Hi Bill, thanx for the help.

I also looked at that particular download when I was hunting for updated drivers.

I found it at http://www.ali.com.tw/cgi-bin/autodrv.pl

I read the integrated1.07.txt readme and I didn't run it because it did not look like it contains a USB update for win98SE, just 95. And it also does a lot of other updates that I am not sure that I need (I don't want to mess stuff that's working up).

However, on your recommendation I will test it.

Also, I noticed in my list of devices that I have the following:

Selected Resource Report - Page: 1
******************** SYSTEM DEVICE CLASS
Class: Universal Serial Bus controllers

Device: Plantronics USB Bulk Driver
Device: USB Composite Device
Device: USB Root Hub
Device: USB Root Hub
Device: ALi PCI to USB Open Host Controller
Device: ALi PCI to USB Open Host Controller

Could the plantronics USB bulk driver be causing the problem? Can I remove it and use the ALi one? How?

Thanx for your continued help...
Gary

Included is part of the readme:
This integrated driver integrates AGP driver 1.90 for Win95 OSR2.1/Win98/Win98SE/WinME/Win2K(WHQL)/WinXP(WHQL), IDE Cache Utility 1.06 for Win95 OSR2.1/Win98/Win98SE/WinME, Ultra-IDE driver 4.0.0.5
for Win2K/XP, FIR driver 1.150 for Win98(WHQL)/Win98SE(WHQL) FIR driver 1.141 for WinME(WHQL)
FIR driver 1.26 for Win2K(WHQL)/WinXP(WHQL) and Audio WDM driver 5.12.01.5181 for
Win98(WHQL)/Win98SE(WHQL)/WinME(WHQL)/Win2K(WHQL)/WinXP(WHQL).USB controller 1.03 for Win95 OSR2.1.
M7101 Patch 1.01 for Win95. IRQ Miniport driver 0.1 for Windows95
This driver will detect the OS version and show theitems of drivers
you need to install.

: A card would help and a USB 2.0 card would improve your love life as well. Oh...nevermind!

: Pick up the ALi drivers here:

: http://www.computerbase.de/download.php?id=369&url=344

: See if they help.

: Bill

: : Hi, I seen some previous discussion on this problem but no answers. Maybe someone has additional info since then.

: : I just purchased a plantronics DSP-500 headset with USB connection. I hooked it up to a A7A266 AMD motherboard with a 933 mhz AMD processor and the Ali chipset (southbridge chipset is 1535D+).

: : The headset works fine in windows (both sound and recording) but in certain games (ex. Medal of Honor) the sound plays for a short while and then cuts out and nothing more. Even exiting the game does not get the sound back, I have to reboot to get it back.

: : I have all my BIOS settings at the default, have loaded the latest drivers from Asus, Plantronics and Ali but sofar the same problem.

: : If I am reading the Q&A postings, the fix seems to be to go out and get a separate PCI USB board? Is this the recommended approach (if no-one found another fix).

: : Should I go with an external Hub? or internal?
: : Since I am still running win98SE should I go to USB 2.0? or will that just cause more problems?

: : Thanx for any help in advance.
: : Gary.