USB audio is a basic device class provided by the USB spec. All OSs since Windows98 support it without drivers. I'd think there's something wrong with the install if it can't handle it.
Otherwise, make sure VMWare isn't stealing the device making the host unable to use it. On Jan 28, 2011 12:07 AM, "Dan Galender" <[email protected]> wrote: > Aryeh- > > As I said, it shows up as an "Other Device (DSP55 Adapter)". > > Plantronics says (I was on a tech support call for almost an hour) that they > do not supply drivers. They are part of the OS (and the hardware > manufacturer supplies USB Sound Drivers if the OS doesn't recognize the > device). > > By the way, the device *is* recognized by Windows Vista (32-bit) and as I > said a 64-bit Windows 7 (as a VM) but not on the host system. I take that > to mean that VMware has USB Sound drivers for their VMs but Lenovo doesn't > for 64-bit Windows 7. > > > > -Dan Galender > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Aryeh Goretsky (home) > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 9:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 64-bit Windows 7 USB Sound Drivers for a T61p > > Hello, > > According to the following page on Plantronics web site: > > http://plantronics.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/plantronics.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp. > php?p_faqid=8813 > > > no device drivers are needed for this device. That said, I would think that > if Plantronics made and sold the device, the drivers would be available for > download from them, and not Lenovo. > > If you look in the Device Manager for your VM, what does it show the device > as? > > Regards, > > Aryeh Goretsky > > At 10:00 AM 1/26/2011, you wrote: >>Message: 1 >>Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:57:03 -0800 >>From: "Dan Galender" <[email protected]> >>Subject: [Thinkpad] 64-bit Windows 7 USB Sound Drivers for a T61p >>To: "ThinkPad Mailing List" <[email protected]> >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >>I upgraded my OS to 64-bit Windows 7and loaded (I thought) all of the >>drivers I needed and everything works great. That is until I got a >>Plantronics MX-500i USB headset (USB to 2.5mm female end so I can plug >>in a standard cordless phone headset. The device isn't recognized and >>shows up as an "Other Device (DSP55 Adapter)". Plantronics says to >>look for Lenovo USB Sound drivers for 64-bit Windows 7, but I can't >>find such a beast on the device driver matrix. Does anyone know if >>this exists so I can get this working? >> >> >> >>Want to hear the funniest part of this story? If I run a 64-bit >>Windows 7 virtual machine (using VMware) and attach the device to the >>VM, the VM recognizes it just fine. I really don't want to run Skype in a > VM. >> >> >> >>Thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >>-Dan Galender > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
