Your time spent on this subject is very much appreciated.

"namniar" wrote:


Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling
the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS
setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard
brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring
only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.


"namniar" this@that wrote in message
...

Translation: Two USB ports in the back (which you have found and
cannot
be physically removed, as well as, two USB ports in the front of the
case
likely under some form of plastic bezel probably around the power
button
and/or cd tray. These may or may not be removable depending on if
they
are part of the mainboard or connected via cables - regardless there
is no
point in physically removing them.

Regarding the USB / Soundcard: Remove both, reboot, use system
restore to
get to a point before installing / removeing anything to do with new
cards, reboot as per system restore, install USB drivers as per
instructions (disk should autorun unless autorun is disabled - explore
cdrom and run setup.exe if necessary), shutdown and install as per USB
instructions, reboot. Check for yellow triangles in device manager -
hardware. If no triangles or errors noted plug in your scanner w/o
turning off PC (USB's are hot pluggable) and scanner should be
detected
(watch system tray icons), test the scanner.

Next, install soundcard as per instructions - Soundbaster series
usually
require the card to be installed, restart, cancel XP's attempt to load
/
find drivers, autorun SB cdrom and follow the prompts.

Installing more than one card at a time is usually not a good idea in
my
opinion.

Repost back to let us all know the outcome SVP.

r.



"PNW girl" wrote in message
...

The specs say that the Sony RX 752 comes with 4 USB port connectors,
two
in
the front and two in the back. Translation?

"WayneM" wrote:


I was wondering if PNW girl really has a USB 1.0 PCI card. Unless
the
computer is very old, which it probably isn't since it has XP, USB 1
has
been built into the mainboard. Even my 5 year old FIC socket 370
board
has
built in USB 1.0. I guess it is possible that she added a PCI card
to
get
additional ports but that card should be obvious and not
inaccessible.

At any rate just plugging in the card as suggested by others should
work. In
my case, my completely patched XP Pro did not find my USB 2.0 PCI
card
and I
had to install the drivers provided on a CD-Rom.

Wayne

"PNW girl" wrote in message
news
Well, a few updates are in order. Before I got these two answers,
I
went
ahead and installed the card w/o installing the software first.
Once
inside,
I found that I could not take out the old USB 1.1 card as I can not
get to
it. It's behind a mess of other things.

The scanner works, but the yellow exclamation point shows up in the
device
manager, and I don't think the new USB ports show up on the
Universal
Serial
Bus list. There is a menu item on the list labeled OTHER DEVICES
that
has
the yellow question mark. Clicking on the plus sign reveals a
device
called
PCI INPUT DEVICE. It also has the yellow question mark.

I have service pack one and two installed as I get Windows updates
automatically.

The disk for the drivers and the instructions do not match. It
says
to
click on the set up driver icon, but there is no such icon when I
look
at
the
disk using the RUN then BROWSE command. There are 3 .exe files,
and I
don't
know for sure which one is for Windows XP. I guess and installed
the
last
one. Here are the names of these driver files:

U2v2_1_4.exe
U2v2_1_6.exe
U2V2_1_8.exe

Do you think there is something else I can do? It does not appear
that
the
system is recognizing the card as a USB card though the scanner is
working
and working much more quickly. Should I take it out of the slot,
restart
Windows, load all 3 files, then shut down, put the card back in,
and
restart?
Very perplexing and I apprecite both of your responses and
suggestions.





"Nathan McNulty" wrote:


I can see why they would say that as it adds the drivers to the
list
of
hardware devices XP can recognize. So install the drivers for the
USB
2.0 card first, shut down the computer, remove the old USB PCI
Card,
put
the new USB 2.0 PCI Card in (doesn't really matter which slot you
use),
then turn the computer back on. It is actually pretty simple once
you
get in there and do it. Windows should easily be able to handle
the
change

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:

P.S. The instructions for the USB card say to install the
drivers
first,
then shut down the computer. Your thoughts?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:



The eject you are speaking of is the Safely Remove Hardware icon
that
appears in the system tray. This only needs to be used when
removing
external USB devices that are not Optimized for Quick Removal.
Once
you
turn the computer off, this is no longer necessary as it does
the
function for you when Windows is shutting down.

You are saying you want to install the new USB 2.0 PCI Card?
That
can
be done by just turning off the PC, open it up, push it into the
PCI
slot, and screw it in. While you're at it, you might as well
stick
the
sound card in one of the PCI slots, screw it in, and close up
the
computer. Once you turn it on, you may need to install the
drivers
if
XP
doesn't automatically do it for you.

Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS
once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:


I purchased a 5-port USB PCI Host Card to upgrade my older USB.
I
keep
getting a message to upgrade because my scanner is a hi-speed
device.
The
directions for installling this card are not clear. It says to
use
the
"eject or unplug" icon in the system tray bar to eject the old
card
before
removing it from the PC. However, there is no such icon in my
system
tray.
What to do?

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a
sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740. But I need to know
about
ejecting
the old USB port before I open my computer up. The
instructions
say
that if
I do not do that, I can damage the hard drive and/or the USB
devices.

Please advise and thank you!










  #25  
Old September 30th 04, 08:03 AM
Nathan McNulty
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel inD

Just a quick note, you do NOT have to enable USB 2.0 in the BIOS as your
motherboard does not have a USB 2.0 Controller _Built in_ to the
motherboard. PCI Expansion cards are controlled by the Operating System
which in this case is Windows XP. All that XP needs to operate a USB
2.0 PCI Card is at least Service Pack 1 and the proper drivers.
Everything else should be taken care of automatically

----
Nathan McNulty


PNW girl wrote:
I am in contact w/the vendor of the USB 2.0 card and they might help me, but
we'll see. I didn't notice when I purchased it that there was no brand name
on the card. It flashed by me at some point during installation, but too
quickly for me to see, and I didn't physically inspect the card before I put
it in. That is one problem. I just bought a firewire/USB 2.0 card that I
was going to install in my daughter's PC, but maybe I'll try it in mine and
see if the card and drivers I bought are just stinky. I bought the new one
from CompUSA and it's supposed to be delivered by today or tomorrow.

I was trying to update the BIOS because I kept reading on the forum that I
had to enable USB 2.0 on my BIOS in order to use those ports, but when I
pressed F2 at start up and looked at the BIOS, I did not see any place to
make such a choice. Hence the thought that I should update the BIOS. There
are two Sony BIOS upgrades that are online for my system, but only one
pertains to Windows XP and I already downloaded and installed that one. It
fixes only a minute problem, though.

Thank you again for the time you are putting in on this problem. It is most
appreciated.

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:


If the scanner works fine, it sounds like XP automatically recognized
and installed the card. There must be a different device connected that
is bringing up that Yellow !. Also, you don't really need to update the
BIOS unless the computer is not running properly, though it never really
hurts anything either. It doesn't matter if you update it or not, it
will probably still run the same way.

As for paying for the BIOS update, it should be free from your
(motherboard or computer) manufacturer's website. The ones that people
are charging for are modified BIOS files or replacement BIOS chips. I
wouldn't trust any of them.

----
Nathan McNulty


PNW girl wrote:

I've done that and it can't find them on the CD. The scanner appears to work
okay so far, I am just not sure at this point what is going on and don't want
problems down the road.

I've read on this forum of people "updating their BIOS." I used to do this
on my older computer online by downloading software. There was never a
charge. Have things changed? My internet searches are taking me to sites
where it will now cost me to upgrade my BIOS. What gives?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:



Open Device Manager by clicking Start, Run, Type devmgmt.msc and click
OK. Now find the problematic device with the yellow exclamation mark.
Right click on the device, click Update Drivers, then let it search the
CD ROM for the appropriate drivers. This should install the drivers for
you.

What happens right now if you plug in a USB device to the new card by
the way?

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:


The sound card seems fine and I'm loving it. I removed all files that I
found that I had installed for the USB 2.0, removed it, brought my system
back up, installed the driver, shut down, reinstalled the PCI card, rebooted.

My system said it found a USB hardware device but it went too slow for me to
know exactly what it said. Then the message went away.

I am still getting the PCI input device error at startup: can't install the
hardware because doesn't know about driver. It is still showing up in device
manager as a PCI input device with the yellow question mark.

Do I need to change my BIOS or anything else to enable the Hi-Speed USB to
be recognized? If so, how do I do this? Is there anything else I can do?

The frustrating thing is that the instructions on the CD rom do not match
what is happening. There is no autoinstall or set up on this CD. It only
prompts me to install Adobe reader so that I can read the instructions, so I
cancel that as I already have an updated reader. The instructions just say
to click on the icon. Well, which icon? There are 3 icons! I've installed
all three and each time, the same filename is used as the install file name.
This is very confusing. What am I installing?

Help please. Your time spent on this subject is very much appreciated.

