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thanatoid
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Hi gang,
I want to connect a Belkin 2xUSB port "card" to my PCChips M572
motherboard.
The motherboard has a twin USB connector which has 2 rows of 9
pins, with one of the 18 pins missing.
I have the manual, and the first two pins, facing back of
computer, are marked 1 and 2. On the motherboard, /of course/,
they're marked 2 and 1. But I don't think it matters, since I am
pretty sure both rows are the same.
The one "blank" pin is irrelevant, since it is where the S-Gnd
connects, which I believe doesn't matter since 3 of the 4
configs in the Belkin manual do not even use that 5th pin.
The Belkin card has 2 5-pin connectors and a very comprehensive
installation guide, however, seeing as I have 17 pins to work
with of the MB and only 5 pins to work with on each of the 2
cables, I would /prefer/ to connect them the right way, if you
know what I mean.
It's late. I just spent about 2 hours searching for a diagram of
the damn 17(18) pin MB USB connector, no luck. Anyway, I have
the diagram, and the connector, just not sure which pin is the
first one. One would think 1 for the first cable, and 2 for the
second cable, but WHY are there 7 more pins??????
If necessary, I can post pix of the 19-pin MB connector and the
5-pin USB cable connectors to some binary group.
P.S.
I just added a 128 MB SDRAM stick, so I now have 192 MB of RAM.
Things are /really/ moving over here!
Several attempts at putting in 333 and 350 AMD K-6 CPU's have
failed but I know someone who has an Intel 266MHz which I know
the MB will accept, I just have to make HIM upgrade. HE runs XP
on that 266MHz HP behemoth with just 256MB of RAM, I'll never
understand how or why!
I have been trying for a few weeks now to get him to give me the
model number of his HP computer which /he claims/ will not take
more than 256 MB of RAM - I don't believe this, so I want to
find out how much RAM it will take, and also how fast a CPU it
will accept. They give those old CPU's away for free. Then I can
get his 266 - not that it's going to be much of a change from
the 166, still...
The little store I went to had a box of about 80 CPU's ranging
from 386's to 2.5GHz Celerons, but of course nothing between
166MHz - which I have - and 333MHz - which is 33 MHz too fast
for my MB to accept. Sigh.
Also, regardless of the CPU situation, I am thinking of putting
98SE on this machine, to replace the Win95B (sob !!!!)
And if I can get 98 and USB to work, then my ISP can give me a
2wire DSL box to connect via USB (I suppose I could get a LAN
card for 5 bucks if it doesn't work) for LESS than my current
dial-up connection.
Weird, huh? I don't know WHAT is going on here anymore.
I also want to read my email faster. (HAAAR!)
Sorry. A little wired. Just had a cream soda.
--
[from a recent conversation]
thanatoid: So why did you decide you needed broadband?
Neighbor: I wanted to read my e-mail faster.
I want to connect a Belkin 2xUSB port "card" to my PCChips M572
motherboard.
The motherboard has a twin USB connector which has 2 rows of 9
pins, with one of the 18 pins missing.
I have the manual, and the first two pins, facing back of
computer, are marked 1 and 2. On the motherboard, /of course/,
they're marked 2 and 1. But I don't think it matters, since I am
pretty sure both rows are the same.
The one "blank" pin is irrelevant, since it is where the S-Gnd
connects, which I believe doesn't matter since 3 of the 4
configs in the Belkin manual do not even use that 5th pin.
The Belkin card has 2 5-pin connectors and a very comprehensive
installation guide, however, seeing as I have 17 pins to work
with of the MB and only 5 pins to work with on each of the 2
cables, I would /prefer/ to connect them the right way, if you
know what I mean.
It's late. I just spent about 2 hours searching for a diagram of
the damn 17(18) pin MB USB connector, no luck. Anyway, I have
the diagram, and the connector, just not sure which pin is the
first one. One would think 1 for the first cable, and 2 for the
second cable, but WHY are there 7 more pins??????
If necessary, I can post pix of the 19-pin MB connector and the
5-pin USB cable connectors to some binary group.
P.S.
I just added a 128 MB SDRAM stick, so I now have 192 MB of RAM.
Things are /really/ moving over here!
Several attempts at putting in 333 and 350 AMD K-6 CPU's have
failed but I know someone who has an Intel 266MHz which I know
the MB will accept, I just have to make HIM upgrade. HE runs XP
on that 266MHz HP behemoth with just 256MB of RAM, I'll never
understand how or why!
I have been trying for a few weeks now to get him to give me the
model number of his HP computer which /he claims/ will not take
more than 256 MB of RAM - I don't believe this, so I want to
find out how much RAM it will take, and also how fast a CPU it
will accept. They give those old CPU's away for free. Then I can
get his 266 - not that it's going to be much of a change from
the 166, still...
The little store I went to had a box of about 80 CPU's ranging
from 386's to 2.5GHz Celerons, but of course nothing between
166MHz - which I have - and 333MHz - which is 33 MHz too fast
for my MB to accept. Sigh.
Also, regardless of the CPU situation, I am thinking of putting
98SE on this machine, to replace the Win95B (sob !!!!)
And if I can get 98 and USB to work, then my ISP can give me a
2wire DSL box to connect via USB (I suppose I could get a LAN
card for 5 bucks if it doesn't work) for LESS than my current
dial-up connection.
Weird, huh? I don't know WHAT is going on here anymore.
I also want to read my email faster. (HAAAR!)
Sorry. A little wired. Just had a cream soda.
--
[from a recent conversation]
thanatoid: So why did you decide you needed broadband?
Neighbor: I wanted to read my e-mail faster.