Any one have any info on why VIA USB2 chipsets (on board or add on cards) seem so problematic. I bought a add on PCI card that has firewire and USB2 ports.
My MB only has 3 pci slots so I thought this was a good solution. XP detected card and loaded drivers just fine. USB hi speed card reader detected and useable. Speed 4x faster than if I plug it in MB USD
ports. Problem (if it’s a problem) is USB2 is not lised in device manager. Only lists as USB root hub 4 times. I assume 2 for on board and the 2 added by the card. The Microsoft driver is listed as 5.1.2600.1106 on the root w/ the “mass storage device” attached. Is this USB2? No way to update drivers from VIA (license agreement w/ Microsoft (enough to give me shivers))and seemingly no way to upgrade from Microsoft.Drivers on CD refuse to install. I have been checking the VIA forums and it seems other people have been having problems like this. Was recommended to me to get a card w/ NEC chipset and I have passed this on. Seems to solve the majority of USB2 problems. What evil has transpired between Microsoft and VIA to cause us so many problems? I also checked usbman.com web site and saw all the “tricks” to getting USB to work. BIOS updates,patches,IRQ conflicts ect. but for some reason I don’t buy into this. If someone can’t get a VIA USB2 card working and then slops in a NEC card and “boom” instant success, then I feel there’s a deeper yet simpler problem. Sorry for ranting but I think I assumed alot of frustration from others. My card at least seemingly works. Haven’t tested the Firewire part yet. For the IRQ crowd. 10-SCSI host adapter and Creative audio.11-nvidia geforce ultra and rev5 or later USB host controller 12- (2) rev 5 host controllers and OHCI compliant 1394 host controller.MB ga-7zmmh w/ via km133a chipset.
256mb VCRAM,AMD XP-1700 (or close),ELSA Gladiac Ultra geforce2 card.