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More info?)
All good thoughts and suggestions. I'll put the card back in and plug the
printer into it and see what USB View shows, as well as the device mgr, and
report back. I have a sinking feeling this will not be resolved without
either a new motherboard or printer.
I really appreciate your taking the time to try and help with this.
"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
news:nospam-0603050650480001@192.168.1.177...
> In article <3YzWd.11890$Pz7.4096@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, "KnumbKnuts"
> <[nospam[jhansman@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> > Well, when I run USB View, it does show the printer connected using "DOT
4
> > USB Printing Support" which is not listed if I disconnect the printer
and
> > refresh the listing. I'm not sure what this tells me, except that this
util
> > can see the printer connected. I deleted all references to the printer
in
> > the registry that I could find (many, even after uninstalling the
software),
> > but one thing the HP tech told me in an online support session was that
> > regardless of whether or not any HP software or drivers were installed,
when
> > the printer is connected via USB, the "New Hardware Found" notification
> > should show up in the tray. This has never happened, not once. So, does
this
> > mean that it's a Windows problem? If so, why does it work on other XP
> > machines? It is worth noting that the first time I attempted to install
this
> > printer, it was on a fresh install of Windows XP, with only the nForce
> > drivers from the motherboard CD. Any other ideas?
> >
>
> This is what I get on my A7N8X-E, with a single USB mouse connected.
> (I think the reason USBview lists two groups of three ports, is
> USBview was designed back when Southbridge chips only had four
> USB ports. No hardware is ever arranged the way this info is
> displayed below. It should be three groups of two. I'm using
> Win2K SP2 and have no USB2 support in my OS.)
>
> ____________________________________________
> My Computer
> Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
> Root Hub
> [Port1] DeviceConnected: USB Human Interface Device
> [Port2] NoDeviceConnected
> [Port3] NoDeviceConnected
> Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
> Root Hub
> [Port1] NoDeviceConnected
> [Port2] NoDeviceConnected
> [Port3] NoDeviceConnected
>
> The first root hub reads:
>
> Root Hub:
USB#ROOT_HUB#4&36ce346&0#{f18a0e88-c30c-11d0-8815-00a0c906bed8}
> Hub Power: Self Power
> Number of Ports: 3
> Power switching: None
> Compound device: No
> Over-current Protection: Global
>
> The second root hub reads:
>
> Root Hub:
USB#ROOT_HUB#4&37090e00&0#{f18a0e88-c30c-11d0-8815-00a0c906bed8}
> Hub Power: Self Power
> Number of Ports: 3
> Power switching: None
> Compound device: No
> Over-current Protection: Global
>
> And the entry for my USB mouse, on Port 1 above, reads this
> when I click the "DeviceConnected" line on the screen:
>
> Device Descriptor:
> bcdUSB: 0x0200
> bDeviceClass: 0x00
> bDeviceSubClass: 0x00
> bDeviceProtocol: 0x00
> bMaxPacketSize0: 0x08 (8)
> idVendor: 0x046D (Logitech Inc.)
> idProduct: 0xC01A
> bcdDevice: 0x1900
> iManufacturer: 0x01
> iProduct: 0x02
> iSerialNumber: 0x00
> bNumConfigurations: 0x01
>
> ConnectionStatus: DeviceConnected
> Current Config Value: 0x01
> Device Bus Speed: Low
> Device Address: 0x02
> Open Pipes: 1
>
> Endpoint Descriptor:
> bEndpointAddress: 0x81
> Transfer Type: Interrupt
> wMaxPacketSize: 0x0004 (4)
> bInterval: 0x0A
> _________________________________________
>
> What I was hoping to achieve, was to see whether the printer
> could be seen or not.
>
> There is one outstanding bug on the Nforce2. There is a
> jitter problem...
>
>
http://www.epox.de/_boarddetail/8rda+/nForce2_MCP-T_MCP_USB1.1_AppNote.pdf
>
> But, if you are using a separate PCI USB card, that would
> no longer be a potential problem. Does USBview behave
> differently when using a USB card and the printer ?
>
> So, what exactly do you see in USBview ?
>
> This could be a BIOS problem, but for that to happen, there
> would have to be something seriously wrong with the USB
> declaration info that HP is using. Like the wrong device
> class or something.
>
> For the New Hardware Wizard not to pop up, either the device
> has already got a driver (somehow), or the device is not
> being seen. Are you sure there isn't an [Unknown] entry
> in the Device Manager ? I means, if your USBview output
> has details of a device, like the ones I list above, then
> it should be reflected as an extra line in the Device
> Manager.
>
> Just guessing,
> Paul