[WriteLog] Byterunner USB-4COM-110V Experience ??

[WA9ALS - John]

I had a very bad experience with a Byterunner PCI card in a Gateway P5-166
computer.  It was their 8-port PCI card.  It would not install properly.  I
talked with their tech service on the phone.  After only about 10 minutes of
trying a couple of different drivers that he emailed me, he gave up and said
to send it back for a full refund.  He said there were "known issues" with
the card and that "we have a team in Taiwan working on it".  I did get the
refund, and they were easy to work with.  That was probably 2 yrs ago at
this point.  It's extremely possible that their PCI card would work fine for
you.

(Maybe the team has it fixed now.) TAYOR - Try At Your Own Risk!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Rhodes" <weightdn@bright.net>
To: <w7md@arrl.net>; <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Byterunner USB-4COM-110V Experience ??


> Damon,
>   The Byterunner PCI card is my next choice if it doesn't look like the
usb
> adapter is going to work but am still worried about conflicts with the PCI
> card. I bought a no-name 2 port serial card (PCI) locally and could not
get
> it to work in W2K (my primary OS) or W98. In W98 the card driver installed
> and the ports showed up ok but the PC locks up whenever I try to access
the
> ports. Port configuration appears normal and I can change the settings but
> it dows not help. In W2K the driver installed ok too but for some reason
it
> chooses a wierd memory location for the ports and that location is not
> available. Problem is, it won't let me change the memory location to what
it
> would normally be for additional serial ports. May just be a driver
problem
> but this card is so generic it doesn't have a name on it so I can try and
> chase down a newer driver! Hopefully I will be a little smarter next time.
>   Kind of like the idea of the external USB adapter since slots are
getting
> pretty precious on the new motherboards but if it won't work we'll just
have
> to keep plugging away until we find a solution.
>   Thanks for your info.
>
> Mike / W8DN