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| Thread ID: 32605 | 2003-04-23 21:18:00 | USB in WIN98 without USB plugs. | ambasluv (1414) | Press F1 |
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| 138180 | 2003-04-23 21:18:00 | Here's a doozy... I proudly own a Sony Digital Camera which I bought for my (now re-homed, by the repo-man) WinXP machine, with it's millions of USB ports just screaming to have something plugged into them... I am now attempting to use this device on a Win98 machine, with absolutely no USB ports whatsoever. I am already hearing the cries of, "You stupid fool, of course it isn't going to work then!" but you see, we made a purchase recently, again, for the Win98 machine, of a brand-spanking new optical trackball, which has had to be returned with the WinXP machine. This was a USB device, which worked without any troubles at all in the older machine, as we had a plug converter-type thing which mated the USB port to a PS/2 port. Having attached my faithful digicam to this device I waited with baited breath to see what the outcome would be. Nothing, and that's why I'm here, begging people for help... If it makes any difference, when the cam was pluggeed into the XP machine, two things used to happen, first, WinXP's faithful Scanner and Camera Wizard would show it's face. Also, the camera would create itself a drive labelled Sony Memory Stick, and call it's F: - a quick and easy way of copying over the pictures. Win98 is doing neither of these things. Any word of a patch of some sort for Win98 that I might not have heard of? Or am I piddling into the wind here, and should get a proper Memory Stick downloady device? Have fun Ambasluv |
ambasluv (1414) | ||
| 138181 | 2003-04-23 21:27:00 | Have you got any pins on the motherboard that are designated for USb? If yes then there are some internal card readers available that plug into the pins. I bought one the other day that can read all six types of Flash card for $35. Ian |
IanJ (1454) | ||
| 138182 | 2003-04-23 21:28:00 | Ok The problem would be that PS2 is only used for a keyboard and a mouse, and it's specific about which goes where (hence why Purple is the keyboard, and Green is the mouse) . Therefore, by attempting to plug in your USB Digi camera to thea through the adapter and into the Mouse Port, Windows was just thinking you had some sort of mouse . . . What you would need to do is spend $29 at your local Dick Smith Store and buy a USB Card (go to www . dse . co . nz (http://www . dse . co . nz) and search for Cat No XH6646) Install the USB card into your computer (or get the guys at DSE to do it for you), let Windows98 set it up, and then plug in your digital camera . All going well it should work, however Drivers may be required as Windows98 most probably does not have a big driver database like XP does CyberChuck |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 138183 | 2003-04-23 21:28:00 | I'd better make sure here - PS/2 is the one with the round 6-pin plug with a little piece of black plastic in the middle at the bottom to keep it the right way up, isn't it? | ambasluv (1414) | ||
| 138184 | 2003-04-23 21:31:00 | Device manager makes mention of a USB controllers section and a USB root hub, would this be a good sign that I have what is required for this Ian? Or is it one of these 'rip it apart and hope you know what you're doing' moments? | ambasluv (1414) | ||
| 138185 | 2003-04-23 21:37:00 | Your MB is probable capable of it. If you have the manual handy have a look through there, otherwise you will need to open it up. Cyberchucks idea of installing a PCI card with USB connections on is a good idea. Ian |
IanJ (1454) | ||
| 138186 | 2003-04-23 21:46:00 | > I'd better make sure here - PS/2 is the one with the round 6-pin plug > with a little piece of black plastic in the middle at the bottom to keep it > the right way up, isn't it? Indeed it is :D |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 138187 | 2003-04-23 23:12:00 | Yeah.. How old is the PC? You may simplybe able to purchase a little connector to plug into the Inside of your PC that'll give you a few ports. Otherwise, a cheap PCI>USB card would be fine :-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 138188 | 2003-04-24 00:12:00 | > I waited with baited breath to see what the outcome would be. > Nothing, > and that's why I'm here, begging people for help... I reckon if you waited with Bated (dictionary.reference.com) Breath it probably would have worked :p Sorry, but it really hangs my munchkin when people say "baited"! I'll leave now. |
honeylaser (814) | ||
| 138189 | 2003-04-24 01:41:00 | The bait worked, honeylaser: you bit. :D The USB mouse worked with a USB-PS/2 adaptor because it was a "USB or PS/2" mouse. The camera doesn't, because it is a USB device. The mouse interface is simple enough to be manipulated like that. The camera needs the real USB interface, whereas the mouse just worked as a PS/2 one. |
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