Some very early Via chipsets had USB compatibility problems when USB first came out. It was not Dell specific and we have moved on a long way since then and those chipsets have probably be consigned to the landfill, sorry, been recycled by now.

Meridian owner since 1992
Prime & PSU, Focal Elear headphones, Roon (ROCK 8Gi5 NUC), Explorer 1 & 2, F80. 200/203, various Sonos (via Roon).