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Old July 7th 06, 08:04 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
StargateFan
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I'm all of a sudden having troubles with my 7-port USB hub. It worked
for many days and now, no go. A couple of days ago I had printer
troubles. It's my fault, I forgot where I was printing from (the USB
flash drive). Both the flash drive and the printer are on the hub,
which is one situation I forgot to consider when avoiding simultaneous
uses of USB devices.

I believe I initially got a driver for this 7-port from the Win98SE
CD, but that isn't working anymore. In the device manager, I have an
unkown USB device that nothing I've done fixes. Unlike the attached
4-port hub, cannot seem to find actual drivers for the 7-port. Up
till now it seemed to work on a generic driver but can't remember
really what process dl it. I'd like to fix this once and for all as
I'm now having trouble with everything but the modem without a lot of
fiddling.

I went to the Dynex site and this is my 7-port:
http://www.dynexproducts.com/pc-90-2...obile-hub.aspx.
It doesn't seem to be listed on their dl page
(under the "USB and Firewire" button):
http://www.dynexproducts.com/t-drivers.aspx

I will try to contact them today at work when I have a moment (at
1-800-305-2204), but does anyone have any suggestions in case they
can't help? The packaging says Win98SE not supported (though the
website says differently), but I'm concerned that they'll say they
can't help me because of that.

Thanks in advance for any help. Everything was working swimmingly
till now. D

  #2  
Old July 8th 06, 05:32 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
charlie R
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Default Tips on finding a USB driver ...


"StargateFan" wrote in message
news
I'm all of a sudden having troubles with my 7-port USB hub. It

worked
for many days and now, no go. A couple of days ago I had printer
troubles. It's my fault, I forgot where I was printing from (the

USB
flash drive). Both the flash drive and the printer are on the hub,
which is one situation I forgot to consider when avoiding

simultaneous
uses of USB devices.

I believe I initially got a driver for this 7-port from the Win98SE
CD, but that isn't working anymore. In the device manager, I have

an
unkown USB device that nothing I've done fixes. Unlike the attached
4-port hub, cannot seem to find actual drivers for the 7-port. Up
till now it seemed to work on a generic driver but can't remember
really what process dl it. I'd like to fix this once and for all as
I'm now having trouble with everything but the modem without a lot

of
fiddling.

I went to the Dynex site and this is my 7-port:
http://www.dynexproducts.com/pc-90-2...obile-hub.aspx.
It doesn't seem to be listed on their dl page
(under the "USB and Firewire" button):
http://www.dynexproducts.com/t-drivers.aspx

I will try to contact them today at work when I have a moment (at
1-800-305-2204), but does anyone have any suggestions in case they
can't help? The packaging says Win98SE not supported (though the
website says differently), but I'm concerned that they'll say they
can't help me because of that.

Thanks in advance for any help. Everything was working swimmingly
till now. D

I've used two different makes of USB Hubs with Win 98 and 98SE.
Windows already supports USB, and they are backward compatible, so you
don't need to download drivers for them. Have you tried unplugging
it, and removing it in Device Manager and letting Windows re-install
it? Have you tried it on another computer? Could be you fried it
when you had the printer and flash drive incident.

Check out USBMAN.com for some useful information. Hope some of this
helps.

charlie R

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Old July 8th 06, 06:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
StargateFan
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Default Tips on finding a USB driver ...

On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 23:32:15 -0500, "charlie R"
wrote:


"StargateFan" wrote in message
news
I'm all of a sudden having troubles with my 7-port USB hub. It

worked
for many days and now, no go. A couple of days ago I had printer
troubles. It's my fault, I forgot where I was printing from (the

USB
flash drive). Both the flash drive and the printer are on the hub,
which is one situation I forgot to consider when avoiding

simultaneous
uses of USB devices.

I believe I initially got a driver for this 7-port from the Win98SE
CD, but that isn't working anymore. In the device manager, I have

an
unkown USB device that nothing I've done fixes. Unlike the attached
4-port hub, cannot seem to find actual drivers for the 7-port. Up
till now it seemed to work on a generic driver but can't remember
really what process dl it. I'd like to fix this once and for all as
I'm now having trouble with everything but the modem without a lot

of
fiddling.

