Thanks Brady, now you tell me! The board I got worked with the PCI express slot and was supposed to be much faster, well live and learn!
I have been avoiding Belkin products after getting a usb hub that didn't seem reliable.
In any case, I purchased a new controller board and am currently running the first job with it. The usb cable that came with it has a noise suppression choke on it and plugs directly into the control card which appears to be 9 revisions newer than the one I took out.
I don't know what improvements were made but I hope it fixes my problems.
ernie