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ECS K7S5A/USB problems?

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edm

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I typed all this in the "official" K7S5A thread yesterday, but it seems to be gone this morning!?!?

Anyway, after running my system for a couple weeks problem free with just my sound card and video card I decided to install my Gravis Eliminator USB controller. To make a long story short anytime I boot up with the controller connected I get a BLUE SCREEN. I need to either go into the BIOS and disable USB or remove the controller to boot up into windows. Once I'm booted up into windows I can then connect the controller and it will work.

Is anyone else running with a USB device connected at boot up with out problems? or with that game controller?

Anyone have any idea's?

Also, I've had the board for two months, before this current problem I worked through getting my CD-roms to work, and before that getting my LAN card to work (which I finally had to pull all together) *sigh*. I'm almost afraid to try my Printer, USB scanner, and ATI TV wonder card.

I really don't won't to rag on AMD or the board, maybe it's a bad board, maybe I'm just doing something wrong. But the bottom line is I've had more problems in two months then I've had with my previous system in 2 years (PIII500) with ALL the same hardware/software I just swapped to this new board. And I'm really getting tired of nothing working. Is it too late for me to get my money back from ECS or Newegg (where I bought it) so I can put the money towards another board? I'm on a budget as is, which is why I bought this board in the first place for $65, so I really cant afford to just eat that money and go get another board.

Thanks and Happy Holidays
 
Now I'm confused, I did a cold boot today, leaving the USB controller connected just to see, and it booted up with no blue screen. So I don't know, I hadn't changed a thing sice getting the blue screen yesterday. Oh, well. I haven't tried re-booting again yet, but I guess if it starts ok next time as well it some how fixed itself :\
 


<< I typed all this in the "official" K7S5A thread yesterday, but it seems to be gone this morning!?!? >>



Threads get shoved down the stack pretty rapidly -- do a search on your topic, it will probably show up.



<< Anyway, after running my system for a couple weeks problem free with just my sound card and video card I decided to install my Gravis Eliminator USB controller. To make a long story short anytime I boot up with the controller connected I get a BLUE SCREEN. I need to either go into the BIOS and disable USB or remove the controller to boot up into windows. Once I'm booted up into windows I can then connect the controller and it will work.

Is anyone else running with a USB device connected at boot up with out problems? or with that game controller? >>



I have a SanDisk memory-card reader, and a digitizing pad on USB. No problems per se -- though I generally find USB, on any system, to be flaky. USB drivers are often unstable.




<< Also, I've had the board for two months, before this current problem I worked through getting my CD-roms to work, and before that getting my LAN card to work (which I finally had to pull all together) *sigh*. I'm almost afraid to try my Printer, USB scanner, and ATI TV wonder card. >>



If you mean CD-RW, the problems don't surprise me -- about half of all the CD-RW's I install seem to require divine intervention. I just used the on-board NIC -- it works fine. There are reports of fussy PCI cards on this board; the slots also tend to be very tight. My experience with the ATI TV wonder card is: flaky on many systems. Be prepared to have the installation mysteriously disappear, or to reset your system to 16-bit color.



<< I really don't won't to rag on AMD or the board, maybe it's a bad board, maybe I'm just doing something wrong. But the bottom line is I've had more problems in two months then I've had with my previous system in 2 years (PIII500) with ALL the same hardware/software I just swapped to this new board. And I'm really getting tired of nothing working. Is it too late for me to get my money back from ECS or Newegg (where I bought it) so I can put the money towards another board? I'm on a budget as is, which is why I bought this board in the first place for $65, so I really cant afford to just eat that money and go get another board.

Thanks and Happy Holidays >>

 
I have the ECS K7S5A and the Gravis Eliminator Precision Pro USB joystick. I have had no problems at all. I bought the joystick back when I was still using my old computer (HP PII 266 Celeron) with Win 98SE. I initially had some of the same problems you are describing until I used the driver that came with the joystick. When I built my present computer, I went ahead and installed all of the software that came with the joystick and have not had any problems. It may be a problem with the joystick. Anyway, I am real happy with the joystick.

You mentioned that you are (were) having problems with your add-in LAN card. If I may ask, why aren't you using the on-board LAN? I am using it with a cable modem and it works fine.

I hope things work out. I guess I was one of the lucky ones because I have had zero problems with the MB and I am as big a newbie as they come!
 
I am now using the SiS on-board LAN. I pulled my Linksys card about a month ago after all the problems, and I agree the on-board LAN works just fine.

Do you know what version drivers your using? I'm using the Xperiance 4.3 which came with the controller, they do have newer drivers on their site but they're uncompatible with one of my games.

Thanks
 
No, it just booted up that one time. The last two boots (1 cold, 1 reboot) I got the Blue screen again. Very strange since I didn't alter anything else. OH well, at least I can connect the controller once Windows has loaded and get it to work.

Thanks anyway
 
Well, I just noticed that under Win98SE all my USB devices (keyboard, mouse, WingMan SF3D) stop working as soon as I start a game (might be a driver/DirectX issue). Doesn't happen under Win2K, though.
Both PCI cards I use (Realtek NIC and SB live) work fine, but only under Win2K. Under SE the SB-Live - installation crashes, and restarts just end somewhere at a BSOD.
I traced the problem to the SB16-Emulation, but it doesn't matter to me any more, since I went for Win2K now.

I had other Athlon boards before using VIA chipsets and must say, with Intel you're probably safer, but you pay way more for less performance - and you miss the fun of finding a way to get all your periverals working together. Those ppl have to buy games instead. 😀
 
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