Adding USB card to a pci slot?

Question

My USB ports stopped working on me, I need to reset the drivers. Thing is, my keyboard and mouse are USB, and the computer has no pc/2 pluggins. If I add a card with USB into an empty pci slot will It work plug and play? or will I need a interface device to get it instaled? Im running XP home.

Answer 1

You can use the keyboard the old fashioned way to install the drivers to your new usb card. WindowsXP may even detect the usb card and install them automagically if they are in the resident data base. after installing the usb card first then power down the computer and connect your mouse and keyboard to the new usb card. it should work ...hopefully :)