"namniar" wrote:




Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.


"namniar" this@that wrote in message
.. .



Translation: Two USB ports in the back (which you have found and cannot
be physically removed, as well as, two USB ports in the front of the case
likely under some form of plastic bezel probably around the power button
and/or cd tray. These may or may not be removable depending on if they
are part of the mainboard or connected via cables - regardless there is no
point in physically removing them.

Regarding the USB / Soundcard: Remove both, reboot, use system restore to
get to a point before installing / removeing anything to do with new
cards, reboot as per system restore, install USB drivers as per
instructions (disk should autorun unless autorun is disabled - explore
cdrom and run setup.exe if necessary), shutdown and install as per USB
instructions, reboot. Check for yellow triangles in device manager -
hardware. If no triangles or errors noted plug in your scanner w/o
turning off PC (USB's are hot pluggable) and scanner should be detected
(watch system tray icons), test the scanner.

Next, install soundcard as per instructions - Soundbaster series usually
require the card to be installed, restart, cancel XP's attempt to load /
find drivers, autorun SB cdrom and follow the prompts.

Installing more than one card at a time is usually not a good idea in my
opinion.

Repost back to let us all know the outcome SVP.

r.



"PNW girl" wrote in message
...



The specs say that the Sony RX 752 comes with 4 USB port connectors, two
in
the front and two in the back. Translation?

"WayneM" wrote:




I was wondering if PNW girl really has a USB 1.0 PCI card. Unless the
computer is very old, which it probably isn't since it has XP, USB 1 has
been built into the mainboard. Even my 5 year old FIC socket 370 board
has
built in USB 1.0. I guess it is possible that she added a PCI card to
get
additional ports but that card should be obvious and not inaccessible.

At any rate just plugging in the card as suggested by others should
work. In
my case, my completely patched XP Pro did not find my USB 2.0 PCI card
and I
had to install the drivers provided on a CD-Rom.

Wayne

"PNW girl" wrote in message
news


Well, a few updates are in order. Before I got these two answers, I
went
ahead and installed the card w/o installing the software first. Once
inside,
I found that I could not take out the old USB 1.1 card as I can not
get to
it. It's behind a mess of other things.

The scanner works, but the yellow exclamation point shows up in the
device
manager, and I don't think the new USB ports show up on the Universal
Serial
Bus list. There is a menu item on the list labeled OTHER DEVICES that
has
the yellow question mark. Clicking on the plus sign reveals a device
called
PCI INPUT DEVICE. It also has the yellow question mark.

I have service pack one and two installed as I get Windows updates
automatically.

The disk for the drivers and the instructions do not match. It says
to
click on the set up driver icon, but there is no such icon when I look
at
the
disk using the RUN then BROWSE command. There are 3 .exe files, and I
don't
know for sure which one is for Windows XP. I guess and installed the
last
one. Here are the names of these driver files:

U2v2_1_4.exe
U2v2_1_6.exe
U2V2_1_8.exe

Do you think there is something else I can do? It does not appear
that
the
system is recognizing the card as a USB card though the scanner is
working
and working much more quickly. Should I take it out of the slot,
restart
Windows, load all 3 files, then shut down, put the card back in, and
restart?
Very perplexing and I apprecite both of your responses and
suggestions.





"Nathan McNulty" wrote:




I can see why they would say that as it adds the drivers to the list
of
hardware devices XP can recognize. So install the drivers for the
USB
2.0 card first, shut down the computer, remove the old USB PCI Card,
put
the new USB 2.0 PCI Card in (doesn't really matter which slot you
use),
then turn the computer back on. It is actually pretty simple once
you
get in there and do it. Windows should easily be able to handle the
change

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:



P.S. The instructions for the USB card say to install the drivers
first,
then shut down the computer. Your thoughts?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:





The eject you are speaking of is the Safely Remove Hardware icon
that
appears in the system tray. This only needs to be used when
removing
external USB devices that are not Optimized for Quick Removal.
Once
you
turn the computer off, this is no longer necessary as it does the
function for you when Windows is shutting down.

You are saying you want to install the new USB 2.0 PCI Card? That
can
be done by just turning off the PC, open it up, push it into the
PCI
slot, and screw it in. While you're at it, you might as well stick
the
sound card in one of the PCI slots, screw it in, and close up the
computer. Once you turn it on, you may need to install the drivers
if
XP
doesn't automatically do it for you.

Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:




I purchased a 5-port USB PCI Host Card to upgrade my older USB. I
keep
getting a message to upgrade because my scanner is a hi-speed
device.
The
directions for installling this card are not clear. It says to
use
the
"eject or unplug" icon in the system tray bar to eject the old
card
before
removing it from the PC. However, there is no such icon in my
system
tray.
What to do?

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740. But I need to know
about
ejecting
the old USB port before I open my computer up. The instructions
say
that if
I do not do that, I can damage the hard drive and/or the USB
devices.

Please advise and thank you!

  #26  
Old September 30th 04, 06:36 PM
WayneM
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Posts: n/a
Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in D

PNW girl,

If you go into Device Manager and look under USB Controllers for the USB 2.0
and/or Enhanced entry, it will indicate who made the chipset but not who
made the card. Maybe you can go to the chipset vendor to see if they can be
any help.

In my case it is an ALI chip set on the PCI card, but the front hub I
installed has a NEC chipset.

Wayne

"PNW girl" wrote in message
...
I am in contact w/the vendor of the USB 2.0 card and they might help me,
but
we'll see. I didn't notice when I purchased it that there was no brand
name
on the card. It flashed by me at some point during installation, but too
quickly for me to see, and I didn't physically inspect the card before I
put
it in. That is one problem. I just bought a firewire/USB 2.0 card that I
was going to install in my daughter's PC, but maybe I'll try it in mine
and
see if the card and drivers I bought are just stinky. I bought the new
one
from CompUSA and it's supposed to be delivered by today or tomorrow.

I was trying to update the BIOS because I kept reading on the forum that I
had to enable USB 2.0 on my BIOS in order to use those ports, but when I
pressed F2 at start up and looked at the BIOS, I did not see any place to
make such a choice. Hence the thought that I should update the BIOS.
There
are two Sony BIOS upgrades that are online for my system, but only one
pertains to Windows XP and I already downloaded and installed that one.
It
fixes only a minute problem, though.

Thank you again for the time you are putting in on this problem. It is
most
appreciated.

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:

If the scanner works fine, it sounds like XP automatically recognized
and installed the card. There must be a different device connected that
is bringing up that Yellow !. Also, you don't really need to update the
BIOS unless the computer is not running properly, though it never really
hurts anything either. It doesn't matter if you update it or not, it
will probably still run the same way.

As for paying for the BIOS update, it should be free from your
(motherboard or computer) manufacturer's website. The ones that people
are charging for are modified BIOS files or replacement BIOS chips. I
wouldn't trust any of them.

----
Nathan McNulty


PNW girl wrote:
I've done that and it can't find them on the CD. The scanner appears
to work
okay so far, I am just not sure at this point what is going on and
don't want
problems down the road.

I've read on this forum of people "updating their BIOS." I used to do
this
on my older computer online by downloading software. There was never a
charge. Have things changed? My internet searches are taking me to
sites
where it will now cost me to upgrade my BIOS. What gives?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:


Open Device Manager by clicking Start, Run, Type devmgmt.msc and click
OK. Now find the problematic device with the yellow exclamation mark.
Right click on the device, click Update Drivers, then let it search the
CD ROM for the appropriate drivers. This should install the drivers
for
you.

What happens right now if you plug in a USB device to the new card by
the way?

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:

The sound card seems fine and I'm loving it. I removed all files that
I
found that I had installed for the USB 2.0, removed it, brought my
system
back up, installed the driver, shut down, reinstalled the PCI card,
rebooted.

My system said it found a USB hardware device but it went too slow for
me to
know exactly what it said. Then the message went away.

I am still getting the PCI input device error at startup: can't
install the
hardware because doesn't know about driver. It is still showing up in
device
manager as a PCI input device with the yellow question mark.

Do I need to change my BIOS or anything else to enable the Hi-Speed
USB to
be recognized? If so, how do I do this? Is there anything else I can
do?

The frustrating thing is that the instructions on the CD rom do not
match
what is happening. There is no autoinstall or set up on this CD. It
only
prompts me to install Adobe reader so that I can read the
instructions, so I
cancel that as I already have an updated reader. The instructions
just say
to click on the icon. Well, which icon? There are 3 icons! I've
installed
all three and each time, the same filename is used as the install file
name.
This is very confusing. What am I installing?

Help please. Your time spent on this subject is very much
appreciated.

"namniar" wrote:



Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend
disabling the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS
setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard
brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring
only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.


"namniar" this@that wrote in message
.. .


