How can I get my usb drivers working?  

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  1. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #21

    What is your motherboard brand and model?
    If you can find a 32 bit PCI card it will most likely work for you. The PCI and USB busses are powered separately.
    Here's some diagrams.
    How can I get my usb drivers working?-slots.png
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  2. Posts : 1,524
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #22

    If you have a serial port you can get adaptors for USB and PS2 Mice and keyboards and because it is going over the serial port your USB problem will not affect it.
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  3. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #23

    jasv2 said:
    theog said:
    If you have a PS2 port, try a PS2 keyboard.
    I just bought a pci to ps/2 card but it doesn't fit the slot! Even though the system came with 64 bit Win 7 installed, the motherboard pci slot only allows for a 32 bit card. The only other cards I can find online that would fit have usb ports on them in addition to the ps/2 ports which makes me think they won't work either...
    Is this what you bought?
    PCI USB + PS2 CONTROLLER CARD - 2 Port USB 2.0 & 2 Port: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
    http://www.bestofferbuy.com/USB-2.0-...campaign=gbase

    Those will fit any desktop MOBO.
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  4. Posts : 28
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #24

    @Britton I can't seem to quickly find a model number for the board. It seems to just be a Dell built board for a Studio XPS 9000. Here's a picture of it and a list of what's on it.

    http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...0EqafsYFn0IQrN

    Documentation


    @Pooch no I do not have a serial port. I went through all the old computers at my parents house and found a serial port on an old 486 machine but it was too old. My PC had not connections for it.


    @theog those cards won't work. The ridges have 2 notches at the bottom. I need one with only one notch because my available slot only has one notch. Britton's diagram uptop shows it nicely.
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  5. Posts : 28
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #25

    SYBA SY-PEX-4S PCI-Express 4 Port Serial Card

    Would this serial card work? It seems to fit in a pci express slot but there seems to be an extra blank tab in the way
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  6. Posts : 1,524
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #26

    It will fit in the little white ports that you have on your MB (PCIe) if you have the adaptor for PS2 then yes it should work, but I can't guarantee it
    A PCIe card for USB might also work, if you were to go for a USB3 variant it would also be useful afterwards and perhaps the better buy, but again I cannot guarantee it would work given your present problem.
    Last edited by pooch; 04 Jun 2011 at 12:43. Reason: added more info
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  7. Posts : 28
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #27

    Yea, I have one adapter. I guess I will give it a try and order it. On one hand I just want to reinstall Windows, but I can't stand a problem that can't be solved.
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  8. Posts : 1,524
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #28

    jasv2 said:
    Yea, I have one adapter. I guess I will give it a try and order it. On one hand I just want to reinstall Windows, but I can't stand a problem that can't be solved.
    It is a good idea to find a solution in case the problem happens again, that said you can also make an image backup when it is working again.

    Did you see I added more to my last post?
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  9. Posts : 28
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #29

    Ah, yes a usb 3 variant would be good choice whether I fix the problem or not.
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  10. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #30

    Thanks jasv2, the documentation link showed no pics for me, but the text did show you do have the PCI slot. Odd thing, my PCI slots have space for a one-groove card and all the cards I searched for have 2 grooves.
    Your good news is you have multiple PCIe-X1 slots to use as well.
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