Hello Dave
I have a suggestion. You said you were using a Belkin USB hub on a win 98se
system. I suggest you take a look at the file "Hardware.txt" in your windows
folder.
I am using win me and its hardware.txt file (which I assume is more up to
date than win 98 se's) has the following to say about the belkin device:
from the hardware.txt file
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Belkin USB Hubs
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There are two issues with this device:
- The power adapter does not supply enough power for the hub
to be able to support four full bus-powered devices.
- The hub always reports itself as a self-powered device, even
when being used as a bus-powered device.
If you always use the power adapter, you will avoid having the
hub always report itself as a self-powered device. You should
note that if you have four devices plugged in to the hub, you may
run into intermittent problems.
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Hope it helps
Abdul Samad
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Ralph" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:28 PM
Subject: Choked by USB Optical mouse, USB hub and PDA cradle
> I tried to add some USB items to a previously perfectly functioning Win
> 98SE, AMD K-6 2 333MHz, Shuttle Spacewalker HOT-591P system with the
result
> that the system slowed down to a crawl and the added items did not
function
> properly.
>
> Prior to adding a Logitech corded optical mouse with USB plug, Handspring
> Visor USB docking cradle, and a Belkin mini four port USB self powered
hub,
> the system functioned just fine. The previous mouse was an old serial
> mouse, which predates the system, and the only USB item was a recently
> added Memorex scanner which was functioning all right. The system also
has
> in it a cable modem connected to 3Com ISA NIC card, an internal software
> telephone modem, a CD-ROM reader, an internal HP CD burner, a sound card,
> and an HP home laser on the parallel port.
>
> After plugging in the AC powered USB hub, with the PDA cradle and the
> optical mouse attached, the optical mouse appeared to function alright at
> first. However, after a period of use, a period that could vary from five
> minutes to the better part of an hour, the light on the Logitech mouse
went
> out and there was no response from it in terms of cursor movement. No
> error messages upon the dysfunction. Control panel said the device was
> working just fine even after it stopped functioning. This was true
whether
> the serial mouse was still connected or not. I also tried the mouse with
> the hub removed and the scanner removed -- same result, a locked, no light
> optical mouse. So, today I brought the mouse into work and hooked it up
to
> the PS-2 port of my compter at the office. No problem. At this time, I
> have no PS-2 port on the home motherboard; the board can take one without
> using a slot, and I have ordered the part today.
>
> The Handspring USB docking cradle would not sync with the computer. I
> tried uninstalling and them reinstalling the software, but still no
> go. So, I brought the cradle to work today, swapped it with a cradle
here,
> and it worked like a charm.
>
> So, the issue does not seem to be one of the added hardware itself being
> defective. The home and office systems both use Windows 98 SE, both with
> most of the "critcal updates" and service packs available online from
> MS. Only one time has there an error message on one of the many
> reboots. The message stated that there were no available stack tables
(?),
> that four were allocated, and that win.ini possibly should be updated to
> allow for more. A text search of the win.ini file did not reveal a stack
> table line or setting to my tired eye. The contracted term is used in
many
> files when they are searched for text with the MS Windows search facility.
>
> I am rather new to USB problems. Any thoughts on why the system slowed to
> a crawl and how to get the system to properly recognize the mouse and
> docking cradle? I expect to have a PS-2 port to plug into the motherboard
> to take the mouse out of the equation, but the port and slowing of the
> system are issues I obviously would like to eliminate.
>
> Thank you for your input. Dave Ralph
>
> David E. Ralph
> Chemung County Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
> 215 E. Church St., Ste 301
> Elmira, NY 14901
> VOX 607-734-1647
> FAX 607-734-1018
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
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