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USB usage locks up PC
I have installed a USB card in my Win98 SE PC in order to get USB 2.0 to synchronize with a newly acquired Palm Tungsten T3. After some difficulty, I finally got the drivers to install correctly and I have synchronized once. However, ever since then, whenever I try to connect a USB device to the card (even a flash drive), the PC immedicately completely locks up--I cannot even do a Ctrl-Alt-Del. The Device Manager shows that the USB devices are working properly.
Any suggestions other than reinstalling the drivers, which is my next step?
Any suggestions other than reinstalling the drivers, which is my next step?
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Win98SE does not by default support USB2.0. You will need to download USB2 drivers from your motherboard maker and/or the chipset manufacturer. What is your motherboard? What is the chipset? (e.g. VIA, nVidia, Intel. etc)
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I finally seem to have solved the problem after reading several of the recommended links. I added RAM which did not help, but decided to leave it in anyway. I then took out my sound card which was sharing an IRQ with one of the USB controllers, then uninstalled the USB drivers and finally reinstalled them, after which I was able to synchronize with the Palm. I rebooted a couple of times and have still been able to do so, so I hoping that the installation is stable. I have kept the sound card out for now.
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.
Glad to help.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20918012/Added-PCI-USB-Card-Not-always-recognized.html