Can anyone tell me why on a Windows XP machine with a scanner, printer, and
multi-card reader all on USB the printer loses connectivity from time to time?
Also I noticed in Device Manager there are 4 USB controller though there are 6
USB ports. What is the relation?
On Jan 28, 2008 7:55 AM, Jay Montero [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can anyone tell me why on a Windows XP machine with a scanner, printer,
and multi-card reader all on USB the printer loses connectivity from time to
time? Also I noticed in Device Manager there are 4 USB controller though
there
This seems to be generally true. I've seen this on every computer I have,
admittedly all Windows 2000. I suspect that each piece of USB hardware
(controller, hub, etc, as well as peripheral) has a unique hardware address,
similar to the MAC address that Ethernet adapters and other networking
Failing USB port?
Stewart
At 06:55 AM 1/28/2008, you wrote:
Can anyone tell me why on a Windows XP machine with a scanner,
printer, and multi-card reader all on USB the printer loses
connectivity from time to time? Also I noticed in Device Manager
there are 4 USB controller though there