Thanks again biggziff. I did as you suggested, and XP did all the "Found New Hardware" stuff for my controller, keyboard and mouse. But when I plug in the DT3500 there is no FNH notice. I suppose my next attempt will just be randomly changing USB ports around for the devices attached and rebooting e...

Thanks for the reply, biggziff. I'll try the BIOS update, but I have a fairly new build. New MB (DFI Lanparty NF4 ) with dualcore +4400 processor. "USB root controller drivers? You got me on that one ? "pull the USB system components out of device manager" How is this done ? I'm pretty sure it's a d...

I'm having reader problems as well. When I plug the reader in, it seems to crap out my computer. The USB mouse movement is very erratic, and the sound stutters. Processor (+4400) activity reads 50% with nothing running ? Some kind of USB conflict, I'm guessing, but beats me how to fix it. When I put...