So far, so good, Art. You are right - the older VIA chipsets were a real pain. Maybe they've got their act together with the later ones.
Jim Arthur Entlich wrote: >Hi Jim, > >This sounds like a newer mainboard which, chances are, has a perfectly >fine set of VIA chips. Older VIA chipsets (like from 3-4 years ago) >were problematic (Like on my Asus P3V133 board). > >Hopefully the flashing of the bios will settle things. > >Art > >James L. Sims wrote: > > > >>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