Translation: Two USB ports in the back (which you have found and
cannot
be physically removed, as well as, two USB ports in the front of the
case
likely under some form of plastic bezel probably around the power
button
and/or cd tray. These may or may not be removable depending on if
they
are part of the mainboard or connected via cables - regardless there
is no
point in physically removing them.

Regarding the USB / Soundcard: Remove both, reboot, use system
restore to
get to a point before installing / removeing anything to do with new
cards, reboot as per system restore, install USB drivers as per
instructions (disk should autorun unless autorun is disabled -
explore
cdrom and run setup.exe if necessary), shutdown and install as per
USB
instructions, reboot. Check for yellow triangles in device
manager -
hardware. If no triangles or errors noted plug in your scanner w/o
turning off PC (USB's are hot pluggable) and scanner should be
detected
(watch system tray icons), test the scanner.

Next, install soundcard as per instructions - Soundbaster series
usually
require the card to be installed, restart, cancel XP's attempt to
load /
find drivers, autorun SB cdrom and follow the prompts.

Installing more than one card at a time is usually not a good idea
in my
opinion.

Repost back to let us all know the outcome SVP.

r.



"PNW girl" wrote in message
...


The specs say that the Sony RX 752 comes with 4 USB port
connectors, two
in
the front and two in the back. Translation?

"WayneM" wrote:



I was wondering if PNW girl really has a USB 1.0 PCI card. Unless
the
computer is very old, which it probably isn't since it has XP, USB
1 has
been built into the mainboard. Even my 5 year old FIC socket 370
board
has
built in USB 1.0. I guess it is possible that she added a PCI card
to
get
additional ports but that card should be obvious and not
inaccessible.

At any rate just plugging in the card as suggested by others
should
work. In
my case, my completely patched XP Pro did not find my USB 2.0 PCI
card
and I
had to install the drivers provided on a CD-Rom.

Wayne

"PNW girl" wrote in message
news

Well, a few updates are in order. Before I got these two
answers, I
went
ahead and installed the card w/o installing the software first.
Once
inside,
I found that I could not take out the old USB 1.1 card as I can
not
get to
it. It's behind a mess of other things.

The scanner works, but the yellow exclamation point shows up in
the
device
manager, and I don't think the new USB ports show up on the
Universal
Serial
Bus list. There is a menu item on the list labeled OTHER DEVICES
that
has
the yellow question mark. Clicking on the plus sign reveals a
device
called
PCI INPUT DEVICE. It also has the yellow question mark.

I have service pack one and two installed as I get Windows
updates
automatically.

The disk for the drivers and the instructions do not match. It
says
to
click on the set up driver icon, but there is no such icon when I
look
at
the
disk using the RUN then BROWSE command. There are 3 .exe files,
and I
don't
know for sure which one is for Windows XP. I guess and installed
the
last
one. Here are the names of these driver files:

U2v2_1_4.exe
U2v2_1_6.exe
U2V2_1_8.exe

Do you think there is something else I can do? It does not
appear
that
the
system is recognizing the card as a USB card though the scanner
is
working
and working much more quickly. Should I take it out of the slot,
restart
Windows, load all 3 files, then shut down, put the card back in,
and
restart?
Very perplexing and I apprecite both of your responses and
suggestions.





"Nathan McNulty" wrote:



I can see why they would say that as it adds the drivers to the
list
of
hardware devices XP can recognize. So install the drivers for
the
USB
2.0 card first, shut down the computer, remove the old USB PCI
Card,
put
the new USB 2.0 PCI Card in (doesn't really matter which slot
you
use),
then turn the computer back on. It is actually pretty simple
once
you
get in there and do it. Windows should easily be able to handle
the
change

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:


P.S. The instructions for the USB card say to install the
drivers
first,
then shut down the computer. Your thoughts?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:




The eject you are speaking of is the Safely Remove Hardware
icon
that
appears in the system tray. This only needs to be used when
removing
external USB devices that are not Optimized for Quick Removal.
Once
you
turn the computer off, this is no longer necessary as it does
the
function for you when Windows is shutting down.

You are saying you want to install the new USB 2.0 PCI Card?
That
can
be done by just turning off the PC, open it up, push it into
the
PCI
slot, and screw it in. While you're at it, you might as well
stick
the
sound card in one of the PCI slots, screw it in, and close up
the
computer. Once you turn it on, you may need to install the
drivers
if
XP
doesn't automatically do it for you.

Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS
once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:



I purchased a 5-port USB PCI Host Card to upgrade my older
USB. I
keep
getting a message to upgrade because my scanner is a hi-speed
device.
The
directions for installling this card are not clear. It says
to
use
the
"eject or unplug" icon in the system tray bar to eject the
old
card
before
removing it from the PC. However, there is no such icon in
my
system
tray.
What to do?

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a
sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740. But I need to know
about
ejecting
the old USB port before I open my computer up. The
instructions
say
that if
I do not do that, I can damage the hard drive and/or the USB
devices.

Please advise and thank you!






  #27  
Old January 10th 05, 07:59 PM
edward
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in D



"namniar" wrote:

Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.


"namniar" this@that wrote in message
...
Translation: Two USB ports in the back (which you have found and cannot
be physically removed, as well as, two USB ports in the front of the case
likely under some form of plastic bezel probably around the power button
and/or cd tray. These may or may not be removable depending on if they
are part of the mainboard or connected via cables - regardless there is no
point in physically removing them.

Regarding the USB / Soundcard: Remove both, reboot, use system restore to
get to a point before installing / removeing anything to do with new
cards, reboot as per system restore, install USB drivers as per
instructions (disk should autorun unless autorun is disabled - explore
cdrom and run setup.exe if necessary), shutdown and install as per USB
instructions, reboot. Check for yellow triangles in device manager -
hardware. If no triangles or errors noted plug in your scanner w/o
turning off PC (USB's are hot pluggable) and scanner should be detected
(watch system tray icons), test the scanner.

Next, install soundcard as per instructions - Soundbaster series usually
require the card to be installed, restart, cancel XP's attempt to load /
find drivers, autorun SB cdrom and follow the prompts.

Installing more than one card at a time is usually not a good idea in my
opinion.

Repost back to let us all know the outcome SVP.

r.



"PNW girl" wrote in message
...
The specs say that the Sony RX 752 comes with 4 USB port connectors, two
in
the front and two in the back. Translation?

"WayneM" wrote:

I was wondering if PNW girl really has a USB 1.0 PCI card. Unless the
computer is very old, which it probably isn't since it has XP, USB 1 has
been built into the mainboard. Even my 5 year old FIC socket 370 board
has
built in USB 1.0. I guess it is possible that she added a PCI card to
get
additional ports but that card should be obvious and not inaccessible.

At any rate just plugging in the card as suggested by others should
work. In
my case, my completely patched XP Pro did not find my USB 2.0 PCI card
and I
had to install the drivers provided on a CD-Rom.

Wayne

"PNW girl" wrote in message
news Well, a few updates are in order. Before I got these two answers, I
went
ahead and installed the card w/o installing the software first. Once
inside,
I found that I could not take out the old USB 1.1 card as I can not
get to
it. It's behind a mess of other things.

The scanner works, but the yellow exclamation point shows up in the
device
manager, and I don't think the new USB ports show up on the Universal
Serial
Bus list. There is a menu item on the list labeled OTHER DEVICES that
has
the yellow question mark. Clicking on the plus sign reveals a device
called
PCI INPUT DEVICE. It also has the yellow question mark.

I have service pack one and two installed as I get Windows updates
automatically.

The disk for the drivers and the instructions do not match. It says
to
click on the set up driver icon, but there is no such icon when I look
at
the
disk using the RUN then BROWSE command. There are 3 .exe files, and I
don't
know for sure which one is for Windows XP. I guess and installed the
last
one. Here are the names of these driver files:

U2v2_1_4.exe
U2v2_1_6.exe
U2V2_1_8.exe

Do you think there is something else I can do? It does not appear
that
the
system is recognizing the card as a USB card though the scanner is
working
and working much more quickly. Should I take it out of the slot,
restart
Windows, load all 3 files, then shut down, put the card back in, and
restart?
Very perplexing and I apprecite both of your responses and
suggestions.





"Nathan McNulty" wrote:

I can see why they would say that as it adds the drivers to the list
of
hardware devices XP can recognize. So install the drivers for the
USB
2.0 card first, shut down the computer, remove the old USB PCI Card,
put
the new USB 2.0 PCI Card in (doesn't really matter which slot you
use),
then turn the computer back on. It is actually pretty simple once
you
get in there and do it. Windows should easily be able to handle the
change

----
Nathan McNulty

PNW girl wrote:
P.S. The instructions for the USB card say to install the drivers
first,
then shut down the computer. Your thoughts?

