<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I have used both the ali and via based cheapo cards, and they are both reasonable, NOT reliable enough though if you have a usb keyboard and mouse. They also have the issue that they tend to underpower devices so things like ipods that want to charge off of the ports complain. Things work well through unpowered hubs though. I am pretty sure any usb card you buy will work just fine because they appear to be very well supported, but I would probably opt for a better card like an adaptec. Matt R Kimber wrote: <blockquote cite="mid20050913094013.71f24c7c.rkimber@ntlworld.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:26:31 -0400 Matt Patterson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:matt@v8zman.com"><matt@v8zman.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Basically you are at the elimination game. Pull everything from the system (hardware) and run a non smp kernel, see if you can reproduce, then reintroduce hardware till the problem comes back. You might end up stuck just buying a $10 usb 2.0 card until the next kernel rev comes out and fixes your particular weirdness. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> That sounds like a good solution. Is there a chip (or brand) that I should look out for that is known to work? - Richard. </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>