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USB Mass Storage Devices Unrecognized (Vista)
Hi all,
It appears that I'm one in a growing number of people with this problem, so I figured I may as well jump in! I recently upgraded to Vista Ultimate and backed-up all my XP files (music, photos, etc.) to a brand-new Maxtor OneTouch III external USB drive. After installing Vista, the drive was detected as a mass storage device and worked like a charm (this was about a week ago); I've used it up until yesterday with no problem. I also have an iPod Shuffle and a USB memory stick that both detect as mass storage devices, and they worked fine as well. Yesterday, I went to burn a CD from some music files stored on the ext HD, only to find... none of those three devices listed in Explorer! Naturally, I tried unplugging and re-plugging the ext HD. After a few seconds, Vista says 'installing drivers for your device' and then 'usb device unrecognized' -- no dice. I tried unplugging, powering-down, and re-plugging the drive -- no dice. I even tried unplugging, powering-down the drive, rebooting the computer, then re-plugging the drive -- still no dice. It always tries to install some driver (no specifics given) and then fails to recognize the device. The closest I've come (and this is interesting) is by uninstalling the USB Controller device listed in Device Manager. Immediately after uninstalling, Vista detects all 3 of my devices and pops-up the explorer browser windows for each! I was stoked, until... 'installing new drivers', 'unrecognized device', *poof* they all disappear again from Device Manager and Explorer. So close. What have I done between the time those devices worked and yesterday? 1. Extracted the GART driver from the Nvidia nForce 5.11 XP driver package and installed it (my FPS in games were absolutely horrid until I did this). 2. Disabled indexing (for performance) 3. Installed my 3rd gig of RAM (now running at 3GB RAM) 4. Set my CPU to high performance in Power Options Here's my system specs: AMD 2800+, 3GB RAM, Asus K8N mobo (nForce3 250 chipset), GeForce 7800GS OC AGP I've already installed all the Vista updates I can find, and tried all the power-off/on combos mentioned by everyone else. No, the ext HD doesn't appear in disk management nor explorer or device manager. I know my mobo is USB 2.0 compliant, and that all 3 devices worked only a few days ago without a hitch (eliminates faulty devices, power issues, etc.). I've found the following MS KB articles and will investigate more when I get home: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871233/en-us Any additional help/troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated! |
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USB Mass Storage Devices Unrecognized (Vista)
On May 31, 9:39 am, Jason wrote:
Hi all, It appears that I'm one in a growing number of people with this problem, so I figured I may as well jump in! I recently upgraded to Vista Ultimate and backed-up all my XP files (music, photos, etc.) to a brand-new Maxtor OneTouch III external USB drive. After installing Vista, the drive was detected as a mass storage device and worked like a charm (this was about a week ago); I've used it up until yesterday with no problem. I also have an iPod Shuffle and a USB memory stick that both detect as mass storage devices, and they worked fine as well. Yesterday, I went to burn a CD from some music files stored on the ext HD, only to find... none of those three devices listed in Explorer! Naturally, I tried unplugging and re-plugging the ext HD. After a few seconds, Vista says 'installing drivers for your device' and then 'usb device unrecognized' -- no dice. I tried unplugging, powering-down, and re-plugging the drive -- no dice. I even tried unplugging, powering-down the drive, rebooting the computer, then re-plugging the drive -- still no dice. It always tries to install some driver (no specifics given) and then fails to recognize the device. The closest I've come (and this is interesting) is by uninstalling the USB Controller device listed in Device Manager. Immediately after uninstalling, Vista detects all 3 of my devices and pops-up the explorer browser windows for each! I was stoked, until... 'installing new drivers', 'unrecognized device', *poof* they all disappear again from Device Manager and Explorer. So close. What have I done between the time those devices worked and yesterday? 1. Extracted the GART driver from the Nvidia nForce 5.11 XP driver package and installed it (my FPS in games were absolutely horrid until I did this). 