 New USB PCI card won't allow computer to start, Any help would be appreciated |
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 Jan 8 2009, 08:51 PM
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I have an older computer that still has USB 1.1. I know, it's lame. So instead of shelling out the cash that I should, I decided to continue being a cheap sunovagun and just opted to buy a USB 2.0 PCI card. When I put the card in, the computer will start for less than a second and then nothing. Once removed, my computer started up, got past the login screen, and then automatically restarted twice, giving me a 'The system has recovered from a serious error' or a similarly phrased error, suggesting that it may be a hardware issue. I have tested the card in more than one slot(I only had two open) and a no go in either. In all instances the card was cleanly pushed in all of the way into the computer. If anyone has anything that can help, I would appreciate any assitance. For more specifications, I have a Dell Dimension XPS B600r. I have added a secondary hard drive, and a 128MB video card, NVidia Ti 4200, which I do use the s video on to use my television as a second monitor. I have added a LiteOn 20X DVD writer, as well as a generic wired ethernet card. Those are in addition to the standard HD/cd writer/processor/ram. I have a Pentium 3 gigahertz processer with 256 megs of Ram. There are five slots, plus the video card slot. From the buttom up, the bottom slot has my sound card, then there is a blank space, then my unused modem, then my ethernet card, then another blank space. This is the card I purchased and recieved tonight. Any help would be much appreciated. PS Windows XP SP3 with all the latest updates. This post has been edited by transcora: Jan 8 2009, 09:11 PM |
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Jan 8 2009, 09:14 PM
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 Still visually handicapped, new avatar (a camel) :0) Group: BC Advisor Posts: 16,689 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
The first suspect is the card - can you send it back for an exchange?
-------------------- - John
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Jan 8 2009, 09:16 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 4-June 07 Member No.: 134,717 |
Can't say. The card was cheap, but if I have to pay to ship it back it would cost me five bucks, after I spent five on it in the first place and five to ship back. So if it came down to that, seems like I could just get another card. But I can't call them until tommorow.
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Jan 8 2009, 09:38 PM
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Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 13,963 Joined: 3-September 05 From: Killeen, TX Member No.: 33,068 |
Older computer with USB 1.0?
May need a BIOS update...that would be my guess. Louis |
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