98se USB support

I aquired an older notebook with 98se and am having trouble with a USB
flashdrive being reconized.

I tried downloading a PNY Flashdriver driver and am having trouble.

Is it possible to download your 98se patch software on another machine hooked to the internet and load to a CD and load to my notebook.

Bob Bigart

 

Welcome to MG.

What sort of PNY flash drive is it exactly?

And did you read this ?

If you can't find a driver specific for your flash drive you may find that an XP driver will work.

 

Its a Attache 4 gig flashdrive.

Bob Bigart

 

:wave Welcome to Major Geeks :major
Yargwel's link above has several different w98se drivers for several different PNY USB drives. They also state that as of 2006, they have stopped supporting w98se. The last driver in the list may work if the PC has USB 2.0. But the first thing I'd do is download the newest chipset software you can find for the PC. Reboot, then try the appropriate driver from the PNY site. If you can post the make and model of the PC and/or motherboard, we may be able to find a work-around for you.... :-D

 

WINDOWS 98 SE (Build 4.10.2222)
SYSTEM MODEL MiTAC 5033 R07
Main Circuit Board MiTAC 5033 R07
Bus:clock 66 Megahertz
Bios: SystemSoft Version R1.1512/16/98

Whatever you need please let me know.

Bob Bigart

 

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Thanks
Bob Bigart

 

PLODR couldn't send you a message due to less than 50 hits.

Bob Bigart

 

I need a E-MAIL address to mail you.

Bob Bigart

 

I have tried several flash drives with 98SE. Only the older, smaller ones work. Even the ones that supposedly have drivers for 98SE don't work on many. I gave up on trying to get an external USB drive to work. Tried every driver I could lay my hands on. Good luck Chief.

 

Hi PLODR

I got your E-mail and loaded the files, couldn't get it to work, screwed around and finally got it to work then removed flashdrive and when I put it back in I couldn't get it to be reconized, Boy am I confused.

But I at least know that the USB does work (or I think it does)

:cry

Bob Bigart

 

Hi Plodr

I am really scared to screw with the registry!

I found the VID & PID files in USB.

At the begining there is an AB.

There is quiet a few of them.

Are these the files to delete?

Do I delete all of them?

Also I checked C:\Windows|System32\Drivers and I found (USBSTOR).

I am not shure what to do.

Bob Bigart

 

Hi Guys

I am back.

Yesterday I turned on my Old notebook and the Drive "E" (FlashDrive) showed up on My Computer, I played around with it for a while shut it down and later started it again Drive "E" worked played around again unplugged the drive plugged it back in and could not be reconized.

I know it works but can't figure why it doesn't show up as Drive "E" and won't load.

Bob Bigart

 

In my 98se, there is no date field, just key, value, and data. Helpful values may be Class and DeviceDesc to determine what something is.

 

Specifically what driver file did you download? Was it the last one on http://www2.pny.com/support/support_landing_subcat.aspx?SectionID=1083&RootSectionID=1057&TypeID=5 ?

If you can't get this to work, here's another solution: Rosewill Low-Profile PCI to 2+1 USB2.0 Cards Model RC-100 - Retail. This would add USB 2.0 to your computer.

 

I have 98SE and use the NUSB patch the link to which was given earlier and is below

http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php

This patch for me has detected 1Gb & 4Gb Corsair flash drives (with different chipsets), Sony digital camera, Sandisk card reader and 1Gb / 2Gb micro SD cards. Lately, I have used a 250Gb Seagate external USB HDD and it had no problems.

Did you follow the instructions for installing NUSB (Native USB) detailed on this page. You must first remove ALL existing drivers for USB flash drives in Device Manager.

http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/win98se-usb-mass-storage-drivers.php

If your mobo only has USB1 support then you are looking to install v2.4.

Version 2.x will only add support for flash drives. Version 3.x will replace your mobos existing USB2 drivers and also add support for flash drives

I have this very patch (v2.4) installed on USB1 and USB2 mobos. I prefer to use version 2.x since I do not have to remove my existing usb2 drivers.

You need to be clear on the following, there are 2 drivers here. The USB1/2 drivers for your motherboard and then the driver(s) for flash devices, NUSB in this case. With v2.x you must firstly uninstall all flash drivers only (leaving the mobo's usb1 driver intact). With NUSB v3.x, you must in addition to the above also remove your mobo's USB2 drivers prior to install.

I hope I have explained this clearly and that it helps.

Good Luck

 

If I were to upgrade to WinME would that solve my problem?

Where could I get a FREE copy of WinME?

Would this be a Smart or Dumb thing to do?

Thanks
Bob Bigart

 

Linux, and it's distros like Ubuntu, are free to download, cheap to buy on CD, or you can get commercial ones with customer support. They need special software to run Windows programs, though.