2. Disabled indexing (for performance) 3. Installed my 3rd gig of RAM (now running at 3GB RAM) 4. Set my CPU to high performance in Power Options Here's my system specs: AMD 2800+, 3GB RAM, Asus K8N mobo (nForce3 250 chipset), GeForce 7800GS OC AGP I've already installed all the Vista updates I can find, and tried all the power-off/on combos mentioned by everyone else. No, the ext HD doesn't appear in disk management nor explorer or device manager. I know my mobo is USB 2.0 compliant, and that all 3 devices worked only a few days ago without a hitch (eliminates faulty devices, power issues, etc.). I've found the following MS KB articles and will investigate more when I get home:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/9255...b/871233/en-us Any additional help/troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated! Here's what comes in the nForce 5.11 driver package (I only installed the GART driver): Audio driver version 4.42 (WHQL) Audio utility version 4.44 Win2K ethernet driver version 4.16 (WHQL) WinXP ethernet driver version 4.16 (WHQL) Ethernet NRM driver version 4.82 (WHQL) Network management tools version 4.88 GART driver version 4.36 (WHQL) Memory controller driver version 3.38 (WHQL) SMBus driver version 4.04 (WHQL) Installer version 4.46 IDE driver version 4.46 (WHQL) I'm wondering... should I install the SMBus driver? I have no idea what it is, but perhaps it has something to do with USB devices? Could be bad though since they're XP drivers. I've read plenty of people installing the GART drivers on Vista with no problem, but nothing else from this package. |
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USB Mass Storage Devices Unrecognized (Vista)
I believe there is some sort of problem with Nvidia M/B's when it comes to
installing 3 gig of RAM. I have an Asus A7N8X2.0 deluxe. Using 2 gig of RAM is ok. When I install a 3rd 1 gig stick (matched) I have all sorts of problems. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Jason" wrote in message oups.com... Hi all, It appears that I'm one in a growing number of people with this problem, so I figured I may as well jump in! I recently upgraded to Vista Ultimate and backed-up all my XP files (music, photos, etc.) to a brand-new Maxtor OneTouch III external USB drive. After installing Vista, the drive was detected as a mass storage device and worked like a charm (this was about a week ago); I've used it up until yesterday with no problem. I also have an iPod Shuffle and a USB memory stick that both detect as mass storage devices, and they worked fine as well. Yesterday, I went to burn a CD from some music files stored on the ext HD, only to find... none of those three devices listed in Explorer! Naturally, I tried unplugging and re-plugging the ext HD. After a few seconds, Vista says 'installing drivers for your device' and then 'usb device unrecognized' -- no dice. I tried unplugging, powering-down, and re-plugging the drive -- no dice. I even tried unplugging, powering-down the drive, rebooting the computer, then re-plugging the drive -- still no dice. It always tries to install some driver (no specifics given) and then fails to recognize the device. The closest I've come (and this is interesting) is by uninstalling the USB Controller device listed in Device Manager. Immediately after uninstalling, Vista detects all 3 of my devices and pops-up the explorer browser windows for each! I was stoked, until... 'installing new drivers', 'unrecognized device', *poof* they all disappear again from Device Manager and Explorer. So close. What have I done between the time those devices worked and yesterday? 1. Extracted the GART driver from the Nvidia nForce 5.11 XP driver package and installed it (my FPS in games were absolutely horrid until I did this). 2. Disabled indexing (for performance) 3. Installed my 3rd gig of RAM (now running at 3GB RAM) 4. Set my CPU to high performance in Power Options Here's my system specs: AMD 2800+, 3GB RAM, Asus K8N mobo (nForce3 250 chipset), GeForce 7800GS OC AGP I've already installed all the Vista updates I can find, and tried all the power-off/on combos mentioned by everyone else. No, the ext HD doesn't appear in disk management nor explorer or device manager. I know my mobo is USB 2.0 compliant, and that all 3 devices worked only a few days ago without a hitch (eliminates faulty devices, power issues, etc.). I've found the following MS KB articles and will investigate more when I get home: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871233/en-us Any additional help/troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated! |
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USB Mass Storage Devices Unrecognized (Vista)
Jason,
