Yeah, I'd say you were right on track there.

Ray Parrish

dirigo wrote:
> I'm confused at the moment re: USB.
>
> On an older machine with Win 98SE I did not have USB capability so I
> installed an Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
> card that has external connectors (two port) along with the
> appropriate driver software. When I take the System Properties >
> Device Manager route, the card is displayed under the Universal Serial
> Bus controllers tree (if you will), just before the tree entry of USB
> Root Hub. Now this is basically USB 1.0/1.1 capability, but it seems
> to work as I use this connector to do backups to a OneTouch hard disk
> drive.
>
> I have another machine which has W2K on it with SP4 installed. I was
> thinking I had USB connectors on it, but ... after closer inspection,
> it does not. Sooooo ... for the fun of it, I took a look at the Device
> Manager display (via the System Properties route) and, low and behold,
> I found that under the Universal Serial Bus controllers tree structure
> (for lack of a better term) the following listed:
>
> USB 2.0 Root Hub
> USB Root Hub
> USB Root Hub
> VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller
> VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller
> VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller
>
> Upon further inspection of the additional entries related to each USB
> Root Hub, I read/saw 4-port available (USB 2.0 Root Hub) and 2-port
> available (USB Root Hubs) and apparently all the necessary drivers
> installed. Sooooooo ... it would appear I need to open up this box and
> locate where I can connect USB connectors to the motherboard and the
> case so I can use this capability. Am I close here ... or am I all
> wet?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bo Dirigo
>
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