K7T266 Pro2-A USB Drivers...

Hi,
I have the K7T266 Pro2-A Motherboard, I am having some problems with my USB deviced, mainly my printer. I will be in the middle of printing a large file (A 710 MB Photo) and the USB will just disconnect between the printer and the computer..
I wanted to see if there were updated USB drivers, but I didn't know which one to install, If any.. Here's what i found:
NEC USB 2.0 Driver  
Support model  K7T266 Pro2-RU (MS-6380 Ver2.0), 845 Ultra-ARU (MS-6398)  
Description  
Add General ID: VEN_1033&DEV_00E0
-- Driver version: 2.0.3300.20300.
For K7T266 Pro2, this driver must be used together with BIOS Ver3.3 or after.  
Date  2002-9-19  
Your System OS   Win98SE/ME(79KB) 2000/XP(7011KB)  
VIA USB2.0 Driver  
Support model  KT3 Ultra2(MS-6380E)  
Description  
For VIA based board with VT8235 southbridge chipset
Note: This Driver only for VIA based board with VT8235 southbridge chipset, please DO NOT use on other models.  
Date  2002-9-19  
Your System OS   Win98SE/ME(168KB) 2000/XP(7011KB)  
I Don't know if either of those are correct, or not. MSI makes it too confusing having a whole list of different motherboards with the exact same model # (IE: MS-6380) and only using different sub-model numbers.. Its really dumb..
Neither of thease showed up on my Live Update 2..
Thanks..

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/driver/dvr/spt_dvr_list.php    you are mose likely looking at the USB2 driver not being installed. Scroll down to the  NEC USB 2.0 Driver   section and read there.  The driver is also there.
Matt

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