I have an external Hard drive that works best on USB 2.0. I installed a
4-port USB 2.0 card. Every time I restart the computer, after it boots up, I
need to uninstall and reinstall the card through device manager to use the
ports again. How can I fix this?

Which PCI Slot # do you have the expansion card installed into.
( Count downward from the AGP/PCIe, 1st PCI as #1 ). As a
general rule, you want to use Slots #2 or 5 as they most times
have an independent IRQ assignment other slots share IRQs with
other peripherals.

Also are you going to continue to use the onboard ports that the
motherboard provides ? Sometimes there are resource issues
with too many Controllers/Hubs sharing IRQs.

"Ogrish" <Ogrish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:632FC359-AF6A-40E4-8346-C445D0CAD67F@microsoft.com...
>I have an external Hard drive that works best on USB 2.0. I installed a
> 4-port USB 2.0 card. Every time I restart the computer, after it boots
> up, I
> need to uninstall and reinstall the card through device manager to use the
> ports again. How can I fix this?

Which PCI Slot # do you have the expansion card installed into.
( Count downward from the AGP/PCIe, 1st PCI as #1 ). As a
general rule, you want to use Slots #2 or 5 as they most times
have an independent IRQ assignment other slots share IRQs with
other peripherals.

Also are you going to continue to use the onboard ports that the
motherboard provides ? Sometimes there are resource issues
with too many Controllers/Hubs sharing IRQs.

"Ogrish" <Ogrish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:632FC359-AF6A-40E4-8346-C445D0CAD67F@microsoft.com...
>I have an external Hard drive that works best on USB 2.0. I installed a
> 4-port USB 2.0 card. Every time I restart the computer, after it boots
> up, I
> need to uninstall and reinstall the card through device manager to use the
> ports again. How can I fix this?

Ogrish wrote:
> I have an external Hard drive that works best on USB 2.0. I
> installed a 4-port USB 2.0 card. Every time I restart the
> computer, after it boots up, I need to uninstall and reinstall the
> card through device manager to use the ports again. How can I fix
> this?

Contact the technical support for the card - something seems to be wrong.
You may want to check their website for updated drivers too.

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Ogrish wrote:
> I have an external Hard drive that works best on USB 2.0. I
> installed a 4-port USB 2.0 card. Every time I restart the
> computer, after it boots up, I need to uninstall and reinstall the
> card through device manager to use the ports again. How can I fix
> this?

Contact the technical support for the card - something seems to be wrong.
You may want to check their website for updated drivers too.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Ogrish wrote:
> I have an external Hard drive that works best on USB 2.0. I installed a
> 4-port USB 2.0 card. Every time I restart the computer, after it boots up, I
> need to uninstall and reinstall the card through device manager to use the
> ports again. How can I fix this?

USB Help sites:
http://www.usbman.com/WinME%20USB%20Guide.htm

General USB troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310575

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Ogrish wrote:
> I have an external Hard drive that works best on USB 2.0. I installed a
> 4-port USB 2.0 card. Every time I restart the computer, after it boots up, I
> need to uninstall and reinstall the card through device manager to use the
> ports again. How can I fix this?

USB Help sites:
http://www.usbman.com/WinME%20USB%20Guide.htm

General USB troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310575

--
Joe =o)