RE: Can't get USB hubs to work...

From: BAR (BAR_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/29/04


Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:12:01 -0700

You may need to install a USB2 driver separately. Check your motherboard Cd
for a specific USB2 driver for the onboard chipset.

Belkin's Manual indicates that no drivers are necessary.

"billjup" wrote:

> I have a Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 7-port hub with power and can't get it
> installed. When I plug into any of the USB 2.0 ports on my system, it detects
> it and lists it in Device Mgr as a "USB Device" with a yellow exclamation
> point. The add new hardware wizard launches and I follow through it and it
> doesn't find a driver, despite having my WinXP Pro disk in the drive and
> having WinXP SP2 installed.
>
> I've also tried 2 different generic 4-port hubs with no power, and they
> produce the same results.
>
> I have 4-5 USB devices that work perfectly fine with this machine (printer,
> mouse, camera, smartcard reader, video camera).
>
> Any ideas?
> --
> Thanks in advance
>
> Bill