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USB2 drivers for 98SE
I have purchased a Belkin USB2 card (F5U219) with 3 USB2 ports. The instructions say install driver (before installing card) from the supplied disk. It seems to install a NEC USB2 driver, but then asks me to install the Win98SE disk to find the USB2 drivers. Then it cannot find them. I have since tried installing the card first but it makes no difference. I have searched the Belkin site and Googled, but not found an answer. Can anyone help me to find the 'missing' 98SE USB2 drivers? Or give me an alternative install procedure? Thanks Mike [System is 98SE, SA6 motherboard; two hard disks, CD-RW drive, Seagate tape drive, 512Mb memory.] [The reply-to address is valid for 30 days from this posting] -- Michael J Davis http://www.trustsof.demon.co.uk For this is what the Lord has said to me, "Go and post a Watchman and let him report what he sees." Isa 21:6 |
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The manual for your specific hardware that I see at the Belkin website does
NOT indicate installing the drivers BEFORE installing the USB 2.0 adapter card. See steps 1, 2, and 3. And, I wish all software driver installations were this explicit for installing hardware as this manual. The install procedure in the manual at their website seems adequate, appropriate, and well detailed. Care to try again? For those seeking the website, the web address is intuitive. I.E. "belkin". Their is no manual for the low-profile cards F5U219-LP, just the regular two listed, F5U219. And, those two are identical. The manual is in PDF format requiring Adobe (not free) or Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) installation before attempting to open the file.. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html "Michael J Davis" wrote in message ... I have purchased a Belkin USB2 card (F5U219) with 3 USB2 ports. The instructions say install driver (before installing card) from the supplied disk. It seems to install a NEC USB2 driver, but then asks me to install the Win98SE disk to find the USB2 drivers. Then it cannot find them. I have since tried installing the card first but it makes no difference. I have searched the Belkin site and Googled, but not found an answer. Can anyone help me to find the 'missing' 98SE USB2 drivers? Or give me an alternative install procedure? Thanks Mike [System is 98SE, SA6 motherboard; two hard disks, CD-RW drive, Seagate tape drive, 512Mb memory.] [The reply-to address is valid for 30 days from this posting] -- Michael J Davis http://www.trustsof.demon.co.uk For this is what the Lord has said to me, "Go and post a Watchman and let him report what he sees." Isa 21:6 |
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"Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... The manual for your specific hardware that I see at the Belkin website does NOT indicate installing the drivers BEFORE installing the USB 2.0 adapter card. See steps 1, 2, and 3. And, I wish all software driver installations were this explicit for installing hardware as this manual. The install procedure in the manual at their website seems adequate, appropriate, and well detailed. Care to try again? For those seeking the website, the web address is intuitive. I.E. "belkin". Their is no manual for the low-profile cards F5U219-LP, just the regular two listed, F5U219. And, those two are identical. snip The URL for drivers and manual is http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...9&lang=1&mode= The two F5U219 cards are not identical. The old one has two ports and the newer one has three. Note that the manual is from 2002 and really was written for the old version. I just bought and installed a F5U219 and a F5U222. Both were used and the original owner wrote in the F5U219 manual to install software first. The F5U222 manual states to install software first. The same driver, revised as of two days ago, is used for both cards. I installed the driver first for both cards and all went well. My conclusion is that the old F5U219 manual from 2002 was never updated when drivers and installation procedures changed, not to mention that the card itself changed. Download the latest driver, install it, and then install the card. |
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"Frank346" wrote in message
... "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... The manual for your specific hardware that I see at the Belkin website does NOT indicate installing the drivers BEFORE installing the USB 2.0 adapter card. See steps 1, 2, and 3. And, I wish all software driver installations were this explicit for installing hardware as this manual. The install procedure in the manual at their website seems adequate, appropriate, and well detailed. Care to try again? For those seeking the website, the web address is intuitive. I.E. "belkin". Their is no manual for the low-profile cards F5U219-LP, just the regular two listed, F5U219. And, those two are identical. snip The URL for drivers and manual is http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...9&lang=1&mode= The two F5U219 cards are not identical. The old one has two ports and the newer one has three. Note that the manual is from 2002 and really was written for the old version. I just bought and installed a F5U219 and a F5U222. Both were used and the original owner wrote in the F5U219 manual to install software first. The F5U222 manual states to install software first. The same driver, revised as of two days ago, is used for both cards. I installed the driver first for both cards and all went well. My conclusion is that the old F5U219 manual from 2002 was never updated when drivers and installation procedures changed, not to mention that the card itself changed. Download the latest driver, install it, and then install the card. Dear Mr/Ms snipper, I ***NEVER*** said the two F5U219 cards were identical. The 2 manuals that I mentioned are identical in reference to installing the card and software drivers. I compared for assurance before posting. Then, I found out something else. The links are identical to the same manual.for both F5U219 cards.... http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...941-F5U219.pdf http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...941-F5U219.pdf Which means they're the same manual. The release notes dated Jan 2004 for the F5U219, shows no indication of loading the drivers first. There is no later dated release note. These show fixes as the drivers were updated over time. http://web.belkin.com/support/downlo...se%20notes.pdf As far as I can tell, the 3 port version was made in 2003. http://www.belkin.com/pressroom/bull...19_2003_fr.pdf The F5U222 is a cardbus version for laptops with cardbus connector. The card is connected ***BEFORE*** the drivers are installed per its