Where do I get ACORP 5ALI61 Super Socket 7 Motherboard driver?

[Old-School]

I searched over the internet but found nothing.

The motherboard integrated with a USB header. Could a plug-in USB add-on card be auto detected or need a drive.

 

[Makefile]

Looks like TheRetroWeb knows that board by another name, has drivers, and even a manual: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/ford-lian-agp-ali

Note that USB was just an interesting curiosity when this was made. The onboard USB might be disabled by default, might use a different pinout than current USB headers, and might have glitches/incompatibilities that didn't bother the prior owner.

 

[Old-School]

Looks like TheRetroWeb knows that board by another name, has drivers, and even a manual: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/ford-lian-agp-ali

Note that USB was just an interesting curiosity when this was made. The onboard USB might be disabled by default, might use a different pinout than current USB headers, and might have glitches/incompatibilities that didn't bother the prior owner.

Thanks.

I plugged in a 4-port usb back bracket(only 2 of them can be used because the motherboard only one USB header), but it seems that they cannot be detected.

 

[krebizfan]

I have a similar board and a USB add on card did work. Good chance of Win98SE having a built in driver that would work. Otherwise, I hope whoever is selling the card kept it with the driver disk.

 

[Old-School]

I plugged in a via chipset usb 2.0 card, but the system didn't boot up. I don't know if the problem is with the kvm or graphic card(I took out the agp ATI Rage and plugged in a pci 9500 gt). I attached a dvi-i to hdmi converter to the 9500gt and connected it to a hd+ monitor. The kvm connected computers with usb and hdmi cables. That's why I wanted to know if the usb ports that connected to onboard header can be detected or not.

 

[krebizfan]

Check if the BIOS lets you enable the USB ports. If yes, then see if software will detect the existence of the ports. If that also succeeds, then install the cable that has USB ports and find out if any USB devices will be detected after being plugged in.

USB 1 support was spotty. The motherboard has AGP so it was considerably after the first USB chipsets and likely to work. The only way to be sure is to try it out.

 

[gslick]

The images here show that the 5ALI61 chipset chips are the ALi M1542 Aladdin-V Socket 7 North Bridge, and the ALi M1543 South Bridge:

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/ford-lian-agp-ali

Logically, the M1542 appears as an M1541 CPU-to-PCI bridge and an M5243 AGP controller.

https://bitsavers.org/components/ali/M1541_M1542_Aladdin_V_Socket_7_North_Bridge.pdf

Logically, the M1543 appears as an M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge, an M5229 PCI IDE Controller, and an M5237 two port OpenHCI USB host controller.

https://bitsavers.org/components/ali/M1543_Desktop_South_Bridge_199801.pdf

There is a bit in an M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge device PCI configuration space register which enables or disables the USB host controller (Register Index : 53h-52h, Bit 14, On-chip USB device enable/disable).

As the previous reply states, check through all of the BIOS setup screens to see if there is an option to enable the USB host controller built into the chipset.

 

[Old-School]

The images here show that the 5ALI61 chipset chips are the ALi M1542 Aladdin-V Socket 7 North Bridge, and the ALi M1543 South Bridge:

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/ford-lian-agp-ali

Logically, the M1542 appears as an M1541 CPU-to-PCI bridge and an M5243 AGP controller.

https://bitsavers.org/components/ali/M1541_M1542_Aladdin_V_Socket_7_North_Bridge.pdf

Logically, the M1543 appears as an M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge, an M5229 PCI IDE Controller, and an M5237 two port OpenHCI USB host controller.

https://bitsavers.org/components/ali/M1543_Desktop_South_Bridge_199801.pdf

There is a bit in an M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge device PCI configuration space register which enables or disables the USB host controller (Register Index : 53h-52h, Bit 14, On-chip USB device enable/disable).

As the previous reply states, check through all of the BIOS setup screens to see if there is an option to enable the USB host controller built into the chipset.

The motherboard seems to be not working. No post, no beep sound, but the CPU fan is spinning. I have some motherboards died(or not working) after idling for a long time though they worked well before.