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Old 30th Sep 2008, 16:39
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Hi,
I have an old Mesh computer with an ASUS A7A266-E motherboard which is for use in my young daughter’s room.
Trying to update the computer I bought a Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 3-Port PCI Card. Only USB 1 at present.
I tried to fit same tonight and saw that the only way I could realistically find space was to remove the fax/modem PCI card from an existing slot. I figured that since the computer is running on a wireless network adaptor that this was no longer needed.
Having installed the PCI card and rebooted the computer, I have noted that when checking device manager, there is no evidence of this PCI card, USB slots whatsoever.
I have studied the motherboard manual and have been left feeling somewhat inadequate and out of my depth.
When I look at the Expansion Card Installation procedures there is a mention of making any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card, such as jumpers. There is no mention of this in the Belkin installation guide. It then goes on to say, “Set up the BIOS if necessary (such as IRQ xx Used By ISA: Yes in 4.4.3 PCI Configuration”
Moving on to the “Hardware Setup” section of the motherboard, I see a chapter that talks about “Assigning IRQ’s for expansion cards “and details an “Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard”, which I find very difficult to comprehend.
I then studied the section entitled, “BIOS Setup”, and was drawn to a section entitled, “PCI Configuration”. The first paragraph is as follows:
“Slot 1, Slot2, Slot3, Slot 4, Slot 5 IRQ (Auto)
These fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot. The default setting for each filed is (Auto (NA) (3) (4) (5) (7) (9) (10) (11) (12) (14) (15).
Can anyone with the appropriate knowledge point me in the right direction?
In my defence, I did successfully install the same PCI card in my other daughter’s computer which had an “ATX” mainboard supporting an AMD Athlon processor with no issues.
Your help would be very much appreciated.

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Old 1st Oct 2008, 02:44
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The new card would have come with a CD, I see no mention of you installing the software on it. The manual will have explained the procedure.
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Old 1st Oct 2008, 08:44
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The new card would have come with a CD, I see no mention of you installing the software on it. The manual will have explained the procedure.
Dunno Dave i installed the same type of card on my PC and all the CD did was screw my computer so bad that i had to reformat.

My advice: try plugging something like a zip drive or mp3 in it and check if it displays
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Old 1st Oct 2008, 08:49
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Dunno Dave i installed the same type of card on my PC and all the CD did was screw my computer so bad that i had to reformat.

My advice: try plugging something like a zip drive or mp3 in it and check if it displays
Drivers do screw up PCs in isolated cases, that said how can a device work without installing said driver CD? They are essential.
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Old 1st Oct 2008, 12:30
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i dont know why, but mine worked without the driver installed...
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Old 1st Oct 2008, 17:36
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Many thanks for you guys trying to help. I didn't have to use the CD for the other computer mentioned as it was XP, the suggestion being that it was plug and play style. Still, might be worth a bash. Even beginning to think that the PCI card might be faulty so might swap it with the other one just to rule that out. Plugging in a device to the USB has no effect however. Aren't computers great when they work as you would like them to???
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Old 4th Oct 2008, 09:18
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Have you checked that the PCI card is in its slot properly? I know you've had it out and back it, but it might be stif or something.

What OS are you running?
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Old 4th Oct 2008, 15:52
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Hi,

Thanks again for any help or advice.

I am running windows XP. In the other computer with successful operation, I didn't need the CD that was enclosed. The manual didn't mention the CD in the section for installation under "XP".

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Old 4th Oct 2008, 15:58
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Well even if it says it doesn't need it, you should try it, as it's obviously not working how it should have done. Another thing you could do is: right click on my computer>click properties>hardware>device manager>click "scan for hardware changes" this might also work, if it comes up with the auto install, select the option that you have the drivers CD when the option is there, and insert the disk, navigate to the correct drive when prompted and see if that works.
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Old 15th Oct 2008, 13:49
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mbonwick.

You were absolutely right, the card wasn't seated correctly after all!!. All now working perfectly.

Many thanks for your help and for the other contributers posts.

Feeling a bit sheepish now.

Best Regards

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