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:


The eject you are speaking of is the Safely Remove Hardware icon
that
appears in the system tray. This only needs to be used when
removing
external USB devices that are not Optimized for Quick Removal.
Once
you
turn the computer off, this is no longer necessary as it does the
function for you when Windows is shutting down.

You are saying you want to install the new USB 2.0 PCI Card? That
can
be done by just turning off the PC, open it up, push it into the
PCI
slot, and screw it in. While you're at it, you might as well stick
the
sound card in one of the PCI slots, screw it in, and close up the
computer. Once you turn it on, you may need to install the drivers
if
XP
doesn't automatically do it for you.

Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:

I purchased a 5-port USB PCI Host Card to upgrade my older USB. I
keep
getting a message to upgrade because my scanner is a hi-speed
device.
The
directions for installling this card are not clear. It says to
use
the
"eject or unplug" icon in the system tray bar to eject the old
card
before
removing it from the PC. However, there is no such icon in my
system
tray.
What to do?

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740. But I need to know
about
ejecting
the old USB port before I open my computer up. The instructions
say
that if
I do not do that, I can damage the hard drive and/or the USB
devices.

Please advise and thank you!










  #28  
Old January 11th 05, 02:40 PM
yabbadoo
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in D

Concerning new "Soundcard" installation - your advice is certainly correct
for some, not for all (unless you know more than I've been able to find).
Just yesterday I added a new Creative Audigy Live! sound card, replacing the
on-board CMI8738/C3DX sound chip on my Asus A7V266-E m/b - having RTFM
carefully, it too said "disable sound chip - read motherboard manual"
(which I don't have).
(Reason for upgrade - CMI8738 driver did not give enhanced mic. support - I
need mic audio file in PPT presentation.)

I went to BIOS - there's absolutely NOTHING in the BIOS that I can find (and
I tried every screen) to disable sound chip.
My solution - in XP Device Manager, disabled the CMI8738 entry "in this
configuration", installed the Audigy software and card, it seems to work.
(Isn't this just as effective as pfaffing around in BIOS? Most users have
only one configuration...an added thought)

On the other hand, your knowledge far outweighs mine -
I've only ever done this twice, and first time it was possible in BIOS. So,
if you can point me to the BIOS setting in my m/b which needs disabling,
I'll be grateful. It certainly isn't obvious - the only remotely relevant
entry I found was something relating to AC97, which, when disabled, did
nothing to affect the sound chip, so re-enabled it.
Appreciate your thoughts ?
Sincerely, Len


----- Original Message -----
From: "edward"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 6:59 PM
Subject: Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in D




"namniar" wrote:

Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling
the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard
brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.


Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS
once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a
sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740.


"edward" wrote in message
...


"namniar" wrote:

Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling
the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard
brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring
only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.



  #29  
Old January 11th 05, 05:38 PM
namniar
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in D

I tried to download the manual for your board but the Asus website is busy
(so it says). Try this link from a Google search of Asus A7V266-E.

http://usa.asus.com/mb/socketa/a7v266-e/overview.htm

Download manual is listed on the left side.

Also, maybe someone with your motherboard can post and let you know how/if
the onboard sound can be disabled in BIOS.

On my MSI board with AMIBIOS disabling the onboard sound is done in
"Integrated Peripherals" - set onboard AC'97 to disable.

r.

"yabbadoo" wrote in message
...
Concerning new "Soundcard" installation - your advice is certainly correct
for some, not for all (unless you know more than I've been able to find).
Just yesterday I added a new Creative Audigy Live! sound card, replacing
the
on-board CMI8738/C3DX sound chip on my Asus A7V266-E m/b - having RTFM
carefully, it too said "disable sound chip - read motherboard manual"
(which I don't have).
(Reason for upgrade - CMI8738 driver did not give enhanced mic. support -
I
need mic audio file in PPT presentation.)

I went to BIOS - there's absolutely NOTHING in the BIOS that I can find
(and
I tried every screen) to disable sound chip.
My solution - in XP Device Manager, disabled the CMI8738 entry "in this
configuration", installed the Audigy software and card, it seems to work.
(Isn't this just as effective as pfaffing around in BIOS? Most users have
only one configuration...an added thought)

On the other hand, your knowledge far outweighs mine -
I've only ever done this twice, and first time it was possible in BIOS.
So,
if you can point me to the BIOS setting in my m/b which needs disabling,
I'll be grateful. It certainly isn't obvious - the only remotely relevant
entry I found was something relating to AC97, which, when disabled, did
nothing to affect the sound chip, so re-enabled it.
Appreciate your thoughts ?
Sincerely, Len


----- Original Message -----
From: "edward"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 6:59 PM
Subject: Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in
D




"namniar" wrote:

Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling
the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS
setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard
brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.


Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS
once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a
sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740.


"edward" wrote in message
...


"namniar" wrote:

Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling
the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS
setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard
brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring
only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.





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Old January 11th 05, 07:14 PM
yabbadoo
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Default Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in D

Thanks for coming back. I've been all over the world (literally) found
several sites that claim to have file A7V266E-100.pdf (the English manual)
but not one of them will download. Tried Google, Cnet, Znet - you name it.

This link somehow appeared - just came up when I was in middle of something
else

http://fbe001.etech.fh-hamburg.de/pu...7v266e-100.pdf

and I was able to access (but not download) via Adobe Acrobat.

Seems that the AC97 thingy is indeed the sound deactivator, though why it
didn't deactivate when I disabled it I cannot explain.

Interesting fact - the manual is about 140 pages, most of it above my head.
However, buying a ready-to-go system seems to deny the user of not only the
manual, but also the motherboard set-up disk and various utilities which
seem to be useful (if I had them).
Another interesting fact - this manual makes no reference to XP (W2000/NT,
yes). My PC is 3 years old (just about) but apparently this motherboard is
much older

In desperation, also tried to get the pdf file by name from 2 different
file-share progs - in theory, that's accessing well over 2mm pc's. No joy.

You didn't comment on the effectiveness or otherwise of the "workaround" of
disabling the CMI8738 sound chipset in Device Manager - is this a valid
solution or am I storing up trouble for later?

Appreciate your help and comments - Len (and if you DO get the ruddy manual,
please tell me how and where from).

"namniar" this@that wrote in message
...
I tried to download the manual for your board but the Asus website is busy
(so it says). Try this link from a Google search of Asus A7V266-E.

http://usa.asus.com/mb/socketa/a7v266-e/overview.htm

Download manual is listed on the left side.

Also, maybe someone with your motherboard can post and let you know how/if
the onboard sound can be disabled in BIOS.

On my MSI board with AMIBIOS disabling the onboard sound is done in
"Integrated Peripherals" - set onboard AC'97 to disable.

r.

"yabbadoo" wrote in message
...
Concerning new "Soundcard" installation - your advice is certainly
correct
for some, not for all (unless you know more than I've been able to find).
Just yesterday I added a new Creative Audigy Live! sound card, replacing
the
on-board CMI8738/C3DX sound chip on my Asus A7V266-E m/b - having RTFM
carefully, it too said "disable sound chip - read motherboard manual"
(which I don't have).
(Reason for upgrade - CMI8738 driver did not give enhanced mic. support -
I
need mic audio file in PPT presentation.)

I went to BIOS - there's absolutely NOTHING in the BIOS that I can find
(and
I tried every screen) to disable sound chip.
My solution - in XP Device Manager, disabled the CMI8738 entry "in this
configuration", installed the Audigy software and card, it seems to work.
(Isn't this just as effective as pfaffing around in BIOS? Most users have
only one configuration...an added thought)

On the other hand, your knowledge far outweighs mine -
I've only ever done this twice, and first time it was possible in BIOS.
So,
if you can point me to the BIOS setting in my m/b which needs disabling,
I'll be grateful. It certainly isn't obvious - the only remotely relevant
entry I found was something relating to AC97, which, when disabled, did
nothing to affect the sound chip, so re-enabled it.
Appreciate your thoughts ?
Sincerely, Len


----- Original Message -----
From: "edward"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 6:59 PM
Subject: Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in
D




"namniar" wrote:

Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling
the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS
setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard
brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.


Last note, you may want to disable onboard sound in the BIOS
once
you
have set up your new sound card

----
Nathan McNulty


PNWgirl wrote:

I have a Sony RX 752, Windows XP. I also want to install a
sound
card
at
the same time and disable my Sis 650/740.


"edward" wrote in message
...


"namniar" wrote:

Oops forgot to add that as per SB instructions they recommend disabling
the
on board soundcard before SB install begins. This is done in BIOS
setup,
accessed by pressing DEL during post (depending upon the mainboard
brand).
Consult your mainboard / Sony manual and or Sony website.

Also, your original USB ports can still be used for devices requiring
only
USB 1.1 speed.

r.







 




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