Heard that!! That was good dark chocolate too!
Nance
Nancy Shackelford
--WALK ON FAITH AND TRUST IN LOVE! - Michael Reed--
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon C. Pierson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Fixed itself-- Re: Computer
suddenlydoesn'trecognizeUSBportordevice
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
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