PC not "seeing" devices
Discussion
TonyRPH said:
For what it's worth - my O/H has a Nike+ Sport watch and this doesn't work properly in USB3 ports (the ones with the blue insert) - it charges but won't communicate with the software.
Does your PC have any USB1.1/2 ports? (they have a black insert).
I have 8 USB ports on mine, and tried them all. Not one will recognise either vivosport. I've given up now, clearly will never work. Thank god my Garmin Edge is recognized ( sometimes ) as I use that myself every day.Does your PC have any USB1.1/2 ports? (they have a black insert).
I know very little about the magic of computers but two instances of not seeing devices have been...
My phone - charged but had to change a setting for it to see the photo files to transfer.
SD card for my camera - not detected - this turned out to be as simple as having to allocate a drive letter and name to the card and it now works all the time - done using a downloaded file partition manager.
No idea if this has any relevance here.
My phone - charged but had to change a setting for it to see the photo files to transfer.
SD card for my camera - not detected - this turned out to be as simple as having to allocate a drive letter and name to the card and it now works all the time - done using a downloaded file partition manager.
No idea if this has any relevance here.
Well, interesting twist.
Just plugged one of them into my wifes work computer - and exactly the same issue. It bongs to recognise it, then does the downward bong as if you have unplugged it (even though you haven't) - and won't see the device or files. Repeated it and exactly the same.
Which points towards both watches suddenly failing, for no apparent reason whatsoever.
Just plugged one of them into my wifes work computer - and exactly the same issue. It bongs to recognise it, then does the downward bong as if you have unplugged it (even though you haven't) - and won't see the device or files. Repeated it and exactly the same.
Which points towards both watches suddenly failing, for no apparent reason whatsoever.
Which is the ID for a Garmin GPS - https://devicehunt.com/view/type/usb/vendor/091E
Reading https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=jAD9zCOUod0d... , it looks as if you can get a driver installer from https://www8.garmin.com/support/agree.jsp?id=591
Reading https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=jAD9zCOUod0d... , it looks as if you can get a driver installer from https://www8.garmin.com/support/agree.jsp?id=591
Possibly a port binding issue, Unplug all USB devices except KB and mouse.
in device manager expand USB controllers and hopefully your Motherboards USB controller will be an obvious device.
open a command prompt as admin and type shutdown /r /t 60, this will restart the machine after a minute.
right click uninstall the usb controller, (leave the drivers) of course you'll lose kb/mouse access when you do this so you wait for the scheduled restart you initiated from the command line above. Your entire USB sub system will reset as the devices are automatically reinstalled on restart.
Plug everything in one by one, if it all works just make sure you always plug each device back into the same port.
in device manager expand USB controllers and hopefully your Motherboards USB controller will be an obvious device.
open a command prompt as admin and type shutdown /r /t 60, this will restart the machine after a minute.
right click uninstall the usb controller, (leave the drivers) of course you'll lose kb/mouse access when you do this so you wait for the scheduled restart you initiated from the command line above. Your entire USB sub system will reset as the devices are automatically reinstalled on restart.
Plug everything in one by one, if it all works just make sure you always plug each device back into the same port.
Possibly a port binding issue, Unplug all USB devices except KB and mouse.
in device manager expand USB controllers and hopefully your Motherboards USB controller will be an obvious device.
open a command prompt as admin and type shutdown /r /t 60, this will restart the machine after a minute.
right click uninstall the usb controller, (leave the drivers) of course you'll lose kb/mouse access when you do this so you wait for the scheduled restart you initiated from the command line above. Your entire USB sub system will reset as the devices are automatically reinstalled on restart.
Plug everything in one by one, if it all works just make sure you always plug each device back into the same port.
in device manager expand USB controllers and hopefully your Motherboards USB controller will be an obvious device.
open a command prompt as admin and type shutdown /r /t 60, this will restart the machine after a minute.
right click uninstall the usb controller, (leave the drivers) of course you'll lose kb/mouse access when you do this so you wait for the scheduled restart you initiated from the command line above. Your entire USB sub system will reset as the devices are automatically reinstalled on restart.
Plug everything in one by one, if it all works just make sure you always plug each device back into the same port.
Over zealous Anti Virus software?
Is the account you log in with an Administrator?
Is there something hardware wise that is clashing with the USB ports, some motherboards share channels so an expansion card of some description could be using resources that the USB ports might share?
Are you using any kind of external USB hub (or using the monitor as one?) I've seen these cause fun and games?
Is the account you log in with an Administrator?
Is there something hardware wise that is clashing with the USB ports, some motherboards share channels so an expansion card of some description could be using resources that the USB ports might share?
Are you using any kind of external USB hub (or using the monitor as one?) I've seen these cause fun and games?
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