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GuitarMan
Hi All,
A friend of mine uses a very old PC to transfer his digital photos via
USB from his Toshiba digital camera. The PC is a Cyrix (Remember
them!) 300MHz, 60mb ram, non-USB dinosaur! I suggested a basic 2 port
USB 1 card, which installed with no problems. However, every time he
connects the camera, and switches it on to transfer to the PC, it
never comes up as "storage device" when viewed in Windows Explorer. A
quick look in device manager always shows the yellow exclamation mark
on the USB root hub. In order to get it working without a conflict, we
have to go through the following every time. Select the opti USB
controller itself (root hub itself doesn't use IRQ/IO), click
properties, and the resources tab. Win 98 is showing "no conflicts"
and device is working properly. The IRQ cannot be modified, but the
I/O address range can. By changing the I/O address range by just one
click on the up/down spinner in either direction, clicking ok, then
yes when Win 98 tells you about modifying settings etc, then as soon
as you switch on the digital camera, the "storage device" appears as
it should immediately! Unfortunately, he has to do this EVERY time he
uses his camera. So, Win 98 says that memory address is NOT being
used, that there is NO conflict, and yet obviously there must be.
Every time we change I/O, get it working, switch camera off and
straight back on, root hub yellow exclamation mark all over again!
Even though the IRQ cannot be modified (12), there is no other
hardware listed using IRQ12.
I myself have a Fuji 1400 finepix, and I have never had this problem.
My own PC is much more modern and already has 4 built in USB 1 ports
on it's ATX motherboard. I use Win XP Pro these days, but had no
problems with it when I used to run Win 98.
I have tried the "usual suspects" to get it working but no luck so
far. I even changed it's PCI slot but that didn't work either. This
happens with BOTH of the card's USB ports.
Any suggestions, idea's, help would be very much appreciated. Don't
worry about getting technical on me, as I have a very good working
knowledge of PC's, and don't very often need to ask for help, but this
one doesn't seem to want to work for me. Thank you for your help.
Andrew.
A friend of mine uses a very old PC to transfer his digital photos via
USB from his Toshiba digital camera. The PC is a Cyrix (Remember
them!) 300MHz, 60mb ram, non-USB dinosaur! I suggested a basic 2 port
USB 1 card, which installed with no problems. However, every time he
connects the camera, and switches it on to transfer to the PC, it
never comes up as "storage device" when viewed in Windows Explorer. A
quick look in device manager always shows the yellow exclamation mark
on the USB root hub. In order to get it working without a conflict, we
have to go through the following every time. Select the opti USB
controller itself (root hub itself doesn't use IRQ/IO), click
properties, and the resources tab. Win 98 is showing "no conflicts"
and device is working properly. The IRQ cannot be modified, but the
I/O address range can. By changing the I/O address range by just one
click on the up/down spinner in either direction, clicking ok, then
yes when Win 98 tells you about modifying settings etc, then as soon
as you switch on the digital camera, the "storage device" appears as
it should immediately! Unfortunately, he has to do this EVERY time he
uses his camera. So, Win 98 says that memory address is NOT being
used, that there is NO conflict, and yet obviously there must be.
Every time we change I/O, get it working, switch camera off and
straight back on, root hub yellow exclamation mark all over again!
Even though the IRQ cannot be modified (12), there is no other
hardware listed using IRQ12.
I myself have a Fuji 1400 finepix, and I have never had this problem.
My own PC is much more modern and already has 4 built in USB 1 ports
on it's ATX motherboard. I use Win XP Pro these days, but had no
problems with it when I used to run Win 98.
I have tried the "usual suspects" to get it working but no luck so
far. I even changed it's PCI slot but that didn't work either. This
happens with BOTH of the card's USB ports.
Any suggestions, idea's, help would be very much appreciated. Don't
worry about getting technical on me, as I have a very good working
knowledge of PC's, and don't very often need to ask for help, but this
one doesn't seem to want to work for me. Thank you for your help.
Andrew.