USB 2.0 Driver for ePox 8RDA+ in WinXP?

[vexingv]

just got this board and installed it in a new system and fresh install of XP...dl-ed and installed the latest nforce drivers off nvidia's website, but there is still a question mark in the Device Manager page. does anyone have a link for the driver?

thanx

btw, i read the readme about the driver on the epox cd, but i still cant find the driver on M$ windows update sites (i have SP1 installed)

 

[mechBgon]

Maybe this thread will shed some light: thread

 

[Viper96720]

To find the driver on windows update. click personalize windows update and select display link to windows update catalog. Then go to windows update catalog and select find driver updates for hardware devices. select other hardware then manufacturer name select microsoft corp. and win xp os it's microsoft usb driver ver. 5.1.2600.0

 

[vexingv]

found it...thanx a lot viper

 

[vexingv]

got them but here's the prob....it says it wont install b/c it says that SP1 is newer...but all my USBs dont work at all! i cant uninstall SP1 either

anyone have suggestions or solutions?

edit: i just went and uninstalled the USB's from the device manager thinking that they would reinstall but they didnt...yet another problem to this list!!

help please

 

[mechBgon]

So now they're ?'ed in Device Manager? If that's the case then maybe Windows Update can figure something out. Interested to hear how this comes out. BTW, thanks Viper96720 for the valuable pointer on how to find those for download!

 

[vexingv]

ok update:
i've read around and you have to install SP1 to get USB 2.0 to work in xp...thats how come i couldnt install the drivers that were dl-ed b/c they were already in SP1.

so i reinstalled windows and now my USB ports are working but they still have a question mark in device manager....i guess i wont let it bother me since the usb's are working fine

 

[Viper96720]

Try reinstalling the nforce 2.0 drivers. You won't get usb 2.0 support unless you install sp1 then the nforce drivers.
From notes on page with download
* Windows XP users must install Service Pack 1 prior to attempting to install this package. Failure to do so will result in the inability to support USB 2.0 and NVIDIA IDE drivers.

 

[vexingv]

viper,
thats what i did...i installed SP1 first after i did the fresh XP install...then i went and installed the drivers....but still the USB controller has a "?"

 

[crisscross]

go to device manager- right click on the USB controller which has a ? and then click on update drivers. Insert the Nforce2 Driver CD and it should load fine. Had the same problem and it worked fine after i tried that out.

 

[Cybordolphin]

Nice touch..... having to download XP upgrades to get USB 2.0.... ?? This board just keeps shining.

 

[Insane3D]

Nice touch...trying to convince everyone else a board is bad becuase you can't handle it.

 

[SpideyCU]

Originally posted by: Cybordolphin
Nice touch..... having to download XP upgrades to get USB 2.0.... ?? This board just keeps shining.

This isn't a board issue, not by a long shot. Windows will sometimes decide what *it* thinks is the best driver, when it really isn't. Most of the time people don't have to do anything special to get USB 2.0 working because Windows will stick with the "actually" correct driver - sometimes you have to point Windows to a specific driver.

I had a similar problem with a Firewire scanner - Windows kept loading what it thought was the optimal driver, but the scanner wouldn't work then. I had to manually point it to the driver I'd just downloaded, and then all was well.

Regardless, you have to "download XP upgrades to get USB 2.0" on ANY nForce2 board. I know you've had problems with the boards Dolphin, but these comments are getting a tad ridiculous. Witch hunts aren't very productive. I remember you saying something to Insane in one of the other 8RDA threads, along the lines of "Your post is the least helpful of anyone's here". Looks like the shoe's on the other foot, no?