Adding USB Hardware

I am having trouble figuring out my USB ports.
I am trying to download songs from my sons computer (Win98) onto a MP3
player, but it will not recognize the connection.
On the MP3 it says it is hooked up to computer, but the computer doesn't see
it. It says in device manager that it needs a driver but will not get one.
It is the USB port behind and below the PS2 connections [keyboard-mouse].
Under Unknown Devices in Device Manager there is a yellow exclamation mark
beside PCI Multimedia Audio Device. Under USB Controllers there is a red X
beside Unknown device.
Any ideas will be gratefully accepted.
And Happy Holidays to all the hard working elves on this site.
Bruce

Enter Biops and check if USB is enabled. For a period of time quite a few
systems came with USB disabled in bios.

--
Jon Hildrum
DTS MVP

www.hildrum.com
"Me2Ewe" wrote in message
...
I am having trouble figuring out my USB ports.
I am trying to download songs from my sons computer (Win98) onto a MP3
player, but it will not recognize the connection.
On the MP3 it says it is hooked up to computer, but the computer doesn't
see it. It says in device manager that it needs a driver but will not get
one. It is the USB port behind and below the PS2 connections
[keyboard-mouse].
Under Unknown Devices in Device Manager there is a yellow exclamation mark
beside PCI Multimedia Audio Device. Under USB Controllers there is a red X
beside Unknown device.
Any ideas will be gratefully accepted.
And Happy Holidays to all the hard working elves on this site.
Bruce

Enter Biops and check if USB is enabled. For a period of time quite a few
systems came with USB disabled in bios.

--
Jon Hildrum
DTS MVP

www.hildrum.com
"Me2Ewe" wrote in message
...
I am having trouble figuring out my USB ports.
I am trying to download songs from my sons computer (Win98) onto a MP3
player, but it will not recognize the connection.
On the MP3 it says it is hooked up to computer, but the computer doesn't
see it. It says in device manager that it needs a driver but will not get
one. It is the USB port behind and below the PS2 connections
[keyboard-mouse].
Under Unknown Devices in Device Manager there is a yellow exclamation mark
beside PCI Multimedia Audio Device. Under USB Controllers there is a red X
beside Unknown device.
Any ideas will be gratefully accepted.
And Happy Holidays to all the hard working elves on this site.
Bruce

"Me2Ewe" wrote:

I am having trouble figuring out my USB ports.
I am trying to download songs from my sons computer (Win98) onto a MP3
player, but it will not recognize the connection.
On the MP3 it says it is hooked up to computer, but the computer doesn't see
it. It says in device manager that it needs a driver but will not get one.

You'll probably have to go to the web site of the manufacturer of the
device and see whether they have a Win98 driver for it.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

"Me2Ewe" wrote:

I am having trouble figuring out my USB ports.
I am trying to download songs from my sons computer (Win98) onto a MP3
player, but it will not recognize the connection.
On the MP3 it says it is hooked up to computer, but the computer doesn't see
it. It says in device manager that it needs a driver but will not get one.

You'll probably have to go to the web site of the manufacturer of the
device and see whether they have a Win98 driver for it.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

You may wish to read MS KB articles 263218 and 288219. The latter may not
seem relevant but it gives a lot of information on USB. Also Win 98 was not
that good with USB, the 98 SE edition ran better and has more fixes. If you
have time take a look at the unofficial website
www.usbman.com/win98seusbguide.htm, you should be able to check that you
have the PC configured correctly with all the relevant patches.
Alan
"Me2Ewe" wrote in message
...
I am having trouble figuring out my USB ports.
I am trying to download songs from my sons computer (Win98) onto a MP3
player, but it will not recognize the connection.
On the MP3 it says it is hooked up to computer, but the computer doesn't
see
it. It says in device manager that it needs a driver but will not get
one.
It is the USB port behind and below the PS2 connections [keyboard-mouse].
Under Unknown Devices in Device Manager there is a yellow exclamation mark
beside PCI Multimedia Audio Device. Under USB Controllers there is a red X
beside Unknown device.
Any ideas will be gratefully accepted.
And Happy Holidays to all the hard working elves on this site.
Bruce

You may wish to read MS KB articles 263218 and 288219. The latter may not
seem relevant but it gives a lot of information on USB. Also Win 98 was not
that good with USB, the 98 SE edition ran better and has more fixes. If you
have time take a look at the unofficial website
www.usbman.com/win98seusbguide.htm, you should be able to check that you
have the PC configured correctly with all the relevant patches.
Alan
"Me2Ewe" wrote in message
...
I am having trouble figuring out my USB ports.
I am trying to download songs from my sons computer (Win98) onto a MP3
player, but it will not recognize the connection.
On the MP3 it says it is hooked up to computer, but the computer doesn't
see
it. It says in device manager that it needs a driver but will not get
one.
It is the USB port behind and below the PS2 connections [keyboard-mouse].
Under Unknown Devices in Device Manager there is a yellow exclamation mark
beside PCI Multimedia Audio Device. Under USB Controllers there is a red X
beside Unknown device.
Any ideas will be gratefully accepted.
And Happy Holidays to all the hard working elves on this site.
Bruce

Better yet is to ignore the built in USB ports and get a USB 2.0 PCI card
(pretty cheap nowadays)

Galen

"Alan" wrote in message
...
You may wish to read MS KB articles 263218 and 288219. The latter may not
seem relevant but it gives a lot of information on USB. Also Win 98 was
not
that good with USB, the 98 SE edition ran better and has more fixes. If
you
have time take a look at the unofficial website
www.usbman.com/win98seusbguide.htm, you should be able to check that you
have the PC configured correctly with all the relevant patches.
Alan
"Me2Ewe" wrote in message
...
I am having trouble figuring out my USB ports.
I am trying to download songs from my sons computer (Win98) onto a MP3
player, but it will not recognize the connection.
On the MP3 it says it is hooked up to computer, but the computer doesn't
see
it. It says in device manager that it needs a driver but will not get
one.
It is the USB port behind and below the PS2 connections
[keyboard-mouse].
Under Unknown Devices in Device Manager there is a yellow exclamation
mark
beside PCI Multimedia Audio Device. Under USB Controllers there is a red
X
beside Unknown device.
Any ideas will be gratefully accepted.
And Happy Holidays to all the hard working elves on this site.
Bruce

Better yet is to ignore the built in USB ports and get a USB 2.0 PCI card
(pretty cheap nowadays)

Galen

"Alan" wrote in message
...
You may wish to read MS KB articles 263218 and 288219. The latter may not
seem relevant but it gives a lot of information on USB. Also Win 98 was
not
that good with USB, the 98 SE edition ran better and has more fixes. If
you
have time take a look at the unofficial website
www.usbman.com/win98seusbguide.htm, you should be able to check that you
have the PC configured correctly with all the relevant patches.
Alan
"Me2Ewe" wrote in message
...
I am having trouble figuring out my USB ports.
I am trying to download songs from my sons computer (Win98) onto a MP3
player, but it will not recognize the connection.
On the MP3 it says it is hooked up to computer, but the computer doesn't
see
it. It says in device manager that it needs a driver but will not get
one.
It is the USB port behind and below the PS2 connections
[keyboard-mouse].
Under Unknown Devices in Device Manager there is a yellow exclamation
mark
beside PCI Multimedia Audio Device. Under USB Controllers there is a red
X
beside Unknown device.
Any ideas will be gratefully accepted.
And Happy Holidays to all the hard working elves on this site.
Bruce