Installing Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card: D.I.D. (Damsel in Distr

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!

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!

Thank you, Nathan, for such a quick response. Yes, I want to install both
cards, but the instructions threw me when it said I should eject first before
taking out the old USB card. I assume that is what I have to do, is that
right? I should take out the 1.1 USB card and replace it with the 2.0 USB
card?

Also, I hope I bought the right card. It says "host card." Is there a
difference? Thanks again. I am at peace with the sound card installation,
but am worried about the USB installation. I don't need problems right now
as I am taking an online class. Thanks again for your help.


"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!

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!

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!

Before installing the USB2.0 card make sure that you have SP1 installed on
the computer, then go into device manager and uninstall all of the USB
controllers.
Turn the computer off, open the case, install the cards, turn the computer
on XP should be able to recognize the newly installed cards without loading
the drivers for them.

"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!

Thank you for your help. I do have SP1 and SP2 installed. I could not get
to the old USB card to take it out, and so I did not uninstall their drivers.
Please see my post to Nathan's response about my dilemma and thank you again.

"My answer" wrote:

Before installing the USB2.0 card make sure that you have SP1 installed on
the computer, then go into device manager and uninstall all of the USB
controllers.
Turn the computer off, open the case, install the cards, turn the computer
on XP should be able to recognize the newly installed cards without loading
the drivers for them.

"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!

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!

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!

Thanks for your insight, Wayne. The problem is, even when looking at the
back of the PC, the original USB ports are near the top of the chassis. The
two remaining PCI slots are way down low near the bottom. When I open the
chassis, in-between these two areas are other large and small devices. I
don't see how I can go around them to grab the old card that is obviously on
the other side of the PC. Any thoughts?


"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!

I just read your post again and I misread it the first time, I think. I was
wondering the same thing, because I can not get to the top of the computer
where the original USB ports are located.

"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!

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!

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!

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!

Your original USB is connected to the motherboard and cannot be removed
without soldering and quite a bit of work which you really don't want to
do

I would try installing the USB drivers included on the CD that came with
the USB PCI Card and reboot. If it still doesn't work, try the System
Restore approach namnair explained so well.

----
Nathan McNulty


PNW girl wrote:
Thanks for your insight, Wayne. The problem is, even when looking at the
back of the PC, the original USB ports are near the top of the chassis. The
two remaining PCI slots are way down low near the bottom. When I open the
chassis, in-between these two areas are other large and small devices. I
don't see how I can go around them to grab the old card that is obviously on
the other side of the PC. Any thoughts?


"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!