I went to the Dynex site and this is my 7-port:
http://www.dynexproducts.com/pc-90-2...obile-hub.aspx.
It doesn't seem to be listed on their dl page
(under the "USB and Firewire" button):
http://www.dynexproducts.com/t-drivers.aspx

I will try to contact them today at work when I have a moment (at
1-800-305-2204), but does anyone have any suggestions in case they
can't help? The packaging says Win98SE not supported (though the
website says differently), but I'm concerned that they'll say they
can't help me because of that.

Thanks in advance for any help. Everything was working swimmingly
till now. D

I've used two different makes of USB Hubs with Win 98 and 98SE.
Windows already supports USB, and they are backward compatible, so you
don't need to download drivers for them. Have you tried unplugging
it, and removing it in Device Manager and letting Windows re-install
it? Have you tried it on another computer? Could be you fried it
when you had the printer and flash drive incident.

Check out USBMAN.com for some useful information. Hope some of this
helps.


Thanks for the help. I'll look into it. Despite the generic drivers
in Win98SE, I don't seem to get consistent use out of the new 7-port.
The 4-port is consistently good.

I'll see if disconnecting and re-connecting works.

Cheers. D

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Old July 9th 06, 03:51 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
StargateFan
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Default Tips on finding a USB driver ...

On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 13:14:39 -0400, StargateFan
wrote:

On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 23:32:15 -0500, "charlie R"
wrote:


"StargateFan" wrote in message
news
I'm all of a sudden having troubles with my 7-port USB hub. It

worked
for many days and now, no go. A couple of days ago I had printer
troubles. It's my fault, I forgot where I was printing from (the

USB
flash drive). Both the flash drive and the printer are on the hub,
which is one situation I forgot to consider when avoiding

simultaneous
uses of USB devices.

I believe I initially got a driver for this 7-port from the Win98SE
CD, but that isn't working anymore. In the device manager, I have

an
unkown USB device that nothing I've done fixes. Unlike the attached
4-port hub, cannot seem to find actual drivers for the 7-port. Up
till now it seemed to work on a generic driver but can't remember
really what process dl it. I'd like to fix this once and for all as
I'm now having trouble with everything but the modem without a lot

of
fiddling.

I went to the Dynex site and this is my 7-port:
http://www.dynexproducts.com/pc-90-2...obile-hub.aspx.
It doesn't seem to be listed on their dl page
(under the "USB and Firewire" button):
http://www.dynexproducts.com/t-drivers.aspx

I will try to contact them today at work when I have a moment (at
1-800-305-2204), but does anyone have any suggestions in case they
can't help? The packaging says Win98SE not supported (though the
website says differently), but I'm concerned that they'll say they
can't help me because of that.

Thanks in advance for any help. Everything was working swimmingly
till now. D

I've used two different makes of USB Hubs with Win 98 and 98SE.
Windows already supports USB, and they are backward compatible, so you
don't need to download drivers for them. Have you tried unplugging
it, and removing it in Device Manager and letting Windows re-install
it? Have you tried it on another computer? Could be you fried it
when you had the printer and flash drive incident.

Check out USBMAN.com for some useful information. Hope some of this
helps.


Thanks for the help. I'll look into it. Despite the generic drivers
in Win98SE, I don't seem to get consistent use out of the new 7-port.
The 4-port is consistently good.

I'll see if disconnecting and re-connecting works.


Well, I've tried every little bit that I know to do. I disconnected
and reconnected everything, removed from Device Manager, etc., and
and the 4-port consistently works whereas the 7 doesn't. Despite lack
of fireworks or sparks, etc. g, the 7-port may indeed have been
fried. I bought it with an extended warranty and have the receipt and
packaging so will return and replace. I may decide to just get
another like the consistent 4-port brand even though I would
ultimately be 3 ports the loser. I know I don't use all 11 ports esp.
at once, naturally, but I like how I can park my MP3 player and my
phone tools for when I use these which avoids damaged cords from all
the connecting/disconnecting to a fewer number of free ports g.