Did you install the most recent BIOS? -- freddy "Jason" wrote: On May 31, 9:39 am, Jason wrote: Hi all, It appears that I'm one in a growing number of people with this problem, so I figured I may as well jump in! I recently upgraded to Vista Ultimate and backed-up all my XP files (music, photos, etc.) to a brand-new Maxtor OneTouch III external USB drive. After installing Vista, the drive was detected as a mass storage device and worked like a charm (this was about a week ago); I've used it up until yesterday with no problem. I also have an iPod Shuffle and a USB memory stick that both detect as mass storage devices, and they worked fine as well. Yesterday, I went to burn a CD from some music files stored on the ext HD, only to find... none of those three devices listed in Explorer! Naturally, I tried unplugging and re-plugging the ext HD. After a few seconds, Vista says 'installing drivers for your device' and then 'usb device unrecognized' -- no dice. I tried unplugging, powering-down, and re-plugging the drive -- no dice. I even tried unplugging, powering-down the drive, rebooting the computer, then re-plugging the drive -- still no dice. It always tries to install some driver (no specifics given) and then fails to recognize the device. The closest I've come (and this is interesting) is by uninstalling the USB Controller device listed in Device Manager. Immediately after uninstalling, Vista detects all 3 of my devices and pops-up the explorer browser windows for each! I was stoked, until... 'installing new drivers', 'unrecognized device', *poof* they all disappear again from Device Manager and Explorer. So close. What have I done between the time those devices worked and yesterday? 1. Extracted the GART driver from the Nvidia nForce 5.11 XP driver package and installed it (my FPS in games were absolutely horrid until I did this). 2. Disabled indexing (for performance) 3. Installed my 3rd gig of RAM (now running at 3GB RAM) 4. Set my CPU to high performance in Power Options Here's my system specs: AMD 2800+, 3GB RAM, Asus K8N mobo (nForce3 250 chipset), GeForce 7800GS OC AGP I've already installed all the Vista updates I can find, and tried all the power-off/on combos mentioned by everyone else. No, the ext HD doesn't appear in disk management nor explorer or device manager. I know my mobo is USB 2.0 compliant, and that all 3 devices worked only a few days ago without a hitch (eliminates faulty devices, power issues, etc.). I've found the following MS KB articles and will investigate more when I get home:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/9255...b/871233/en-us Any additional help/troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated! Here's what comes in the nForce 5.11 driver package (I only installed the GART driver): Audio driver version 4.42 (WHQL) Audio utility version 4.44 Win2K ethernet driver version 4.16 (WHQL) WinXP ethernet driver version 4.16 (WHQL) Ethernet NRM driver version 4.82 (WHQL) Network management tools version 4.88 GART driver version 4.36 (WHQL) Memory controller driver version 3.38 (WHQL) SMBus driver version 4.04 (WHQL) Installer version 4.46 IDE driver version 4.46 (WHQL) I'm wondering... should I install the SMBus driver? I have no idea what it is, but perhaps it has something to do with USB devices? Could be bad though since they're XP drivers. I've read plenty of people installing the GART drivers on Vista with no problem, but nothing else from this package. |
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USB Mass Storage Devices Unrecognized (Vista)
On May 31, 10:15 am, freddy wrote:
Jason, Did you install the most recent BIOS? -- freddy "Jason" wrote: On May 31, 9:39 am, Jason wrote: Hi all, It appears that I'm one in a growing number of people with this problem, so I figured I may as well jump in! I recently upgraded to Vista Ultimate and backed-up all my XP files (music, photos, etc.) to a brand-new Maxtor OneTouch III external USB drive. After installing Vista, the drive was detected as a mass storage device and worked like a charm (this was about a week ago); I've used it up until yesterday with no problem. I also have an iPod Shuffle and a USB memory stick that both detect as mass storage devices, and they worked fine as well. Yesterday, I went to burn a CD from some music files stored on the ext HD, only to find... none of those three devices listed in Explorer! Naturally, I tried unplugging and re-plugging the ext HD. After a few seconds, Vista says 'installing drivers for your device' and then 'usb device unrecognized' -- no dice. I tried unplugging, powering-down, and re-plugging the drive -- no dice. I even tried unplugging, powering-down the drive, rebooting the computer, then re-plugging the drive -- still no dice. It always tries to install some driver (no specifics given) and then fails to recognize the device. The closest I've come (and this is interesting) is by uninstalling the USB Controller device listed in Device Manager. Immediately after uninstalling, Vista detects all 3 of my devices and pops-up the explorer browser windows for each! I was stoked, until... 'installing new drivers', 'unrecognized device', *poof* they all disappear again from Device Manager and Explorer. So close. What have I done between the time those devices worked and yesterday? 1. Extracted the GART driver from the Nvidia nForce 5.11 XP driver package and installed it (my FPS in games were absolutely horrid until I did this). 