USB 2.0 pci card for 503+?

[CARBON]

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I just got my wife a digital camera, and I want to get usb 2.0 working on
her 503+ running w2k. I've just been looking at newegg.com and there are
dozens of cheap usb cards starting at $8 or so. Is it safe to just order
one of them or should I spring for one of the more expensive ones?

 

[tonys]

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I have never been able to get a USB 2.0 pci card to work in my 503+
motherboard...

Hope someone chimes in with better luck....I thought about using a USB 1.0
card but have never got around to it...


tony


"Carbon" <nobrac@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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>I just got my wife a digital camera, and I want to get usb 2.0 working on
> her 503+ running w2k. I've just been looking at newegg.com and there are
> dozens of cheap usb cards starting at $8 or so. Is it safe to just order
> one of them or should I spring for one of the more expensive ones?
>

 

[Guest]

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My 503+ is sitting in the garage right now with a USB 2.0 PCI card in it, it
worked OK right up until I retired the machine. The card I used had an NEC
chipset on it, at the time many of the USB cards had VIA or SIS chipsets and
they weren't as compatible with the 503+ I guess. HTH
Robert
"tonys" <aarcuda@lvcm.com.spam> wrote in message
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> I have never been able to get a USB 2.0 pci card to work in my 503+
> motherboard...
>
> Hope someone chimes in with better luck....I thought about using a USB 1.0
> card but have never got around to it...
>
>
> tony
>
>
> "Carbon" <nobrac@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
> news😛an.2004.11.26.14.01.13.723684@nospam.verizon.net...
> >I just got my wife a digital camera, and I want to get usb 2.0 working on
> > her 503+ running w2k. I've just been looking at newegg.com and there are
> > dozens of cheap usb cards starting at $8 or so. Is it safe to just order
> > one of them or should I spring for one of the more expensive ones?
> >
>
>

 

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Carbon <nobrac@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.11.26.14.01.13.723684@nospam.verizon.net>...

> I just got my wife a digital camera, and I want to get
> usb 2.0 working on her 503+ running w2k. I've just been
> looking at newegg.com and there are dozens of cheap usb
> cards starting at $8 or so. Is it safe to just order
> one of them or should I spring for one of the more
> expensive ones?

Only one USB 2.0 card wouldn't work in my VA-503+. It was based on
the VIA VT6202 chip and would cause the mobo to look dead until
removed. Oddly, this card worked fine in an FIC PA-2007 mobo, which
is sort of the predecessor to the VA-503+ and usually has the same
south bridge. OTOH a card based on a newer VIA USB 2.0 chip, the
VT6212, was no problem for the VA-503+, and www.xbitlabs.com said that
it was quite a bit faster than the VT6202.

Try to get a card with an NEC USB 2.0 chip because others aren't
always compatible with all hardware, or the software may not install
right -- see www.everythingusb.com and www.usbman.com. If you can't
read the brand because a sticker covers it, look for a square chip
almost 1" across and with 160 pins around it. The worst USB 2.0 cards
may be those with the ALi USB chip, which is about 1/2" square with 64
pins. AFAIK it's also the only one without Win98 drivers, only
Win98SE and later ones. VIA USB chips are oblong with 128 pins, and
if a VIA card has only one notch cut into its edge connector, the chip
is probably the VT6202 chip, while two notches indicates a VT6212.
Belkin, Maxtor, and Adaptec cards use NEC USB 2.0 chips, but so do
some of the cheap generics advertised at www.pricewatch.com.
Unfortunately dealers may advertise NEC cards but ship something else,
a case being Alpha International Business, www.buyaib.com, which sent
me a VIA VT6212 card in a box with a drawing of an NEC card on it and
a sticker that said "VIA". The card was only $7.50, delivered, and
works fine, but false advertising is false advertising, and AIB hasn't
corrected its PriceWatch listing or website in over two months.

 

[CARBON]

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On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:55:19 -0800, larrymoencurly wrote:

> Only one USB 2.0 card wouldn't work in my VA-503+. It was based on the
> VIA VT6202 chip and would cause the mobo to look dead until removed.
> Oddly, this card worked fine in an FIC PA-2007 mobo, which is sort of
> the predecessor to the VA-503+ and usually has the same south bridge.
> OTOH a card based on a newer VIA USB 2.0 chip, the VT6212, was no
> problem for the VA-503+, and www.xbitlabs.com said that it was quite a
> bit faster than the VT6202.

Sadly I just went ahead and newegged a new 4-port USB 2 card before any of
the replies showed up. It's a Zonet SUH2205V, and naturally it has some
sort of VIA chip on it. I'm not sure which one but it works great so far.
w2k installed its own drivers for it and I had no problem importing
pictures off the digital camera. I guess I just got lucky.

