USB 2.0 PCI Card Issues

Hello,

I've had a USB 2.0 PCI 4 port hub in a PCI slot for quite a while now since my ancient motherboard only supports USB 1.1, and since I'm now in the mood to start fixing things, I am ready to address the fact that it has never really worked.

Anytime I plug my portable hard drive, my USB wireless dongle, camera, or even a USB memory card reader into the back of it, nothing shows up. It seems to work for random tasks, like plugging my IPOD in, but for must useful tasks doesn't work at all.

I've heard rumors that this would be the case with any USB hub type device whether PCI slot or not, due to power issues etc., but my portable HDD has it's own power supply and still doesn't work.

Do you think this is a bad USB hub and that I may have better luck with others, or a driver issue, or is this just the nature of 2.0 hubs on older computers?

If possibly a driver issue, any idea on how to find an updated driver? I can't tell what kind of card it is.

 

It may not be a driver issue. Many years ago I had a similar problem with an older computer. Apparently the older computer had no idea of what to do with the USB 2.0 PCI board, even with the correct drivers installed.

I E-mailed the manufacturer of the PCI board and explained the problems and he emailed me back a link to the solution.

I still have it on one of my old Back Up drives. Maybe TonyT can make sense of it. All I remember is following the directions and the USB 2.0 PCI board worked perfectly.

Here are those directions


1) Boot up the system with a MS-DOS or Windows 95/98/ME/XP Startup Disk. If the
system is running Windows 2000, see if you can obtain a MS-DOS or Windows
95/98/ME/XP Startup Disk.

2) Remove the MS-DOS or Windows 95/98/ME/XP Startup Disk.

3) Insert the disk with USB2.0_Flash.exe.

4) Type 'burn' and press 'Enter'.

5) Press any key to continue.

6) Type 'Y' to continue.

7) Remove the disk with USB2.0_Flash.exe. Restart the system.

I also still have the original USB2.0_Flash.exe file. But I am willing to bet it was meant only for that manufactorers PCI board.

Hope this helps a little.

 

My board probably doesn't support USB 2.0 either. I checked, and there is a bios update available, but I don't have a floppy drive to make the boot disk.

I have an MSI 850 Pro5 Version 1
The USB PCI hub is an Ali M5273