2. Disabled indexing (for performance) 3. Installed my 3rd gig of RAM (now running at 3GB RAM) 4. Set my CPU to high performance in Power Options Here's my system specs: AMD 2800+, 3GB RAM, Asus K8N mobo (nForce3 250 chipset), GeForce 7800GS OC AGP I've already installed all the Vista updates I can find, and tried all the power-off/on combos mentioned by everyone else. No, the ext HD doesn't appear in disk management nor explorer or device manager. I know my mobo is USB 2.0 compliant, and that all 3 devices worked only a few days ago without a hitch (eliminates faulty devices, power issues, etc.). I've found the following MS KB articles and will investigate more when I get home:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/9255...icrosoft.com/k... Any additional help/troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated! Here's what comes in the nForce 5.11 driver package (I only installed the GART driver): Audio driver version 4.42 (WHQL) Audio utility version 4.44 Win2K ethernet driver version 4.16 (WHQL) WinXP ethernet driver version 4.16 (WHQL) Ethernet NRM driver version 4.82 (WHQL) Network management tools version 4.88 GART driver version 4.36 (WHQL) Memory controller driver version 3.38 (WHQL) SMBus driver version 4.04 (WHQL) Installer version 4.46 IDE driver version 4.46 (WHQL) I'm wondering... should I install the SMBus driver? I have no idea what it is, but perhaps it has something to do with USB devices? Could be bad though since they're XP drivers. I've read plenty of people installing the GART drivers on Vista with no problem, but nothing else from this package.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Fabulous question! I'll have to check when I get home as to which BIOS revision I have installed. |
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USB Mass Storage Devices Unrecognized (Vista)
On May 31, 9:54 am, "Richard Urban"
wrote: I believe there is some sort of problem with Nvidia M/B's when it comes to installing 3 gig of RAM. I have an Asus A7N8X2.0 deluxe. Using 2 gig of RAM is ok. When I install a 3rd 1 gig stick (matched) I have all sorts of problems. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Jason" wrote in message oups.com... Hi all, It appears that I'm one in a growing number of people with this problem, so I figured I may as well jump in! I recently upgraded to Vista Ultimate and backed-up all my XP files (music, photos, etc.) to a brand-new Maxtor OneTouch III external USB drive. After installing Vista, the drive was detected as a mass storage device and worked like a charm (this was about a week ago); I've used it up until yesterday with no problem. I also have an iPod Shuffle and a USB memory stick that both detect as mass storage devices, and they worked fine as well. Yesterday, I went to burn a CD from some music files stored on the ext HD, only to find... none of those three devices listed in Explorer! Naturally, I tried unplugging and re-plugging the ext HD. After a few seconds, Vista says 'installing drivers for your device' and then 'usb device unrecognized' -- no dice. I tried unplugging, powering-down, and re-plugging the drive -- no dice. I even tried unplugging, powering-down the drive, rebooting the computer, then re-plugging the drive -- still no dice. It always tries to install some driver (no specifics given) and then fails to recognize the device. The closest I've come (and this is interesting) is by uninstalling the USB Controller device listed in Device Manager. Immediately after uninstalling, Vista detects all 3 of my devices and pops-up the explorer browser windows for each! I was stoked, until... 'installing new drivers', 'unrecognized device', *poof* they all disappear again from Device Manager and Explorer. So close. What have I done between the time those devices worked and yesterday? 1. Extracted the GART driver from the Nvidia nForce 5.11 XP driver package and installed it (my FPS in games were absolutely horrid until I did this). 2. Disabled indexing (for performance) 3. Installed my 3rd gig of RAM (now running at 3GB RAM) 4. Set my CPU to high performance in Power Options Here's my system specs: AMD 2800+, 3GB RAM, Asus K8N mobo (nForce3 250 chipset), GeForce 7800GS OC AGP I've already installed all the Vista updates I can find, and tried all the power-off/on combos mentioned by everyone else. No, the ext HD doesn't appear in disk management nor explorer or device manager. I know my mobo is USB 2.0 compliant, and that all 3 devices worked only a few days ago without a hitch (eliminates faulty devices, power issues, etc.). I've found the following MS KB articles and will investigate more when I get home:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871233/en-us Any additional help/troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - This is an interesting idea... but I can't seem to find any related posts/discussions about this topic. Do you have any links to resources and/or fixes for it? I could try removing the new memory this evening and see if it helps, but I'd hate to be stuck at 2GB forever. |
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USB Mass Storage Devices Unrecognized (Vista)
On May 31, 10:33 am, Jason wrote:
