Howdy...

Here are few catches that I notice off the bat.

The BIOS has USB support, thereby there is probably a set of pins for USB
connectors on the motherboard.  Thereby by enabling the BIOS USB, you are
enabling the USB ports that are built-in the motherboard.

Next, the VIA chipset has problems.  I have seen where a friend purchased a
USB card with the VIA chipset for his computer to allow him to connect his
webcam to the computer.  It could not see the webcam, regardless of what he
did.  He purchased a second USB card that did not use the VIA chipset, and
it worked the first time he tried.

I have worked with a system that had the VIA chipset on the motherboard,
with built-in USB ports, and the USB device, in this case a DSL modem, could
not be seen.  Though if the modem was hooked to a different computer with
USB, that was not using the VIA chipset, the modem was recognized.

It all boils down to two options here:  locate the USB pin connectors, and
get a plate connector; OR, purchase a non-VIA chipset USB expansion card.


Richard Strickland, MCSE, MCP+I, MCP, CompTIA A+
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