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A year ago, I bought a computer system with an AMD Athlon-XP 2400+
processor and an MSI KT4AV mobo. Today the USB completely stopped
working. This system runs under both Windows 2K Pro (SP2) and Mandrake
Linux 10.0, and USB won't work under either O/S. Moreover, every time I
boot into Win2K, the new hardware wizard starts up, but installation of a
supposed new USB device fails.
Unfortunately, I now know of the inferior quality of VIA chipsets.
Earlier this year, I had problems with the on-board LAN (on both O/S's),
so I installed a PCI LAN card. I have also had occasional problems with
the on-board sound (again, on both O/S's), so I plan to get a PCI sound
card soon.
Now with this USB problem which, once again, seems to be independent of
the O/S, I have thought about getting a PCI USB card. But I am skeptical
that other VIA-based features may go screwy in time. So my questions are:
1. What other VIA on-board features besides audio, LAN and USB are likely
to have problems?
2. Would it be worth it to just get a new (non-VIA) mobo instead of the 2
PCI cards?
Thanks in advance for any information you could provide.
A year ago, I bought a computer system with an AMD Athlon-XP 2400+
processor and an MSI KT4AV mobo. Today the USB completely stopped
working. This system runs under both Windows 2K Pro (SP2) and Mandrake
Linux 10.0, and USB won't work under either O/S. Moreover, every time I
boot into Win2K, the new hardware wizard starts up, but installation of a
supposed new USB device fails.
Unfortunately, I now know of the inferior quality of VIA chipsets.
Earlier this year, I had problems with the on-board LAN (on both O/S's),
so I installed a PCI LAN card. I have also had occasional problems with
the on-board sound (again, on both O/S's), so I plan to get a PCI sound
card soon.
Now with this USB problem which, once again, seems to be independent of
the O/S, I have thought about getting a PCI USB card. But I am skeptical
that other VIA-based features may go screwy in time. So my questions are:
1. What other VIA on-board features besides audio, LAN and USB are likely
to have problems?
2. Would it be worth it to just get a new (non-VIA) mobo instead of the 2
PCI cards?
Thanks in advance for any information you could provide.