Re: Forcing Windows XP to Recognize New Device

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Do you have any devices shown in device manager that have an ! mark? Check
under the USB devices.

It is likely the USB 2 adapter. If so, update the driver for the device.
Allow the system to search automatically. If you have SP2 installed on your
computer the correct drivers will be found and installed. It will now be
seen as a "Standard Enhanced USB Host Controller" and you should have full
use of the ports.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Uncle Joe" <UncleJoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi. Windows XP (Home) on three-year old ASUS P4B266C
> mobo with three onboard USB1 ports (2 external, 1 internal);
> 1 GB RAM, P4; GeForce3 TI-200 64 MB AGP card; one
> four-port USB1 PCI card; one external 4-port USB1 hub; seven
> actual USB1 devices.
>
> Two days ago, I bought my first USB2 device, an inkjet printer.
> Printer worked fine on USB1 cable but I wanted to see if
> speed would improve on USB2.
>
> Purchased a Belkin 5-port USB2 PCI adapter card. It would
> "hang" during detection, no matter what. It would lock my
> mouse cursor arrow in the center of the screen. Took it back
> today and exchanged it for a 5-port Compaq USB2 adapter
> PCI card.
>
> This card installed flawlessly, but no detection whatsoever was
> performed. It doesn't appear in my system devices. I attached
> the new printer's USB2 cable to one of the USB2 ports on the
> Compaq PCI card, printed a web page, and the system reported
> that the printer wasn't ready. In other words, it's just a hunk of
> junk taking up space in a PCI slot.
>
> Is there a way to force Windows to detect/recognize PCI
> cards?
>
> TIA.
>


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