I have an AMD Athlon XP 1800+ with 256 MB of ram running Windows 98 SE. It has four USB ports: two on the motherboard and two on a pci expansion card.
Until recently, I have been running with three USB devices (scanner, speakers and DSL modem) without any problems. When I needed to purchase another ink jet printer, I purchased a USB ink jet for the fourth USB port.
That is when my problems began. Immediately, my scanner wasn?t always recognized and I would have to unplug it and replug it before it would be recognized. After about 3-4 days, the PC would not find the scanner anymore. After a couple of more days, it did not find the printer. Even exchanging the printer did not alter this. Finally, after a couple more days, the speakers stopped working.
The only USB device that is still working is the DSL modem. It was the only USB device that loaded USB drivers upon installation. In fact, it will work from any of the four USB ports.
A friend told me that 98 was not written to support USB and was added after the operating system was complete. He suggested that if I updated to Windows ME or XP, my problem should be resolved.
That?s fine. But before I spend the $200.00 for XP, can anyone think of anything else it might be?
Thanks in advance.