 

[Guest]

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Glad you got one that works. Maybe they corrected the problems in a newer
version of the chipset.
Robert
"Carbon" <nobrac@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:55:19 -0800, larrymoencurly wrote:
>
> > Only one USB 2.0 card wouldn't work in my VA-503+. It was based on the
> > VIA VT6202 chip and would cause the mobo to look dead until removed.
> > Oddly, this card worked fine in an FIC PA-2007 mobo, which is sort of
> > the predecessor to the VA-503+ and usually has the same south bridge.
> > OTOH a card based on a newer VIA USB 2.0 chip, the VT6212, was no
> > problem for the VA-503+, and www.xbitlabs.com said that it was quite a
> > bit faster than the VT6202.
>
> Sadly I just went ahead and newegged a new 4-port USB 2 card before any of
> the replies showed up. It's a Zonet SUH2205V, and naturally it has some
> sort of VIA chip on it. I'm not sure which one but it works great so far.
> w2k installed its own drivers for it and I had no problem importing
> pictures off the digital camera. I guess I just got lucky.
>
>

 

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Robert Akins wrote:
> My 503+ is sitting in the garage right now with a USB 2.0 PCI card in it, it
> worked OK right up until I retired the machine. The card I used had an NEC
> chipset on it, at the time many of the USB cards had VIA or SIS chipsets and
> they weren't as compatible with the 503+ I guess. HTH
> Robert
> "tonys" <aarcuda@lvcm.com.spam> wrote in message
> news:0VMpd.172394$G15.84768@fed1read03...
>
>>I have never been able to get a USB 2.0 pci card to work in my 503+
>>motherboard...
>>
>>Hope someone chimes in with better luck....I thought about using a USB 1.0
>>card but have never got around to it...
>>
>>
>>tony
>>
>>
>>"Carbon" <nobrac@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
>>news😛an.2004.11.26.14.01.13.723684@nospam.verizon.net...
>>
>>>I just got my wife a digital camera, and I want to get usb 2.0 working on
>>>her 503+ running w2k. I've just been looking at newegg.com and there are
>>>dozens of cheap usb cards starting at $8 or so. Is it safe to just order
>>>one of them or should I spring for one of the more expensive ones?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

I use a Belkin USB 2.0 card in my 503's with no problem.

 

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>
>I use a Belkin USB 2.0 card in my 503's with no problem.
>

Will it work with plain Windows 98 (NON SE) - or is SE required as a
minimum?

Thanks,

John

 

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I don't think it has to be 98SE, original Windows 98 will work too. The USB
2.0 driver requires at least some version of 98.
Robert
"Tornad01" <tornad01@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >I use a Belkin USB 2.0 card in my 503's with no problem.
> >
>
> Will it work with plain Windows 98 (NON SE) - or is SE required as a
> minimum?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>

 

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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 08:01:36 GMT, "Robert Akins"
<robert.akins2@verizon.net> wrote:

>>I don't think it has to be 98SE, original Windows 98 will work too. The USB
>>2.0 driver requires at least some version of 98.
>>Robert
According to the driver download section on the Belkin site, it lists
only Win98 SE

http://web.belkin.com/support/download/download.asp?download=F5U220&lang=1&mode=

The specification shown in the User Manual
(http://web.belkin.com/support/download/files/F5U220.pdf)

Specifications
• OHCI compliant (USB 1.1 Host Controller)
• EHCI compliant (USB 2.0 Host Controller)
• PCI revison 2.1 compliant
• Current: 500mA per port
• USB revision 2.0 compliant
• Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP compatible

 

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On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 06:10:06 GMT, "Robert Akins"
<robert.akins2@verizon.net> wrote:

>>My 503+ is sitting in the garage right now with a USB 2.0 PCI card in it, it
>>worked OK right up until I retired the machine. The card I used had an NEC
>>chipset on it, at the time many of the USB cards had VIA or SIS chipsets and
>>they weren't as compatible with the 503+ I guess. HTH
>>Robert
All of the NEC based USB 2.0 cards I have come across are all PCI 2.2
cards.

Does anyone know if a PCI 2.2 card will work in the VA-503+?

 

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Tornad01 wrote:
>>I use a Belkin USB 2.0 card in my 503's with no problem.
>>
>
>
> Will it work with plain Windows 98 (NON SE) - or is SE required as a
> minimum?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
I've never tried it with anything but XP. I use the Belkin f5u219 and
f5u220 cards. The instructions say they work with Win98 SE and up.
Look on the Belkin.com for detainls.