Anyway, have also made sure the USB flash drive is on a different hub
from the printer. That may help even though I plan to never print
directly from it again! g The flash drive is just my backup tool
between office and home anyway so everything that is on it eventually
ends up on the HDD. Must just wait till what I want to print is on
the computer instead.

Thanks for the help. D

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Old July 9th 06, 11:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
charlie R
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Default Tips on finding a USB driver ...

My Reply below:

Well, I've tried every little bit that I know to do. I disconnected
and reconnected everything, removed from Device Manager, etc., and
and the 4-port consistently works whereas the 7 doesn't. Despite

lack
of fireworks or sparks, etc. g, the 7-port may indeed have been
fried. I bought it with an extended warranty and have the receipt

and
packaging so will return and replace. I may decide to just get
another like the consistent 4-port brand even though I would
ultimately be 3 ports the loser. I know I don't use all 11 ports

esp.
at once, naturally, but I like how I can park my MP3 player and my
phone tools for when I use these which avoids damaged cords from all
the connecting/disconnecting to a fewer number of free ports g.

Anyway, have also made sure the USB flash drive is on a different

hub
from the printer. That may help even though I plan to never print
directly from it again! g The flash drive is just my backup tool
between office and home anyway so everything that is on it

eventually
ends up on the HDD. Must just wait till what I want to print is on
the computer instead.

Thanks for the help. D



I did some reading about Hubs, and, apparently they're not quite as
functional as they're cracked up to be. See the following:

USB devices not Hub Compatible

Scanner, Web Camera, Digital Camera, Multiple Port Device, Docking
Stations, Multi-function Printer, ADSL Modem, CDR & CDRW, Storage
Devices, PDAs, Flash Card Reader, Force Feedback Gaming, Video
Capture/Editing, Network, Direct Connect, Zip Drive, Legacy Adapter,
Serial/Parallel/SCSI.

Devices that ARE Compatible

Mouse, Printer with Power Supply, UPSBattery Backup, Keyboard W/O
Built in Hub, Phone Line Modem, USB Radio, Flash Drives (Most),
Non-Force Joystick.

The first list is a lot longer than the second, isn't it?
Theoretically, you can hookup 27 devices with several connected hubs.
Trouble is, you just can't use them for much.

See this page:

http://www.usbman.com/Guides/USB1.1HubsT&A.htm

Good luck with the new Hub.

charlie R


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Old July 12th 06, 11:22 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
StargateFan
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Default Tips on finding a USB driver ...

On Sun, 9 Jul 2006 17:16:20 -0500, "charlie R"
wrote:

My Reply below:


[snip]

I did some reading about Hubs, and, apparently they're not quite as
functional as they're cracked up to be. See the following:

USB devices not Hub Compatible

Scanner, Web Camera, Digital Camera, Multiple Port Device, Docking
Stations, Multi-function Printer, ADSL Modem, CDR & CDRW, Storage
Devices, PDAs, Flash Card Reader, Force Feedback Gaming, Video
Capture/Editing, Network, Direct Connect, Zip Drive, Legacy Adapter,
Serial/Parallel/SCSI.

Devices that ARE Compatible

Mouse, Printer with Power Supply, UPSBattery Backup, Keyboard W/O
Built in Hub, Phone Line Modem, USB Radio, Flash Drives (Most),
Non-Force Joystick.

The first list is a lot longer than the second, isn't it?
Theoretically, you can hookup 27 devices with several connected hubs.
Trouble is, you just can't use them for much.

See this page:

http://www.usbman.com/Guides/USB1.1HubsT&A.htm

Good luck with the new Hub.

charlie R


Thanks for the tip. Food for thought.

I hope to get the hub back to the store today. The only thing I'm
"worried" about is that since I'm going instead for a hub that's the
same brand for the one that works all the time, whether there'll be
conflicts of any kind. I'll soon find out.

Anyway, the first hub has turned out to be reliable, the second one
not, so will go with the brand that works.

D

 




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