On May 31, 9:54 am, "Richard Urban" wrote: I believe there is some sort of problem with Nvidia M/B's when it comes to installing 3 gig of RAM. I have an Asus A7N8X2.0 deluxe. Using 2 gig of RAM is ok. When I install a 3rd 1 gig stick (matched) I have all sorts of problems. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Jason" wrote in message roups.com... Hi all, It appears that I'm one in a growing number of people with this problem, so I figured I may as well jump in! I recently upgraded to Vista Ultimate and backed-up all my XP files (music, photos, etc.) to a brand-new Maxtor OneTouch III external USB drive. After installing Vista, the drive was detected as a mass storage device and worked like a charm (this was about a week ago); I've used it up until yesterday with no problem. I also have an iPod Shuffle and a USB memory stick that both detect as mass storage devices, and they worked fine as well. Yesterday, I went to burn a CD from some music files stored on the ext HD, only to find... none of those three devices listed in Explorer! Naturally, I tried unplugging and re-plugging the ext HD. After a few seconds, Vista says 'installing drivers for your device' and then 'usb device unrecognized' -- no dice. I tried unplugging, powering-down, and re-plugging the drive -- no dice. I even tried unplugging, powering-down the drive, rebooting the computer, then re-plugging the drive -- still no dice. It always tries to install some driver (no specifics given) and then fails to recognize the device. The closest I've come (and this is interesting) is by uninstalling the USB Controller device listed in Device Manager. Immediately after uninstalling, Vista detects all 3 of my devices and pops-up the explorer browser windows for each! I was stoked, until... 'installing new drivers', 'unrecognized device', *poof* they all disappear again from Device Manager and Explorer. So close. What have I done between the time those devices worked and yesterday? 1. Extracted the GART driver from the Nvidia nForce 5.11 XP driver package and installed it (my FPS in games were absolutely horrid until I did this). 2. Disabled indexing (for performance) 3. Installed my 3rd gig of RAM (now running at 3GB RAM) 4. Set my CPU to high performance in Power Options Here's my system specs: AMD 2800+, 3GB RAM, Asus K8N mobo (nForce3 250 chipset), GeForce 7800GS OC AGP I've already installed all the Vista updates I can find, and tried all the power-off/on combos mentioned by everyone else. No, the ext HD doesn't appear in disk management nor explorer or device manager. I know my mobo is USB 2.0 compliant, and that all 3 devices worked only a few days ago without a hitch (eliminates faulty devices, power issues, etc.). I've found the following MS KB articles and will investigate more when I get home:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871233/en-us Any additional help/troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - This is an interesting idea... but I can't seem to find any related posts/discussions about this topic. Do you have any links to resources and/or fixes for it? I could try removing the new memory this evening and see if it helps, but I'd hate to be stuck at 2GB forever.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nevermind, found a great thread on the Nvidia website (http:// forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=21862&st=0) Apparently, everyone's saying that http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528 fixes the 2GB problem! Guess we'll find out when I get home and try it tonight. |
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USB Mass Storage Devices Unrecognized (Vista)
I do not believe that this problem is either Nvidia chipset or 3GB memory
related, as I face the very same problems with Intel made DG965SS motherboard and 2 GB of memory. I have the latest BIOS (10th of May, 2007). Thanks, Vitaliy. "Jason" wrote: On May 31, 10:33 am, Jason wrote: On May 31, 9:54 am, "Richard Urban" wrote: I believe there is some sort of problem with Nvidia M/B's when it comes to installing 3 gig of RAM. I have an Asus A7N8X2.0 deluxe. Using 2 gig of RAM is ok. When I install a 3rd 1 gig stick (matched) I have all sorts of problems. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Jason" wrote in message roups.com... Hi all, It appears that I'm one in a growing number of people with this problem, so I figured I may as well jump in! I recently upgraded to Vista Ultimate and backed-up all my XP files (music, photos, etc.) to a brand-new Maxtor OneTouch III external USB drive. After installing Vista, the drive was detected as a mass storage device and worked like a charm (this was about a week ago); I've used it up until yesterday with no problem. I also have an iPod Shuffle and a USB memory stick that both detect as mass storage devices, and they worked fine as well. Yesterday, I went to burn a CD from some music files stored on the ext HD, only to find... none of those three devices listed in Explorer! Naturally, I tried unplugging and re-plugging the ext HD. After a few seconds, Vista says 'installing drivers for your device' and then 'usb device unrecognized' -- no dice. I tried unplugging, powering-down, and re-plugging the drive -- no dice. I even tried unplugging, powering-down the drive, rebooting the computer, then re-plugging the drive -- still no dice. It always tries to install some driver (no specifics given) and then fails to recognize the device. The closest I've come (and this is interesting) is by uninstalling the USB Controller device listed in Device Manager. Immediately after uninstalling, Vista detects all 3 of my devices and pops-up the explorer browser windows for each! I was stoked, until... 