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I need to buy a new usb card

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Boss ordered me to buy a new USB PCI card. What brand should I buy?

Boss's unit has Windows 2000 Professional OS and it is three years old.

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I would imagine it really doesn't matter what brand it is, all it does is give you more USB sockets, a lot of new motherboards come with them, mine did and I never use it smile_o.gif

Anyways troubleshooting is for Opf troubleshooting, not boss <s>shooting</s> troubleshooting, moving to OT smile_o.gif

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Boss's unit doesn't have a built-in USB port since it is three years old.

My predecessor bought USB cards but they don't work. *@#*@%$ & *!! WHAT A WASTE!!!

*@#*@%$ & *!! *@#*@%$ & *!! *@#*@%$ & *!!

The *@#*@%$ & *!! brand of those *@#*@%$ & *!! USB Cards is VIA VT6202.

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Well, ask boss about his MB then and then go to hardware store and ask for a PCI USB adapter compatible with bosses old sistem smile_o.gif .

Mine is like Placebo's, i have 6 or more usb port gathering dust.

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Well, ask boss about his MB then and then go to hardware store and ask for a PCI USB adapter compatible with bosses old sistem smile_o.gif .

Mine is like Placebo's, i have 6 or more usb port gathering dust.

same here, i got six and use two. Also i got a USB hub which add another 4.

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As Heatseeker said find out the make and model of his motherboard smile_o.gif

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USB Cards is VIA VT6202.

Hmm don't know them so don't know why they don't work, according to this site they don't require anything besides windows and a spare PCI slot, did you try the drivers on the CD? Don't know if these drivers are any different smile_o.gif

Edit:

Quote[/b] ]VIA VT6202, VT6212 controller based USB 2.0 PCI cards

Trouble-shooting Advice Guide

http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=400

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It depends on whether or not it's your money or his money that you're spending. Just go to the computer store ask for a USB card/expansion... they'll be priced higher but they'll more than likely give you the right thing the first time, and there will be no guesswork on your part like how the interweb usually works.

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Try to go with a brand you recognize, such as Adaptec or Belkin.

Also, if you need to get a USB 2.0 hub, get one that has multiple transaction processors such as the Belkin Tetrahub. If you don't you will find that a single low-speed USB connection such as one used for a keyboard, mouse or joystick will hog the entire 480Mbps bandwidth that connects the hub to your PC.

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