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From: Mike Easter on 21 Jan 2010 09:59 Susan Miller wrote: > I have a USB/Firewire card I bought a while ago to increase the number > of slots on my computer. I plugged it into the old board and it never > worked (windows didn't even detect it had been added). That's either a bad card or a bad insertion or a bad slot. > Ultra ULT40109 8-Port USB 2.0/Firewire Combo PCI Card - 4 External USB > 2.0, 1 Internal USB 2.0, 2 External Firewire, 1 Internal Firewire Port > MPN: ULT40109 Ultra page http://snipr.com/u57es > I'm plugging it into my new board and the same thing happens. That sounds ominous for the card. We trust the inserter :-) > It > occurs to me it may need to have a cable run from the unit to one of > the motherboard's internal USB jacks (and possibly a firewire jack). > Is this likely? No. The card *provides* internal firewire & usb (in addition to external), it doesn't /require/ firewire or usb from the mobo. > If so, what sort of cable(s) do I buy (the card didn't > come with a cable, I still have the box and double-checked). One person commenting in the ultra review section said that he had trouble installing the card -- something about the arrangement of the usb/s caused him to have to make physical modification near the PCI slot that I don't exactly/ at all/ picture from his description. Is the card going into the slot nicely? Another person who said he had to return the card didn't know what he was talking about. -- Mike Easter
From: Rick on 21 Jan 2010 10:29 Susan Miller wrote: > I have a USB/Firewire card I bought a while ago to increase the number > of slots on my computer. I plugged it into the old board and it never > worked (windows didn't even detect it had been added). > > Ultra ULT40109 8-Port USB 2.0/Firewire Combo PCI Card - 4 External USB > 2.0, 1 Internal USB 2.0, 2 External Firewire, 1 Internal Firewire Port > MPN: ULT40109 > > I'm plugging it into my new board and the same thing happens. It > occurs to me it may need to have a cable run from the unit to one of > the motherboard's internal USB jacks (and possibly a firewire jack). > Is this likely? If so, what sort of cable(s) do I buy (the card didn't > come with a cable, I still have the box and double-checked). > > Sue Did you install the drivers for it before you plugged the board in? -- Rick Fargo, ND N 46�53'251" W 096�48'279" Remember the USS Liberty http://www.ussliberty.org/
From: Mike Easter on 21 Jan 2010 11:33 Susan Miller wrote: > I was > just looking for things I could plug into each slot on this MB to test > all the slots are good. I would consider that ultra card not a good choice for that test :-/ I have a couple of old sound cards lying around here somewhere which would also not be good test subjects :-) -- Mike Easter wondering why he keeps broken stuff around
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