Somewhere on teh intarwebs JohnA wrote:
[snip]
> If you are using the same motherboard as mine, you might
> like to disable the on-board USB 1.1 in the BIOS as there is a known
> compatability issue which causes random errors on plug-in USB 2
> boards.

Now that's interesting! I have a cheap'n'nasty USB card from one of those
electronics clearing houses in HK that's given me trouble on both of the
computers that I've tried it in. (Both Tualatin PIII boards, so worth
keeping, without USB2.)

Thanks for the tip. I don't think I threw the card out, if I find it and try
it again I'll try disabling on-board USB 1.1 in BIOS.

Cheers,
--
Shaun.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also
into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche