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Sat Apr-03-04 02:58 PM
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I got a jump drive (Lexar) and had the same problem with a SONY Memory drive.
The computer does know that new hardware was installed. It should mount in My Computer when I plug it in, but I have to restart to make it show.
I have an Intel 850 board (RamBus) Win XP. I intalled the update for USB from MicroShaft and it didn't help the USB problem, but it knocked the sound out, so I restored.
Restarting is a usable workaround, but I want it to work right.
Anybody got the answer? Thanks.
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Sat Apr-03-04 02:59 PM
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1. Have you tried searching for updated drivers online? eom |
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Sat Apr-03-04 03:04 PM
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I had the SONY device previously, and I tried Lexar. They have drivers for W98. It says the device is working properly and there is no driver upgrade that I can find.
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Sat Apr-03-04 03:05 PM
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3. I have the same problem sometimes. |
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When I do I just close and reopen "My Computer." If that doesn't do it, I'll start Word, or whatever appropriate program to open the file, and use the Open command and pulldown menu to find the file. Of course, sometimes I need to use the Open command twice too, as the drive doesn't always show up there on the first try.
Those suggestions have always worked for me. Good luck. :)
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Sat Apr-03-04 03:07 PM
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Amazing how some computer problems give in to persistence.
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Sat Apr-03-04 03:06 PM
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4. If you are using W2K... |
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That's about as good as it's going to get. USB doesn't doesn't work as smoothly on W2K as other Windows platforms. That's been my experience, anyhow.
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Sat Apr-03-04 03:47 PM
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6. You can check your system settings |
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There you can see if the item is installed correctly. It sounds like it isn't. What I would do would be to uninstall the device, then install the Windows XP driver, rather than the old Windows 98 one provided by the vendor.
The native XP drivers seem to work better to me.
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Sat Apr-03-04 03:56 PM
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7. I'm using the XP drivers |
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There is an update that has something to do with USB. It doesn't solve my problems but disables the sound.
The system says the device is working properly. (It might be Republican.)
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