USB 2.0 problems in Win98S.E.
in [Windows 98]
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From: Someone on 17 Feb 2007 18:57 try googling for windows 98 drivers for the external HDD and add USB 1.1 "Olin K. McDaniel" <omcdaniel.abcd(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message news:45d4c52f.17356345(a)news.east.earthlink.net... > I've read and reread lots of related posts to my subject, but none > that quite fit my problem. > > I've got one PC that's several years old, has a MB with USB 1.1 > capability only and the CPU is a Pentium 3, 600MHz. I have it setup > with dual boot, into either Win98S.E. or Win2000, and have several > partitions that are accessible from either OS. There is a USB > scanner, a USB inkjet printer, and a USB memory card reader - all of > which are apparently USB 1.1 and have worked fine with either OS. > > Recently I bought an external WD "My Book" 250 GB hard drive which is > made to use USB 2.0, plus a flash drive which apparently is basically > a USB 2.0 device. Both of these will work, but very slowly, in the > USB 1.1 sockets BUT only when in Win2000. Neither will work in Win98. > > > I am aware that Win98SE was not designed for USB 2.0, so I just > invested in a D-Link Model DU-560 card to plug into a PCI slot, and it > claimed to allow full USB 2.0 capability in Win98SE, WinMe, Win2000, > WinXP and even Mac OS 10.1. It even came with a CD containing what > was stated as the necessary drivers for all these OS'es. I installed > these EXACTLY as the manual instructed. > > However, I've discovered to my disappointment, not all these claims > are valid, apparently. Neither the WD HDD nor the flash drive are > recognizable in Win98SE, yet both work at the USB 2.0 higher speed > when I boot to Win2000. And they are plugged into the same D-Link > adapter card in both cases. > > I tried to get help from D-Link tech support, but it was a large waste > of time. > > In all the posts I've studied, it appears I need a special driver for > each hardware device, specific for Win98SE, only thing is - I'm very > confused where to go to get them, and what to avoid. Can anyone give > me specific guidance to this specific problem and hopefully to a > simple solution? > > Thanks, > > Olin McDaniel > |