Art, The mainboard (Gigabyte GA-7VAXP) was new last January and has a KT400 (PAC) and VT8235 (PSIPC) chipsets. Unfortunately, they are VIA chipsets. I almost did not buy this mainboard because it had VIA chipsets but, in talking to AMD, an engineer there said that this was a good mainboard and should be trouble free.
I flashed the BIOS last night and I may update the VIA drivers today. I plan to check things out a little more today but I have not encountered an "Unplug this Device" alert since I flashed the BIOS. Other than this problem, I have had not problems with this mainboard and with Windows 2000, it's solid as a rock. Jim Sims Arthur Entlich wrote: >I'm assuming the card reader is USB 1.1 > >Is the USB hub you are using powered externally, or by the USB >connection from the computer? > >Which USB chipset is in your system? Is it an older VIA set? > >Have you checked is new drivers might be available for the card reader, >since it sounds that it is having some conflicts with your system and >other USB interfaced items? > > >Art > >James L. Sims wrote: > > > >>I am having an annoying problem with my scanners and card readers >>interfacing with my computer. Often, but not every time, when I turn >>off one of my devices or remove a media card from a card reader I >>encounter an alert to "eject or unplug the device" under penalty of an >>unstable system. I would not mind doing this but in order to bring the >>device back on line I must restart the computer and, in the case of my >>Epson scanner (USB interface), I have had to uninstall and reinstall the >>drivers. I have a 6in1 internal card reader that, once "ejected or >>unplugged", won't come back without a system restart. The only devices >>that do not cause any problem are the Epson printer (USB) and Polaroid >>120 scanner (Firewire). >> >>Has anyone else had this problem and, if so, is there a remedy? >> >>Thanks in advance, >> >>Jim Sims >> >>-> >> >> > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body