Win7 installation missing USB drivers

[Firechief]

Hello,

I'm new to proxmox, altough using it for a year in the meanwhile to host Home Assistant and that works fine.
This week i've installed a second VM with Win7 running on it to run my KNX software ETS4 virtually. This software needs a USB Dongle to work,so i've mapped 2 USB-ports to that VM. When i wanted to install the ETS4, i couldn't see the USB-dongle. On the other USB-port i have a memory stick with the project data that i need to import when the software is installed, but that one is not visible either. In the Device Manager of Windows7 i have 2 yellow exclamation marks at Universal Serial Bus Controller and a unknown device. A little lower there Is a USB Controller installed.

Can someone help me out with this?

Thx in advance!
Bart

 

[jonl]

I have the same issue

 

[alexskysilk]

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[SOLVED] Post in thread 'QEMU xhci driver for Windows 7'

Jan 13, 2025

my google fu failed me.

This site?

• gfngfn256

 

[_gabriel]

iirc, emulated usb3 is a Renenas controller.
all in one native drivers package available here :

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Post in thread 'Windows 7/2008R2 driver support'

Jul 8, 2024

I just got the problem, Windows 2008 R2 (and seems 7 too) require driver for the virtual USB3 controller, here it's Renesas model ( VM Type 7/2008R2 / SeaBIOS / pc-440fx-8.1 )
There is an all-in-one package made by simplix https://blog.simplix.info/win7usb3/
Rename .exe to Win7USB3+.exe and put in C:\Windows to silent install.

• _gabriel

 

[jonl]

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[SOLVED] Post in thread 'QEMU xhci driver for Windows 7'

Jan 13, 2025

my google fu failed me.

This site?

• gfngfn256

Hmm this showed promise but none installed. This sounds like the right path though..

 

[jonl]

iirc, emulated usb3 is a Renenas controller.
all in one native drivers package available here :

G

Post in thread 'Windows 7/2008R2 driver support'

Jul 8, 2024

I just got the problem, Windows 2008 R2 (and seems 7 too) require driver for the virtual USB3 controller, here it's Renesas model ( VM Type 7/2008R2 / SeaBIOS / pc-440fx-8.1 )
There is an all-in-one package made by simplix https://blog.simplix.info/win7usb3/
Rename .exe to Win7USB3+.exe and put in C:\Windows to silent install.

• _gabriel

This seems sketchy and didnt appear to do anything.

 

[_gabriel]

it works here. view attachment.
don't forget to put the installer into C:\Windows then running it will silent install drivers.
This package was created for unattended Win7 install where mouse+keyboard missing mainly on Windows 8 era hardware.

 

[jonl]

it works here. view attachment.
don't forget to put the installer into C:\Windows then running it will silent install drivers.
This package was created for unattended Win7 install where mouse+keyboard missing mainly on Windows 8 era hardware.

I clicked it and nothing happened, even ran it from admin cmd and it just exited (or did stuff in the background) but the driver didn't populate.
I deleted that VM and bought an old dell I'll use that doesn't have USB 3.0. Thanks for your help!