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  1. July 30th, 2002, 03:12 PM #1
    gran_tico
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    USB connector

    Hello
    How can I find if this computer supports USB conector:

    Computer ID: FC, type: AT
    BIOS Date: 08/21/97
    Award bIOS found: Award modular BIOS v4.51.PG
    Board/BIOS Version: VIA VT580 VER:4.0 N ROM - NOT FOUND
    OEM: unknown
    URL: ??
    Chipset: 580VPX-VIA83669 //VIA VPX
    Thanks
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  2. July 30th, 2002, 03:20 PM #2
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    What windows version are you using? USB support is only from 95 osr2 upwards...

    This seems to be a motherboard made by winco or FYI which is now out of business... Are there usb ports on the back of the machine? If there are and they are working and enabled inbios then you should be fine, unless you have windows 95 a or 95b or NT which do not support usb ports.
    Last edited by NooNoo; July 30th, 2002 at 03:27 PM.
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  3. July 30th, 2002, 04:26 PM #3
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    I just received this email from Gran_tico - so that others may see the resolution to the problem I will post it here ...

    NooNoo
    Thanks for your response !!
    That machine is using windows 98 and, no, there is not any USB por in
    the back. My customer wants to atach one, but I dont know if that is
    possible

    Thanks again

    Yes with windows 98 and a pci usb controller, you can give it usb capabilities. PCI usb cards are very cheap and often come with other ports too.
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  4. July 30th, 2002, 05:00 PM #4
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    And if you have the required open pci slot, get a usb 2.0 hub..around 30 dollars or so..might as well add the newest standard, since they are backwards compatible with older usb devices and don't really cost much more than a standard usb card. Either way, you will probably need your win98 disk to install some windows components after you install the card.
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