Trying to install a USB card

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kiz

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Hi all, I was hoping someone here could help. I am trying to install a USB card in my folks old computer. It is not USB enabled, yet.

The computer is quite old, it is an old Pentium II, it is running Windows 98SE. There are 2 free slots where the card will fit. The card is some generic brand, "5 port USB V@ card" is what is written on the box. It came with a driver disk.

I stuck the card into the most logical free slot for it to go in, and fired the computer up. The computer detected new hardware, and I (theoretically) installed the new drivers, but when it booted my old serial mouse would not work. Fair enough - this sometimes happens. I swap to a new USB mouse. I try to install the mouse - only the mouse installer tells me there is no USB port for the mouse to contect to. So, um, with the card in slot 1 neither mouse will work. But the computer must be detecting the new card somehow, as it is using up the address the old serial mouse was using, right?

I tried the card in the second free slot, but the mouse still cannot find the card. Yet my serial mouse will work with the card in this slot. The problem is not the new mouse... I've tried to install my digital camera to work with the new usb ports and no luck either.

Soo... what next guys?
 
is the card actually supported by windows 98se?
i am wondering if it could be somthing to do with usb2.0 :-\
 
Specs will have nothing to do with it.

It is possible that the card is faulty, perhaps you could try it either on another computer or a different slot. (The slot could also be faulty).

You could try removing the driver, and the card, then restarting, turning it off, and trying again.
 
I got it installed, it took way longer than it should have. :D The problem ended up being the drivers that came with the card just didn't want to work with the comp, even though they were supposed to. I'd tried pulling the card out and trying it in different slots and all that before I posted here... the only thing I didn't try was downloading as set of "universal" drivers and trying them.

Oh well, thanks for your help guys.
 
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