Re: HELP HELP HELP!! - USB & IEEE Problems.

From: yabbadoo (lsdolby_at_ignore.ntlwor.com)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 02:41:57 -0000

Ari, now here's a prob which features often in this ng, and just happened to
me again tonight -
Seems like EVERY USB port requires a unique installation (guesswork, with
justification).

I've had my one (of 6) USB 1.1 ports holding what (logically) is the
keyboard connector (since the other connector is in PS2 mouse orifice) of my
Logitech radio controller.
Tonight, took my PC apart to take out/replace a PCI card. Put back together,
accidentally connected the Logitech USB lead to a different USB port.
Strange result. Mouse didn't work (keyboard did) but up came the New
Hardware Detected" thingy, ran its routines for all Logitech kit
(controller, mouse, keyboard), and failed.
Still live, switched USB connector to original port. Keyboard and mouse now
work fine (no re-boot, no driver re-load).

NOTE the incongruity - you'd expect the Mouse to work (since the radio
controller connection was to PS2 mouse port) but it did not. Conversely, you
would expect the Keyboard NOT to work, since the controller was connected to
a different port from the original. It did work. And, having "hot-switched"
the USB ports - both mouse and keyboard worked on the ports on the Logitech
drivers were installed.

I suggest the following, from experience and prior evidence from other
posters - unless USB kit has generic (Microsoft) drivers, every bit of USB
kit requires installation for each individual USB port. And, it makes sense
to have a "standard" piece of kit (printer, whatever) connected to the same
USB port whenever it is used.

To quote " starts the NEW HARDWARE WIZARD and looks for the drivers and at
the end does not find them even though I installed the software properly " -
you installed it for one USB port. Did you reconnect to the same port?
Probably not, hence the problem. At least, as far as I've (inadvertently)
experienced, on more than one occasion.

Hope this helps (at 2.33 a.m. !) Len.

"TheAce" <TheAce@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F0438712-EB90-4AD5-BA3A-1F133D92534F@microsoft.com...
> For some wiered reason when I connect a new USB device or IEEE (FireWire)
> device, windows recognizes the device was hotplugeed, it writes its name
> but
> starts the NEW HARDWARE WIZARD and looks for the drivers and at the end
> does
> not find them even though I installed the software properly.
>
> It happned with a disk on key, a card reader and I could live without
> them.
> But now, I bought an iPOD and I can't use it! damn.
>
> Can someone please help??? PLEASE?
>
> If for any reason I am not describing my problem clearly please ask for
> clarification..
>
> THANK YOU!!
>
> Ari.
>

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