When i plug something like my usb stick into one of the usb ports the little light dosent flash on it and it dosent show n the mount thing. I no it gives out power as i have a usb light i can use in there. I dont no what version im useing how do i find out.usb help(not booting)
usb help(not booting)
When i plug something like my usb stick into one of the usb ports the little light dosent flash on it and it dosent show n the mount thing. I no it gives out power as i have a usb light i can use in there. I dont no what version im useing how do i find out.Do you perhaps mean that you cannot see the contents of the stick? If so you need to "mount" it first. Use a tool to mount it, like MUT (Media Utility Tool - the icon is a flash disk). When you mount it, ROX will kick in and show a directory listing.
Or perhaps you mean something else?
There is a file "/etc/puppyversion" which will show you the version - like "211" for 2.11.
Or perhaps you mean something else?
There is a file "/etc/puppyversion" which will show you the version - like "211" for 2.11.
Well yes it is a P2 and i used to have win98(the stick worked on there) on there but i have done a full hd wipe. The usb ports are the ones on the motherboard also i hav a usb 1/1.1 (notshure) pci card that when pluged in doesnt give out power or data. So are you saying that even though usb 2 is backwords with 1.1 it wont work on this old pc.
Yes, this is exacatly what I mean. On my old Pentium II's none of the 2.0 flash disks that I have bought during last 2 years or so, do not work and it says so (in Windows XP/2000). So, I have preserved one old flash disk, which does work.jjholly wrote:So are you saying that even though usb 2 is backwords with 1.1 it wont work on this old pc.
(Well, this is not an exact science, I think, since USB HARD DISKS have two other choices of "not working properly" - they may say that they need more power - but they still work OR b) they may say that they work slower (because of usb 1.1) - well, this latter choice is actually as it should be in that case).
You are correct - the place were you plug it in, might matter also. The connectors on the motherboard itself are the best ones.
None of this explains why it worked in Win 98 though. Are you sure that you are using exactly the same slot ? You know, there might be different type of slots in the back of the computer - or faulty slots or something ?
... on the other hand, a new USB 2.0 PCI-card is not expensive ...
Eh ... if you have problems in that, you may want to try different PCI-slots ... they are not equal in (some, most?) Pentium II motherboards ... or there may be some old-fashioned ways of disabling/enabling the PCI-slots individually in the BIOS. Well, maybe you do not run into any of that stuff in reality ... just telling you this because you said you had already problems with PCI-cards.