I've had a similar problem with ext usb drive, I usually get to recognized better if I unplug it prior to boot up, then wait for windows to let me log back into it before re-plugging. Not what you were looking for, I know, but that is my work around.
Rick Q [email protected] On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Steve Tomporowski <[email protected]>wrote: > Time to ask for help. I've been around and around this a few times. > > Problem: I bought a 2nd APC Back-UPS (good thing I did, with all the > power outages here in CT), for the 2nd computer. P55 Gigabyte MB, 650 > Watt Power supply. APC provides power monitoring software and funky > RJ45 to USB cable from the UPS to the PC for communications. Roughly > 90% of the time, the PC will not recognize the UPS. APC's main > solution to this is to unplug and replug the cable unit the unit is > recognized. As a baseline, I've had several USB mice, a couple of USB > keyboards, a couple of Printers, a couple of USB hard drives and one > ancient Canon scanner hooked up to this system and never have had > something not be recognized. Except this UPS. > > If I plug and unplug the cable enough times, it will be recognized. > However, I have to do this at each and every time I power on or > restart. > > Yes, legacy USB support is on in BIOS. I cannot find 'Advanced Power > Management' in BIOS to turn it off. > > Unless someone knows of a real solution to this problem, I'm going to > ditch the cable and the software and forget it. > > Anyone familiar with this problem? > > Thanks...Steve >