manaul. http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...F5U222-man.pdf http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...F5U222-man.pdf Identical manuals listed for both F5U222s. No other manual listed for this model. Your information regarding loading the drivers first may be accurate. BUT, I doubt it. Typically, USB 1.1 drivers are not force loaded. Rather, the hardware is already visible to the OS. Then, the USB 2.0 driver is installed. PC motherboards typically load USB 2.0 driver the same way in Windows 98SE. First windows loads its drivers first for USB 1.1, then the user loads the USB 2.0 drivers from the mobo CD. All the time, during this procedure, the USB controllers and ports are enabled in the bios. Thus "visible" to the PC and the OS. Just like having a USB PCI adapter plugged in prior to installing the drivers..... Typically, windows 98SE loads the controller driver for all the controllers it finds, then sets up the ports. Then, the USB 2.0 driver will enable USB 2.0 controllers for all those with that capability. Whether a controller is added, or port is added internally or externally has NO bearing. |
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"Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... Dear Mr/Ms snipper, I ***NEVER*** said the two F5U219 cards were identical. The 2 manuals that I mentioned are identical in reference to installing the card and software drivers. I compared for assurance before posting. Then, I found out something else. The links are identical to the same manual.for both F5U219 cards.... http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...941-F5U219.pdf http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...941-F5U219.pdf Which means they're the same manual. Yep, the same old manual that wasn't updated when the card was. The release notes dated Jan 2004 for the F5U219, shows no indication of loading the drivers first. There is no later dated release note. These show fixes as the drivers were updated over time. http://web.belkin.com/support/downlo...se%20notes.pdf I don't see any discussion of installation at all in these notes. As far as I can tell, the 3 port version was made in 2003. http://www.belkin.com/pressroom/bull...19_2003_fr.pdf The F5U222 is a cardbus version for laptops with cardbus connector. The card is connected ***BEFORE*** the drivers are installed per its manaul. http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...F5U222-man.pdf http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...F5U222-man.pdf Identical manuals listed for both F5U222s. No other manual listed for this model. The manual you referenced is old, from 2001. The newer multilanguage manual (9/30/2002) says to load the driver first (see page 5). http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...2&lang=1&mode= Your information regarding loading the drivers first may be accurate. BUT, I doubt it. snippety-snip Doesn't matter if you doubt it, loading the driver first is the updated procedure. That's the way I did it and the installation went smoothy-smooth for both the F5U219 and F5U222. Didn't try it the old way and don't know what entanglements would result. If using the latest driver from 8/26/2005, load the driver first, reboot, and then install the card for a trouble-free installation. |
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Lil' Dave opined
"Frank346" wrote in message ... The URL for drivers and manual is http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...9&lang=1&mode= The two F5U219 cards are not identical. The old one has two ports and the newer one has three. Note that the manual is from 2002 and really was written for the old version. Dear Mr/Ms snipper, I ***NEVER*** said the two F5U219 cards were identical. The 2 manuals that I mentioned are identical in reference to installing the card and software drivers. I compared for assurance before posting. Then, I found out something else. The links are identical to the same manual.for both F5U219 cards.... http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...941-F5U219.pdf http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...941-F5U219.pdf Which means they're the same manual. The release notes dated Jan 2004 for the F5U219, shows no indication of loading the drivers first. There is no later dated release note. These show fixes as the drivers were updated over time. http://web.belkin.com/support/downlo...se%20notes.pdf As far as I can tell, the 3 port version was made in 2003. http://www.belkin.com/pressroom/bull...19_2003_fr.pdf The F5U222 is a cardbus version for laptops with cardbus connector. The card is connected ***BEFORE*** the drivers are installed per its manaul. http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...F5U222-man.pdf http://www.belkin.com/support/downlo...F5U222-man.pdf Identical manuals listed for both F5U222s. No other manual listed for this model. Your information regarding loading the drivers first may be accurate. BUT, I doubt it. Typically, USB 1.1 drivers are not force loaded. Rather, the hardware is already visible to the OS. Then, the USB 2.0 driver is installed. PC motherboards typically load USB 2.0 driver the same way in Windows 98SE. First windows loads its drivers first for USB 1.1, then the user loads the USB 2.0 drivers from the mobo CD. All the time, during this procedure, the USB controllers and ports are enabled in the bios. Thus "visible" to the PC and the OS. Just like having a USB PCI adapter plugged in prior to installing the drivers..... Typically, windows 98SE loads the controller driver for all the controllers it finds, then sets up the ports. Then, the USB 2.0 driver will enable USB 2.0 controllers for all those with that capability. Whether a controller is added, or port is added internally or externally has NO bearing. OK, it's time to break in and thank you *both*. I haven't had time during the week to do this, but I just done it and it worked. You have solved the problem. Maybe that its that Belkin didn't point me in the right direction, because when I (originally) went to their site and entered the model number - it said "there are no downloads for this model". Yes, I have the 'newer three port' card, and the printed instructions for win98SE do say install software *first* (I did spell that out). However, thanks to you I downloaded file U2v241.exe. ran it, then installed the card, and after a reboot (first boot said installing drivers and hung!) it recognised the card immediately. So thanks! I'm not sure which one of you ends up right - you lost me anyway! But thanks to you both for caring - that's what really matters! Mike [The reply-to address is valid for 30 days from this posting] -- Michael J Davis http://www.trustsof.demon.co.uk For this is what the Lord has said to me, "Go and post a Watchman and let him report what he sees." Isa 21:6 |
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