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USB on Windows 2000 Professional

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by harvardd

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USB on Windows 2000 Professional

I have a Classic Pentium on an Epox system board using VIA chip set

There is a USB controller (16 pin or 2 rows of 8 pins) in to the system board. I recently got a USB controller cable for the pins so thatI can connect a USB modem.

However, Windows 2000 apparently won?t recognized the USB controller. In device manager, I get an entry stating that it?s a unsupported USB controller. There is no driver installed for the USB controller. The modem will not be detected by the OS.

How can get windows 200o professional to work with USB?

Also, is there a test I can apply to test if USB is working?

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by netdrake

You may want to research your system Bios's compatibility with Windows 2000. I have a problem with my PII's bios (Laptop) and Windows 2000. I cannot RESTART windows, I must SHUT DOWN then power on. Sometimes it's strange like that.

Hope that helped

by garyf52

Use the Upgrade device driver Wizard. Choose 'Display a list of drivers .... ', and select the 'Standard Universal PCI to USB host controller'. Also check the Windows Update Website. You'll probably find an updated USB driver for your chipset there.

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