On Fri, 27 Dec 2002, Rick Diaz wrote: > Maybe this will help diagnose some of your USB problems. I suggest > going to a site http://www.usbman.com and check out if her machine > falls under one of the so needed USB driver BIOS update. I am aware
I'll check into it, thanks fo rthe tip. I started to hunt down updates for her machine, and then decided I didn't feel like doing it that night via dialup. Unfortuantly, its a cheap Emachines something or another. Fortuantly, they appear to use off the shelf components for the most part. Also, fortuantly, it was a gift she didn't pay for so I don't have to feel bad that it may be junk. I'm one of those people who used to swear by painstakingly building each machine by hand, from parts picked to exact specifications. I'm not sure if I've managed to lose that obsession, yet, as I haven't looked into upgrading my machine in about two years now (which is definatly a change from the Old Me). > that Microsoft only supports machines that have the Intel USB host > chip installed and made no guarantees about good compatibility with > other chipsets notably the SIS, VIA and Chip & Technology with certain It does have the Intel roothub, which is one plus I already noted. > USB drivers go, they use a universal driver with their Optios. There > is an older Optio universal driver that came with the 330 and 430 and > this should not be used with the newer Optio 230 and 330GS. It will > crash your Wintel machine, when you hook up a 230 or 330GS. The Bing! It'll completely reset the machine with not a second of hesitation when it recognizes the USB mounted drive. SOmething else causes errors when connected, but I can't figure out the "error message" that it generates, mainly because I don't speak ML. :) > latest universal driver, which also happens to be Win XP logo > certified, is compatible with all of the Optio series, including the > old 330/430, RS, 230 and 330GS. The 330GS will have the latest > universal USB driver. No update is needed. If her machine has other Its listed as the XP driver, and its "signed" FWIW. > USB devices attached to it other than the Optio, make sure that the > API layer is intact. Some device drivers installer are notoriously > famous in removing this API layer so it can achieve its own > compatibility. The usual symptom that you get with this is a blue > screen of death once you plug your camera in. A better API layer > replacement can be obtained from http://www.adaptec.com. I have to I dunno, it just throws itself to a hot start. I wonder, though, based on that if its not so much the OS that's freaking out but the hardware itself. I never gave it so much though..til now. -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio.
