I think I have some sort of motherboard difficulty on an old, but until recently, faithful PC. The USB ports are no longer working and neither is the onboard sound since I changed from Windows98 to XP. I was advised elsewhere in this forum to post my motherboard details and ask for help, but how do I find out what my motherboard is? If I open the PC will there be a label on it? Cheers.
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CPU-Z will usually tell you what motherboard you have - or at least what chipset it uses.
Are you installing SP2 of Win XP as i think it needs at least SP1 to get USB2 working.
Have you reinstalled the sound drivers off your mobo cd?
Are you installing SP2 of Win XP as i think it needs at least SP1 to get USB2 working.
Have you reinstalled the sound drivers off your mobo cd?
Thanks for the reply. What is CPU-Z?
The XP version was loaded from the standard disc which came with my (now broken due to a nasty fall) laptop.
I've located my drivers disc which appears to contain the sound drivers and the usb drivers (it's an 8 year old computer so I guess it's not usb2?), but have had no success in using it via the Windows install wizards.
Thanks again.
The XP version was loaded from the standard disc which came with my (now broken due to a nasty fall) laptop.
I've located my drivers disc which appears to contain the sound drivers and the usb drivers (it's an 8 year old computer so I guess it's not usb2?), but have had no success in using it via the Windows install wizards.
Thanks again.
You can get CPU-Z from here : http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-139.zip
It wont be USB2.0 on an 8 year old pc
It wont be USB2.0 on an 8 year old pc