I had tried the "Rescan for Hardware" routine in Device Manager, Laurie,
to no avail. So far, things seem to be working OK with the new BIOS flash.
I agree that USB is finicky and why the new keyboards and pointing
devices have USB interface is beyond me. I recently had a new pointing
device give problems in the PS/2 port and the manufacturer advised me to
connect it to a USB port. The tech said although the devices are
supplied with a PS/2 adapter, they will function better connected to USB
- I think that's overkill.
Jim Sims
Laurie Solomon wrote:
>>>>I have a 6in1 internal card
>>>>reader that, once "ejected or unplugged", won't come back without a
>>>>system restart. The only devices that do not cause any problem are
>>>>the Epson printer (USB) and Polaroid 120 scanner (Firewire).
>>>>
>>>>
>
>Not specifically on your problem; but sometimes if the unpluging and
>repluging of devices does not work, you can try and go tothe Control
>panel\System\Device manager and click on any of the listed items so as
>tohighlight one after which click on Rescan for Hardware. This often does
>the same thing as rebooting the computer in that it will install any loaded
>turned on and installed devices that the system is not recognizing as well
>as sometimes reinstall missing or corrupted driver and controller files
>that are on your system but whose working copies have become corrupted or
>placed in conflict with something else.
>
>Despite all the praise, USB can be a finicky form of connection. With each
>manufacturer using the specs as merely guidelines which they try to tweak
>and with limited amounts of power, IRQs, DMAs, PCI slots, etc. and an
>increasing number of peripherals on systems today with many being USB, there
>are frequently unanticipated conflicts and problems with some devices being
>more problematic than others. I currently have a USB 2.0 video capture
>device connected directly to its own USB 2.0 PCI adapter card in a Win XP
>AMD 2200 cpu with 1 GB of RAM. While it works ok, if I should need to shut
>the computer down or reboot, it prevents Windows from starting up again if
>it is connected during the start up. I can replug it in after startup is
>completed with no problems. Go figure!
>
>
>
>
>>>James L. Sims wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am having an annoying problem with my scanners and card readers
>>>>interfacing with my computer. Often, but not every time, when I
>>>>turn off one of my devices or remove a media card from a card
>>>>reader I encounter an alert to "eject or unplug the device" under
>>>>penalty of an unstable system. I would not mind doing this but in
>>>>order to bring the device back on line I must restart the computer
>>>>and, in the case of my Epson scanner (USB interface), I have had to
>>>>uninstall and reinstall the drivers. I have a 6in1 internal card
>>>>reader that, once "ejected or unplugged", won't come back without a
>>>>system restart. The only devices that do not cause any problem are
>>>>the Epson printer (USB) and Polaroid 120 scanner (Firewire).
>>>>
>>>>Has anyone else had this problem and, if so, is there a remedy?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>>Jim Sims
>>>>
>>>>->
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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