Good USB v2.0 cards?

Hi!

Are there any good and not too expensive USB v2.0 cards that's also 
compatible with eCs and WSeB and wont need special card-specific drivers
but can use the standard USB drivers found on ecomstation.com?

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Hi Christer,

> Are there any good and not too expensive USB v2.0 cards that's also 
> compatible with eCs and WSeB and wont need special card-specific drivers
> but can use the standard USB drivers found on ecomstation.com?

Just about ANY PCI USB card should work fine, as the USB H/W interface
is well defined and should work wih any of the eCS provided EHCI (USB 
V2.0) drivers. Unless someone is making a card and using customized 
USB Chips on it.. 

About 18 months ago i was using an older motherboard that had ZERO USB
ports, so I purchased a 6 port USB 2.0 PCI card fr it.  The box stated
"Requires Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP", however it worked fine on a 
standard Warp 4 FP15 build. From memory it was less than NZ$30 , which
is around  US$20.

I strongly recommend you get something like USBCFG from Hobbes and see
what USB Chipsets and devices it can find. It also helps you to set up
CONFIG.SYS correctly to handle ALL your USB devices.

Cheers...............pk.


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On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:40:28 UTC, "Peter" <SOMEONE@orcon.net.nz>
wrote:

> Hi Christer,
> 
> > Are there any good and not too expensive USB v2.0 cards that's also 
> > compatible with eCs and WSeB and wont need special card-specific
drivers
> > but can use the standard USB drivers found on ecomstation.com?
> 
> Just about ANY PCI USB card should work fine, as the USB H/W interface
> is well defined and should work wih any of the eCS provided EHCI (USB 
> V2.0) drivers. Unless someone is making a card and using customized 
> USB Chips on it.. 
> 
> About 18 months ago i was using an older motherboard that had ZERO USB
> ports, so I purchased a 6 port USB 2.0 PCI card fr it.  The box stated
> "Requires Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP", however it worked fine on a 
> standard Warp 4 FP15 build. From memory it was less than NZ$30 , which
> is around  US$20.
> 
> I strongly recommend you get something like USBCFG from Hobbes and see
> what USB Chipsets and devices it can find. It also helps you to set up
> CONFIG.SYS correctly to handle ALL your USB devices.
> 

So what do you think of the Belkin USB PCI cards? Both the netshow 
www.dustin.se and www.microshop.se carry these at reasonable prices: the
Belkin USB 2.0 PCI 5 port (4 external + 1 internal USB port) which is 
backwards compatible for USB 1.1 devices for around $36 incl. VAT or the
Belkin USB 2.0 3-port PCI card for around $30 incl. VAT. But in the 
description it's stated that the card should be connected to a PCI 2.1 
slot - what's that? My box is from 2000 so what level of PCI do you 
think it has? The mobo is a Fujitsu-Siemens D1107 
 

Cul8er alligator!
gaea - feminist
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Hi Christer

Christer Jacobsson wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:40:28 UTC, "Peter"
<SOMEONE@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Christer,
>>
>>> Are there any good and not too expensive USB v2.0 cards that's also

>>> compatible with eCs and WSeB and wont need special card-specific
drivers
>>> but can use the standard USB drivers found on ecomstation.com?
>> Just about ANY PCI USB card should work fine, as the USB H/W interface
>> is well defined and should work wih any of the eCS provided EHCI (USB 
>> V2.0) drivers. Unless someone is making a card and using customized 
>> USB Chips on it.. 
>>
>> About 18 months ago i was using an older motherboard that had ZERO USB
>> ports, so I purchased a 6 port USB 2.0 PCI card fr it.  The box stated
>> "Requires Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP", however it worked fine on
a 
>> standard Warp 4 FP15 build. From memory it was less than NZ$30 , which
>> is around  US$20.
>>
>> I strongly recommend you get something like USBCFG from Hobbes and see
>> what USB Chipsets and devices it can find. It also helps you to set up
>> CONFIG.SYS correctly to handle ALL your USB devices.
>>
> 
> So what do you think of the Belkin USB PCI cards? Both the netshow 
> www.dustin.se and www.microshop.se carry these at reasonable prices: the
> Belkin USB 2.0 PCI 5 port (4 external + 1 internal USB port) which is 
> backwards compatible for USB 1.1 devices for around $36 incl. VAT or the
> Belkin USB 2.0 3-port PCI card for around $30 incl. VAT. But in the 
> description it's stated that the card should be connected to a PCI 2.1 
> slot - what's that? My box is from 2000 so what level of PCI do you 
> think it has? The mobo is a Fujitsu-Siemens D1107 
>  
> 
> Cul8er alligator!
> gaea - feminist



Either of the Belkin USB PCI cards should work - how many ports do you 
think you need? are you likely to need an internal port?

I would expect the mainboard to have PCI V2.1 capable slots but you 
should really doublecheck the specifications for the mainboard.

Regards

Hi Christer,

> > I strongly recommend you get something like USBCFG from Hobbes and
see
> > what USB Chipsets and devices it can find. It also helps you to set
up
> > CONFIG.SYS correctly to handle ALL your USB devices.
> > 
> 
> So what do you think of the Belkin USB PCI cards? 

I have never seen one so I can't say sorry, however I would be 
surprised if they didn't work fine.

Both the netshow 

> www.dustin.se and www.microshop.se carry these at reasonable prices: the
> Belkin USB 2.0 PCI 5 port (4 external + 1 internal USB port) which is 
> backwards compatible for USB 1.1 devices for around $36 incl. VAT

Anything that works as USB V2 should also work with USB 1, as the spec
is backwards compatible.

> or the
> Belkin USB 2.0 3-port PCI card for around $30 incl. VAT. But in the 
> description it's stated that the card should be connected to a PCI 2.1 
> slot - what's that? 

No idea sorry. 

> My box is from 2000 so what level of PCI do you 
> think it has? 

To be safe I would stick with USB 2.0, however I would be surpised if 
a PCI 2.1 card would not work in a PCI 2.0 slot.

Cheers.........................pk.


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