'installing new drivers', 'unrecognized device', *poof* they all disappear again from Device Manager and Explorer. So close. What have I done between the time those devices worked and yesterday? 1. Extracted the GART driver from the Nvidia nForce 5.11 XP driver package and installed it (my FPS in games were absolutely horrid until I did this). 2. Disabled indexing (for performance) 3. Installed my 3rd gig of RAM (now running at 3GB RAM) 4. Set my CPU to high performance in Power Options Here's my system specs: AMD 2800+, 3GB RAM, Asus K8N mobo (nForce3 250 chipset), GeForce 7800GS OC AGP I've already installed all the Vista updates I can find, and tried all the power-off/on combos mentioned by everyone else. No, the ext HD doesn't appear in disk management nor explorer or device manager. I know my mobo is USB 2.0 compliant, and that all 3 devices worked only a few days ago without a hitch (eliminates faulty devices, power issues, etc.). I've found the following MS KB articles and will investigate more when I get home:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871233/en-us Any additional help/troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - This is an interesting idea... but I can't seem to find any related posts/discussions about this topic. Do you have any links to resources and/or fixes for it? I could try removing the new memory this evening and see if it helps, but I'd hate to be stuck at 2GB forever.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nevermind, found a great thread on the Nvidia website (http:// forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=21862&st=0) Apparently, everyone's saying that http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528 fixes the 2GB problem! Guess we'll find out when I get home and try it tonight. |
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USB Mass Storage Devices Unrecognized (Vista)
On Jun 1, 5:32 am, Vitaliy wrote:
I do not believe that this problem is either Nvidia chipset or 3GB memory related, as I face the very same problems with Intel made DG965SS motherboard and 2 GB of memory. I have the latest BIOS (10th of May, 2007). Thanks, Vitaliy. "Jason" wrote: On May 31, 10:33 am, Jason wrote: On May 31, 9:54 am, "Richard Urban" wrote: I believe there is some sort of problem with Nvidia M/B's when it comes to installing 3 gig of RAM. I have an Asus A7N8X2.0 deluxe. Using 2 gig of RAM is ok. When I install a 3rd 1 gig stick (matched) I have all sorts of problems. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Jason" wrote in message roups.com... Hi all, It appears that I'm one in a growing number of people with this problem, so I figured I may as well jump in! I recently upgraded to Vista Ultimate and backed-up all my XP files (music, photos, etc.) to a brand-new Maxtor OneTouch III external USB drive. After installing Vista, the drive was detected as a mass storage device and worked like a charm (this was about a week ago); I've used it up until yesterday with no problem. I also have an iPod Shuffle and a USB memory stick that both detect as mass storage devices, and they worked fine as well. Yesterday, I went to burn a CD from some music files stored on the ext HD, only to find... none of those three devices listed in Explorer! Naturally, I tried unplugging and re-plugging the ext HD. After a few seconds, Vista says 'installing drivers for your device' and then 'usb device unrecognized' -- no dice. I tried unplugging, powering-down, and re-plugging the drive -- no dice. I even tried unplugging, powering-down the drive, rebooting the computer, then re-plugging the drive -- still no dice. It always tries to install some driver (no specifics given) and then fails to recognize the device. The closest I've come (and this is interesting) is by uninstalling the USB Controller device listed in Device Manager. Immediately after uninstalling, Vista detects all 3 of my devices and pops-up the explorer browser windows for each! I was stoked, until... 'installing new drivers', 'unrecognized device', *poof* they all disappear again from Device Manager and Explorer. So close. What have I done between the time those devices worked and yesterday? 1. Extracted the GART driver from the Nvidia nForce 5.11 XP driver package and installed it (my FPS in games were absolutely horrid until I did this). 