So how did I find a solution? Well, after trying to search the web and coming up empty, I did a search for "PCI Compatible USB Card Asus P5A-b". I have titled this post to indicated that the issue has been solved, so that anyone who does a similar search in the future will find the solution. None of the posts actually provided a solution. Alas, all I found were posted from eons ago up till 2012 asking if anyone had a solution. I search long and hard to find the solution on the good 'ole inter-web.
So after doing a lot of searching, and buy 4 PCI USB 2.0 cards, I finally found the solution to the issues I was seeing.ġ) After installing the PCI card, the PC would boot, but the monitor would remain in power save/sleep mode, and would not turn on.Ģ) After installing the PCI card, the PC would boot, but the PCI card would not register with the bios, and windows XP would crash Issue with PCI USB 2.0 card in Asus P5A-B Mobo Sorry if this is a long post but it might help someone in the future. I found a very useful post in other forum by user Springbok and it gave some clues but I ran into some other issues. Thanks for this, it guided me to get a SYBA SD-V2-5V USB 2.0 PCI card working on my ASUS P5A-B motherboard. I felt compelled to post this to try to help those who had the same problems that I had. "NEC Open Host Controller (E+13)" gets installed instead of "NEC Open Host Controller" because of "nusb36.exe" being installed first, which is better (?), 'cause of the "(E+13)" part. It works if you did not have "USB2.inf" already installed.Ģ. This guide has two benefits over the one PhilsComputerLab has:ġ. I have actually done it both ways, and both work as mentioned.
And again, the drivers will be available and should be installed.
Go into your Device Manager and remove all NEC-related driver entries under the "Universal Serial Bus controllers" category which you most likely installed when you booted up Windows with the card installed for the first time, as well as that "unknown device" associated with the card (I assume you just skipped giving that "device" a driver and "left" it "unknown").ģ. If you already have the card installed before you read this "guide" of mine, follow these steps:ġ.
Boot into Windows and wha-la!, as Windows is booting, you will be able to install all the drivers for the card (Windows does all of it for you). Install the NEC card into a PCI lane on your motherboard.ģ. * 3.4 (never released, according to this link) … rivers/?page=51Īnywho, these are the steps to get your own NEC-chipset-based USB 2.0 PCI card to work on your system (this assumes you are using Windows 98 SE, if it was not obvious enough already):Ģ. Official links to older 3.X versions with changelogs (if you care): * … comment-1000009 (official "source" with changelog) Here are links to "mirrors" from which you can download "nusb36.exe": 3.6), instead of the older version he mentioned)!
It for you) (of course, though, there is a 3-version newer version of that unofficial patch which I used, "nusb36.exe" (ver. Then the question is: How do I get hold of this file? Well, from the "nusb33.exe" file that he mentions of course (which "installs" I was missing something.Īfter closely watching Phil's video, I noticed that the driver that up to this point has been elusive to me was located in a "USB2.inf" file, a driver file which my installation lacked, most likely because Windows 98 SE comes without USB 2.0 support. I tested some of the other drivers that were provided with my Windows installation, but to no avail, with BSODs every attempt. However, while the first 2 drivers were found by Windows, the third one could not be found by Windows. So, I then attempted to follow his instructions. For my Windows 98 SE retro gaming machine ( Pentium 3 Windows 98 SE Retro Gaming Machine: My First Retro Build), I liked the idea of USB 2.0 support mentioned by PhilsComputerLab proposed in that video linked above, and so I got my own "cheap as chips" NEC-chipset-based USB 2.0 PCI card that was identical to his (eBay link to the card: Click me!). Hello to all that are reading this and that are allured at the idea of having a USB 2.0 PCI card that works in your Windows 98 SE computer, read on! This guide builds upon PhilsComputerLab's guide (check it out here: ) with my experiences, and helps to fill in the gaps that were in his guide.įirst, some backstory.