USB 2.0 PCI Card Problems

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I wanted to use a Thumb drive and USB external hard drive in high speed
mode so I bought a CompUSA (Ali) USB 2.0 expansion card, and installed
it in my PC (XP Pro, SP1, P IV 1.4, Intel chipset, USB 1.1 on moboard).

All went well at first. Then after about a month, when plug in USB
devices almost randomly saw blank screen, restarts, scan the USB
directories, etc. Sometimes plugged in USB devices and device seen, but
no files shown. (When I plug the same devices into the old 1.1 USB ports
they work fine, but slower, so it is not the thumb or the external drive.)

I thought perhaps the PCI USB card drivers were corrupted, so I removed
the card, removed the software (thru control panel), then went into Win
/System32, and renamed all Ali files and a file called OEM19.
Re-started and ran PC thru seveal cycles, then reinstalled the 2.0 PCI
card.

PC (P&P) doesnt detect the card, but I can see it in control panel
hardware, ran the Ali install disk, see all in hardware manager, but now
does not detect any USB devices when plugged in.

Any/all suggestions greatly appreciated. Truly stumped!!!
HH

 

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Uninstall ALL USB (1.1 and 2.0) hubs, ports and controllers
[and USB devices such as printers and scanners] then reboot.
That should get you a clean install of USB. Then reinstall
any USB devices, such as your printer and scanner.


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"HHatcher" <hatch@whatsit.not> wrote in message
news:N6J3e.4501$pU5.4311@trnddc06...
|I wanted to use a Thumb drive and USB external hard drive
in high speed
| mode so I bought a CompUSA (Ali) USB 2.0 expansion card,
and installed
| it in my PC (XP Pro, SP1, P IV 1.4, Intel chipset, USB 1.1
on moboard).
|
| All went well at first. Then after about a month, when
plug in USB
| devices almost randomly saw blank screen, restarts, scan
the USB
| directories, etc. Sometimes plugged in USB devices and
device seen, but
| no files shown. (When I plug the same devices into the old
1.1 USB ports
| they work fine, but slower, so it is not the thumb or the
external drive.)
|
| I thought perhaps the PCI USB card drivers were corrupted,
so I removed
| the card, removed the software (thru control panel), then
went into Win
| /System32, and renamed all Ali files and a file called
OEM19.
| Re-started and ran PC thru seveal cycles, then reinstalled
the 2.0 PCI
| card.
|
| PC (P&P) doesnt detect the card, but I can see it in
control panel
| hardware, ran the Ali install disk, see all in hardware
manager, but now
| does not detect any USB devices when plugged in.
|
| Any/all suggestions greatly appreciated. Truly stumped!!!
| HH
|