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6th Mar 2001, 01:06

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cyclic

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USB connection

I'm about to purchase a digital camera and most available connect via USB.

My motherboard has two USB connectors. How do I link to the outside of the case? Is it a simple matter of cables?

Help please!

6th Mar 2001, 02:03

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Specaircrew

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Sounds like you have an old non ATX motherboard. The manufacturer should supply an end plate with the appropiate cables, check their website.

6th Mar 2001, 02:21

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Thanks.

I have a manual for the motherboard, but no mention of manufacturer - just PR5 R2 PCI !

Is there a way of converting the serial output to a USB connection?

[This message has been edited by cyclic (edited 05 March 2001).]

6th Mar 2001, 15:28

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johntrav69

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Try to find out the maker, the chips on the motherboard may give a clue. Serial connection is so slow compared to USB.

6th Mar 2001, 17:44

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FL310

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cyclic,
on my old pre-ATX board I had two USB connectors and with a tiny cable and a metal plate holding the USB outside world connector I managed to fit my first USB peripherie to the PC. Found the cable with the slot-type metal plate and connectors at PCWorld....but, this was many moons ago...
If your board is USB ready there is a chance this may work for you as well.
Somehow I recall that I had to switch on USB in the BIOS as well...perhaps you check your BIOS. On the ATX boards USB is a standard feature.

6th Mar 2001, 21:32

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cyclic

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Thanks

I have found the manufacturer and obtained the USB port connector. Unfortunately, Win95a does not support USB!

As I have a retail version I cannot get OSR2 which means I have to upgrade to Win98. All I wanted to do was put some photos on this machine!

7th Mar 2001, 01:55

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Specaircrew

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You'd be better off getting Windows ME as it's got a few more whistles and bells for digital camera work.

7th Mar 2001, 10:57

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mr blue sky

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YOu can buy an internal card. Put into a spare slot on your m/board, and you gain two usb sockets. IN UK costs about £30

7th Mar 2001, 11:04

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Bluesky...this will still not provide a USB connectionif the operating system does not support this...He has two sockets now! Bill Gates first successful attempt to help Intel and others with higher income by providing a useless upgrade from Win3.11 was never intended to provide the than still not fully developed USB connections....

7th Mar 2001, 14:53

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cyclic

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Again, many thanks for your replies. Will ME run with my old machine though?

P133, 32 MB RAM!

8th Mar 2001, 04:42

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johntrav69

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Dont even go there!!

8th Mar 2001, 10:56

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ExSimGuy

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Cyclic,

You have a similar spec to my laptop (I've only got 24MB - anyone got some second-hand spare Dell memory modules cheap ?

) so I have stuck with Win98.

This is (IMHO) the first reasonably stable issue of WinDoze I have found and runs, just about, okay on my little laptop. I'm certainly not moving up to 2K or ME !

(but I'm seriously investigating Mandrake Linux

The full 6-disk set appears to have just about everything I need, even ICQ for Linux!)

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[This message has been edited by ExSimGuy (edited 08 March 2001).]