Stupid USB still wont work!

[haut]

I have a USB mouse and USB keyboard that I'm trying to get to work on my new system. I enabled both in the BIOS of my 8K7A and the mouse still wasnt working (haven't tried KB yet). So I went to device manager and removed all USB stuff. So I had both mice plugged in (USB and my old PS/2) and magically the USB worked. Then the window to reinstall the USB stuff came up and the mouse stopped working. I had it working one time before when I first installed Windows. It came up as a USB human interface device or something and worked great. Well, now it sucks. Also, this is a really stupid question, but how can I tell if I have Win98 or Win98SE? I think I might just have 98 and that could be the problem. I've had the CD for a while and I don't know which it is. Thanks.
--Ryan

 

[aUt0eXebat]

if it dosnt say second edition or SE, then you dont have 98SE.

 

[LadyNiniane]

From Microsoft Knowledge Base item Q158238:

Release Version File dates
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Windows 95 retail, OEM 4.00.950 7/11/95
Windows 95 retail SP1 4.00.950A 7/11/95-12/31/95
OEM Service Release 2 4.00.1111* (4.00.950B) 8/24/96
OEM Service Release 2.1 4.03.1212-1214* (4.00.950B) 8/24/96-8/27/97
OEM Service Release 2.5 4.03.1214* (4.00.950C) 8/24/96-11/18/97
Windows 98 retail, OEM 4.10.1998 5/11/98
Windows 98 Second Edition 4.10.2222A 4/23/99
Windows Me 4.90.3000

And, yes you will need the 98SE USB drivers - what they shipped with 98 was pretty much what came with Win95 (950C), which didn't support anything worth looking at.

Lady Niniane

 

[bacillus]

good source for troubleshooting ideas!

 

[Mem]

The main USB problem is with Win98SE anyway if you have that OS install the fix here,[/i] >>

Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices that are connected to a Windows 98 Second Edition-based computer may not work if the following hardware components are installed on the computer:

An AMD processor (running at 350 MHz or faster)


A VIA Technologies USB controller





CAUSE
This behavior occurs because there is a timing-specific problem in the Universal Host Controller driver (Uhcd.sys) that may prevent USB devices from be properly enumerated under specific timing conditions.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, download and run the appropriate file for your language version of Windows[/i] >>

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[haut]

Yep, I've got regular 98. I guess I have a reason now to move on to Win2k. Is there a quick upgrade from 98 to 98se? Thanks.
--Ryan

 

[bacillus]

<< Is there a quick upgrade from 98 to 98se? >>


yes MS do sell an upgrade cd!