USB question

I have both win98se and xp on my computer, different partitions, one hd. In xp
there is no problem with the usb connections, but when I try to use a usb in
win98se, it doesn't acknowledge the periphial. The bios is enabled for usb, so
I'm assuming it would go for both os's. BTW, I read somewhere here in the web a
while back that some usb ports are stronger than the others on the same
computer. The rear usb ports are the stronger, compared to the front usb ports.
I have 2 in the front and 4 in the rear. With XP i've tried both and no
problem, but not so with win98. Any clues?

Check Device Manager for "Unkown Devices" under Win98 after you plug
in the device. If you find them, delete the unknown devices and
install the correct drivers.

Good Luck...
GLCrews,MCP


On 20 Aug 2004 00:38:39 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (T009) wrote:

>I have both win98se and xp on my computer, different partitions, one hd. In xp
>there is no problem with the usb connections, but when I try to use a usb in
>win98se, it doesn't acknowledge the periphial. The bios is enabled for usb, so
>I'm assuming it would go for both os's. BTW, I read somewhere here in the web a
>while back that some usb ports are stronger than the others on the same
>computer. The rear usb ports are the stronger, compared to the front usb ports.
>I have 2 in the front and 4 in the rear. With XP i've tried both and no
>problem, but not so with win98. Any clues?

In some cases, the motherboard or PC maker may reserve the USB 2.0 ports for
front or rear use only. There's no "stronger" thing to it. Since all work
in XP, that's not the case here. What's the mystery peripheral, and do you
have enhanced USB in XP and not 98?
"T009" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have both win98se and xp on my computer, different partitions, one hd.
In xp
> there is no problem with the usb connections, but when I try to use a usb
in
> win98se, it doesn't acknowledge the periphial. The bios is enabled for
usb, so
> I'm assuming it would go for both os's. BTW, I read somewhere here in the
web a
> while back that some usb ports are stronger than the others on the same
> computer. The rear usb ports are the stronger, compared to the front usb
ports.
> I have 2 in the front and 4 in the rear. With XP i've tried both and no
> problem, but not so with win98. Any clues?

There's no "stronger" thing to it. Since all work
in XP, that's not the case here. What's the mystery peripheral, and do you
have enhanced USB in XP and not 98?>>>

Its my lexar jump drive. Another terminology I'm not familiar with...Enhanced
USB? Could you explain? Thanks

Nope, you chopped off the original post.
"T009" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> There's no "stronger" thing to it. Since all work
> in XP, that's not the case here. What's the mystery peripheral, and do
you
> have enhanced USB in XP and not 98?>>>
>
> Its my lexar jump drive. Another terminology I'm not familiar
with...Enhanced
> USB? Could you explain? Thanks