Hi Jim, This sounds like a newer mainboard which, chances are, has a perfectly fine set of VIA chips. Older VIA chipsets (like from 3-4 years ago) were problematic (Like on my Asus P3V133 board).
Hopefully the flashing of the bios will settle things. Art James L. Sims wrote: > Art, > > The mainboard (Gigabyte GA-7VAXP) was new last January and has a KT400 > (PAC) and VT8235 (PSIPC) chipsets. Unfortunately, they are VIA > chipsets. I almost did not buy this mainboard because it had VIA > chipsets but, in talking to AMD, an engineer there said that this was a > good mainboard and should be trouble free. > > I flashed the BIOS last night and I may update the VIA drivers today. I > plan to check things out a little more today but I have not encountered > an "Unplug this Device" alert since I flashed the BIOS. Other than this > problem, I have had not problems with this mainboard and with Windows > 2000, it's solid as a rock. > > Jim Sims > > Arthur Entlich wrote: > > >>I'm assuming the card reader is USB 1.1 >> >>Is the USB hub you are using powered externally, or by the USB >>connection from the computer? >> >>Which USB chipset is in your system? Is it an older VIA set? >> >>Have you checked is new drivers might be available for the card reader, >>since it sounds that it is having some conflicts with your system and >>other USB interfaced items? >> >> >>Art >> >>James L. Sims wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>I am having an annoying problem with my scanners and card readers >>>interfacing with my computer. Often, but not every time, when I turn >>>off one of my devices or remove a media card from a card reader I >>>encounter an alert to "eject or unplug the device" under penalty of an >>>unstable system. I would not mind doing this but in order to bring the >>>device back on line I must restart the computer and, in the case of my >>>Epson scanner (USB interface), I have had to uninstall and reinstall the >>>drivers. I have a 6in1 internal card reader that, once "ejected or >>>unplugged", won't come back without a system restart. The only devices >>>that do not cause any problem are the Epson printer (USB) and Polaroid >>>120 scanner (Firewire). >>> >>>Has anyone else had this problem and, if so, is there a remedy? >>> >>>Thanks in advance, >>> >>>Jim Sims >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body