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jimfuk
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USB Blues !
Fri May 26 2006 03:21 PM
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Hi chaps,
I was chatting to my sister in Canada and was using my ANC webcam into a USB port (as usual). The cam fell off the desk and by the time I put back I had a balloon on the desktop that this equipment had malfunctioned. If I remove it and plug it back in it a balloon says 'USB device unrecognised - and that it has malfunctioned'!
I decided to re-install the drivers - but because the onboard CD is knackered I used my external drive - except that when I plugged it in I got the same balloon saying 'USB device unrecognised' (despite frequent use before!) I also have an external back-up hard drive - same problem now.
It seems that anything that I plug into my USB ports is now unrecognised (except my mouse strangely - which works in any of the 3 USB ports).
I went to Device Manager and unistalled all the USB kit (or drivers); rebooted and then plugged the kit in again - no difference. Now I'm stuck!
The comp is a Cybercom Laptop with XP Pro, 40gb drive, 2.4ghz Pentium 4 processor, and around 512mb ram - and it's rubbish!
I loaded the 'faulty' cam onto my desktop and it works fine.
Is it a wheelie bin job?
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