Moral, no storing USB cord ends in vat of chocolate any more, grin? Jon
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy Shackelford Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Blind-Computing] Fixed itself-- Re: Computer suddenly doesn'trecognizeUSBportordevice Took the end which goes into USB port on computer and dampened it (like you used to when you plugged in your mic or keyboard or guitar...); soon as I plugged it into the USB jac on computer in question, hard drive automatically came on and computer started back up. Jeese... Thought I had turned it off yesterday! Anyway, needless to say, computer recognized external hard drive! Still keeping instructions in case needed in future! Thanks again, Nance Nancy Shackelford --WALK ON FAITH AND TRUST IN LOVE! - Michael Reed-- ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Griffith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 4:23 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer suddenly doesn't recognizeUSBportordevice > OK > > What version of Windows are you using? > I can give you step by step for re-installing your USB drivers on > your machine for XP. I have actually copied this below from my web > site. I had Vista taken off my machine so someone with Vista would > have to check if the same steps would work with Vista. > > To do this > > Unplug all your USB devices with the exception of your keyboard and > mouse if you use one. > > Go to Control Panel and then open the System applet. > > Pres control tab until you hear hardware. > > Press tab until you hear Device Manager. Press space to open this. > > Press tab once to go into a tree view of devices. > > You need to cursor down until you hear Universal Serial Bus controllers. > > Press the right cursor key to open this view. > > You now need to find the core USB driver for your PC. This may be > named after your processor. On my PC this driver is called > > Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host > > Highlight this line and press the delete key. > > Confirm that you want to delete the driver. Windows will immediately > start to re-install it. > > After a few seconds Windows will recognise your keyboard and mouse. > > Exit device manager and restart your windows. > > After windows have completely reloaded start to plug in your USB > devices one by one. As you would have cleared the windows database of > devices there is a chance that any problems will now disappear as > windows re-constructs it USB device database. > > If this does not work and your hardware is not faulty then I am afraid > a system restore or windows re-install is indicated. > > > Regards > > David Griffith > > My Low Vision Resources Web Site is > http://www.nonags.org/members/dajgriff/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy > Shackelford > Sent: Thursday, 07 May 2009 05:39 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer suddenly doesn't recognize > USBportordevice > > So far, no known power or hardware issue. Works on another computer, > and I need to find a USB device to plug in to this one to try that > option. Hard drive has its own power supply, so don't need to power it > from the computer. > > Thanks, > Nance > > > Nancy Shackelford > --WALK ON FAITH AND TRUST IN LOVE! - Michael Reed-- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Griffith" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 8:24 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer suddenly doesn't recognize USB > portordevice > > >> We need a little more information. >> Does the external drive have a power supply? >> Is there any sign that you can tell that power is going through to >> the unit? >> Are you able to see the power light come on? If not is there any >> activity that you can feel if the unit is powered on? >> If there is a power supply is this emitting heat or cold? >> >> If the drive is powered from the USB Port is there an optional >> connection to increase power to the drive? >> Have you installed any other devices since yesterday? >> Have you tried plugging the drive into another USB Port? >> Have you tried plugging another device into this Port to check it >> works - a USB Pen drive for example. >> Do you have access to a friend's computer to check to see if the >> drive works on another machine? >> >> If it is not a hardware or power issue There are steps for you to >> take to re-install your USB drivers which I can post. However this >> will obviously not work if there is a power or hardware failure issue >> so information on this is the best initial step. >> >> Regards >> >> David Griffith >> My Low Vision Resources Web Site is >> http://www.nonags.org/members/dajgriff/ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy >> Shackelford >> Sent: Wednesday, 06 May 2009 13:04 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Blind-Computing] Computer suddenly doesn't recognize USB >> port ordevice >> >> I have an external hard drive with music on it. I accessed it >> yesterday from >> >> this computer, but no matter what I do, it will not recognize it today. >> How >> do I get the computer to recognize it? It's a USB device. >> >> TIA, >> Nance >> >> Nancy Shackelford >> Walk On Faith & Trust In Love - Michael Reed >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
