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Bernard Johnson
May 30th 04, 10:03 PM
Hope somebody can help. I have two removable USB mass storage devices
installed, one is my Fuji digital camera and one is an Oracom MP3 player.
They have both worked perfectly well until recently. Unfortunately I cannot
identify exactly when they stopped working correctly. When I connect either
of these items, via USB, they are not assigned a letter. If I look in My
Computer they do not exist. They do exist under Device Manager. If, under
Device Manager, I manually assign a letter when the computer restarts to
accept the changes, the manually assigned letters are active and the devices
are visible under My Computer. Unfortunately, it only appears temporary as
when I reboot my computer and re-connect the USB devices they, again, are
not assigned a letter. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the
software, including drivers, associated with both the camera and the MP3
player, with no effect.

Noel Paton
May 30th 04, 10:21 PM
Try this
Power down
Physically unplug all USB Devices
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL USB Devices and Controllers
Remove ALL error-flagged devices
Reboot to Normal Mode
Plug in USB devices one at a time, and get each recognised before proceeding
to the next

See if that cures it
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

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"Bernard Johnson" > wrote in message
...
> Hope somebody can help. I have two removable USB mass storage devices
> installed, one is my Fuji digital camera and one is an Oracom MP3 player.
> They have both worked perfectly well until recently. Unfortunately I
cannot
> identify exactly when they stopped working correctly. When I connect
either
> of these items, via USB, they are not assigned a letter. If I look in My
> Computer they do not exist. They do exist under Device Manager. If, under
> Device Manager, I manually assign a letter when the computer restarts to
> accept the changes, the manually assigned letters are active and the
devices
> are visible under My Computer. Unfortunately, it only appears temporary as
> when I reboot my computer and re-connect the USB devices they, again, are
> not assigned a letter. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the
> software, including drivers, associated with both the camera and the MP3
> player, with no effect.
>
>

Bernard Johnson
May 31st 04, 07:13 PM
Sorry, didn't work. One thing I have now noticed is that if I power the PC
up with the device connected it is assigned a letter. If I power up without
the device connected and then connect it, it is not assigned a letter.
--
Bernard Johnson

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"Noel Paton" > wrote in message
...
> Try this
> Power down
> Physically unplug all USB Devices
> Reboot to Safe Mode
> Open Device Manager
> Remove ALL USB Devices and Controllers
> Remove ALL error-flagged devices
> Reboot to Normal Mode
> Plug in USB devices one at a time, and get each recognised before
proceeding
> to the next
>
> See if that cures it
> --
> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
>
> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
>
> Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
> or
> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
> "Bernard Johnson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hope somebody can help. I have two removable USB mass storage devices
> > installed, one is my Fuji digital camera and one is an Oracom MP3
player.
> > They have both worked perfectly well until recently. Unfortunately I
> cannot
> > identify exactly when they stopped working correctly. When I connect
> either
> > of these items, via USB, they are not assigned a letter. If I look in My
> > Computer they do not exist. They do exist under Device Manager. If,
under
> > Device Manager, I manually assign a letter when the computer restarts to
> > accept the changes, the manually assigned letters are active and the
> devices
> > are visible under My Computer. Unfortunately, it only appears temporary
as
> > when I reboot my computer and re-connect the USB devices they, again,
are
> > not assigned a letter. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the
> > software, including drivers, associated with both the camera and the MP3
> > player, with no effect.
> >
> >
>
>

Mart
May 31st 04, 08:18 PM
If you are not already doing so, try connecting via a 'powered hub'. It may
cost 'a few bob', but if successful it may be money well spent, plus it will
give you a few more USB ports to expand to, anyway <g>

Mart


"Bernard Johnson" > wrote in message
...
> Sorry, didn't work. One thing I have now noticed is that if I power the PC
> up with the device connected it is assigned a letter. If I power up
without
> the device connected and then connect it, it is not assigned a letter.
> --
> Bernard Johnson
>
> Take out the TRASH to reply
>
> "Noel Paton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Try this
> > Power down
> > Physically unplug all USB Devices
> > Reboot to Safe Mode
> > Open Device Manager
> > Remove ALL USB Devices and Controllers
> > Remove ALL error-flagged devices
> > Reboot to Normal Mode
> > Plug in USB devices one at a time, and get each recognised before
> proceeding
> > to the next
> >
> > See if that cures it
> > --
> > Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
> >
> > Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> > http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
> >
> > Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's
> > or
> > http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
> > "Bernard Johnson" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hope somebody can help. I have two removable USB mass storage devices
> > > installed, one is my Fuji digital camera and one is an Oracom MP3
> player.
> > > They have both worked perfectly well until recently. Unfortunately I
> > cannot
> > > identify exactly when they stopped working correctly. When I connect
> > either
> > > of these items, via USB, they are not assigned a letter. If I look in
My
> > > Computer they do not exist. They do exist under Device Manager. If,
> under
> > > Device Manager, I manually assign a letter when the computer restarts
to
> > > accept the changes, the manually assigned letters are active and the
> > devices
> > > are visible under My Computer. Unfortunately, it only appears
temporary
> as
> > > when I reboot my computer and re-connect the USB devices they, again,
> are
> > > not assigned a letter. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the
> > > software, including drivers, associated with both the camera and the
MP3
> > > player, with no effect.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>