[jm1515]

Hey all...my first post, so be gentle w/me!
I need to transfer a bunch of files etc from an old Gateway 200Mhz Pentium running Win98SE to my new Xp-Home PC, so I thought I'd get a 1G Memorex TravelDrive 2.0 to play around with.
Memorex says it's 'backward compatible' with the (no doubt) 1.1 ports on my machine...and supported with a 1.4meg driver for SE which I DL'ed, if that means anything.
It works fine on the XP system, but when I plug it into the Gateway after driver install/re-boot, it is not recognized in My Computer.
No lights, no Icon etc.
The driver seems to have installed OK, there is an 'Intel8237 PCI to USB Host' and a 'USB Root Hub' listed in System/Device Manager, both working OK according to SE, and I just flashed the latest BIOS from Gateway (released ca 1999 )
I've never connected anything to those USB ports ever, so I don't even know if they are alive....but is this do-able?
Any insight will be greatly appreciated.....

 

[guitar]

you need a driver for 98 to see usb flash drives i think you'll find it here
http://www.usb-drivers.com/companies/667.htm

 

[JohnWill]

Good page! If you don't find it on that sub-page, try the root page http://www.usb-drivers.com/

 

[DaveBurnett]

And in any case see http://forums.techguy.org/windows-95-98-me/525646-generic-98se-usb-driver-disks.html

 

[jm1515]

Thanx Guys for the quick help. I've seen both of those links before in my bleary-eyed research on this.
So what I think I'm reading is I need a driver for 98SE detect the drive, and the Memorex driver (already DL'ed/installed) to operate it??
Which one do I use???
The one from usb-drivers.com has 59 drivers for Win98...
I think I'll try the nusb32...I'll report back what happens....

 

[jm1515]

Well..no luck with Nusb2.4
It dl'ed/installed fine after I un-installed the Memorex driver, but after re-boot my old Gateway still does not recognize my flash drive...even after re-installing the Memorex driver.

BTW..I ran the Intel USB checker 'USBready.exe' from
www.usbman.com and it said I had 'Full USB support' w/ 'No recomendations for hardware/software changes' so I'm stumped....(easy to do.... )

I guess I can buy a USB2 card to install in a PCI slot, yes??

Again..any insights would be greatly appreciated....

 

[JohnWill]

"Full USB Support" doesn't mean you have the driver for your particular USB mass storage device.

 

[bigbear]

Try this link, worked for me.
http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php

 

[jm1515]

Thanx, bbear....that's the MaxDecim driver I downloaded from
here...http://www.mdgx.com/
Didn't solve my problem...

John W....I'm aware of that point.
I thought I was getting the proper driver when I downloaded /installed the Memorex driver as specified in the manual. They say for 'Win98SE..you need to install a USB2.0 driver for the computer to recognize the TravelDrive.' They provide it here...http://memorex.com/html/products_detail.php?section=3&CID=12&SID=16&PID=994&FID=150&opento=12#

Doesn't seem to work tho :down: ....or I need something else for 98SE, or I have 2 broken USB connectors etc etc.......
I've printed off a bunch of stuff from the usbman.com site to check....also investigating driverguide.com from guitar's link above....

 

[DaveBurnett]

Did you try my suggestion???

 

[jm1515]

Did you try my suggestion???

Not yet Dave...my Italian is not so good.
I'll try when I get home today.
FWIW....I doubt any of these drivers will work if the Memorex one does not, but I'll try anything at this point. I must have some other problem....
I'm going to re-search the Gateway site for an updated-updated bios, and try the Intel82371 PCI-USB host update on www.DriverGuide.com
....now that I'm a fully fledged, non-paying member there....:up:

Thanx for all the input......

 

[DaveBurnett]

Just look at the pictures. It is a standard driver update method.