2. Disabled indexing (for performance) 3. Installed my 3rd gig of RAM (now running at 3GB RAM) 4. Set my CPU to high performance in Power Options Here's my system specs: AMD 2800+, 3GB RAM, Asus K8N mobo (nForce3 250 chipset), GeForce 7800GS OC AGP I've already installed all the Vista updates I can find, and tried all the power-off/on combos mentioned by everyone else. No, the ext HD doesn't appear in disk management nor explorer or device manager. I know my mobo is USB 2.0 compliant, and that all 3 devices worked only a few days ago without a hitch (eliminates faulty devices, power issues, etc.). I've found the following MS KB articles and will investigate more when I get home:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871233/en-us Any additional help/troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - This is an interesting idea... but I can't seem to find any related posts/discussions about this topic. Do you have any links to resources and/or fixes for it? I could try removing the new memory this evening and see if it helps, but I'd hate to be stuck at 2GB forever.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nevermind, found a great thread on the Nvidia website (http:// forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=21862&st=0) Apparently, everyone's saying thathttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528 fixes the 2GB problem! Guess we'll find out when I get home and try it tonight.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Just FYI to anyone who reads this... the MS KB925528 patch fixed the problem! Now I need to figure out why my WMV files are all garbled in Media Player. |
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USB Mass Storage Devices Unrecognized (Vista)
This problem was somewhat common in XP, though I haven't yet seen it in
Vista. When you plug in the device, do you get an opportunity to manually select a driver? If so, try pointing the search to the \WINDOWS\inf folder. If that works, see the ongoing fix under "XP asks for drivers or just want to install new hardware" in the link below. http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_...ks_for_drivers There is some other good information on that page for troubleshooting USB storage device problems. Although it is written for XP, most of it will is also applicable to Vista. -- "Jason" wrote in message oups.com... Hi all, It appears that I'm one in a growing number of people with this problem, so I figured I may as well jump in! I recently upgraded to Vista Ultimate and backed-up all my XP files (music, photos, etc.) to a brand-new Maxtor OneTouch III external USB drive. After installing Vista, the drive was detected as a mass storage device and worked like a charm (this was about a week ago); I've used it up until yesterday with no problem. I also have an iPod Shuffle and a USB memory stick that both detect as mass storage devices, and they worked fine as well. Yesterday, I went to burn a CD from some music files stored on the ext HD, only to find... none of those three devices listed in Explorer! Naturally, I tried unplugging and re-plugging the ext HD. After a few seconds, Vista says 'installing drivers for your device' and then 'usb device unrecognized' -- no dice. I tried unplugging, powering-down, and re-plugging the drive -- no dice. I even tried unplugging, powering-down the drive, rebooting the computer, then re-plugging the drive -- still no dice. It always tries to install some driver (no specifics given) and then fails to recognize the device. The closest I've come (and this is interesting) is by uninstalling the USB Controller device listed in Device Manager. Immediately after uninstalling, Vista detects all 3 of my devices and pops-up the explorer browser windows for each! I was stoked, until... 'installing new drivers', 'unrecognized device', *poof* they all disappear again from Device Manager and Explorer. So close. What have I done between the time those devices worked and yesterday? 1. Extracted the GART driver from the Nvidia nForce 5.11 XP driver package and installed it (my FPS in games were absolutely horrid until I did this). 2. Disabled indexing (for performance) 3. Installed my 3rd gig of RAM (now running at 3GB RAM) 4. Set my CPU to high performance in Power Options Here's my system specs: AMD 2800+, 3GB RAM, Asus K8N mobo (nForce3 250 chipset), GeForce 7800GS OC AGP I've already installed all the Vista updates I can find, and tried all the power-off/on combos mentioned by everyone else. No, the ext HD doesn't appear in disk management nor explorer or device manager. I know my mobo is USB 2.0 compliant, and that all 3 devices worked only a few days ago without a hitch (eliminates faulty devices, power issues, etc.). I've found the following MS KB articles and will investigate more when I get home: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871233/en-us Any additional help/troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated! |