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WinXP & USB Problem

WinXP & USB Problem

2003-06-05 by justinkoller

I've seen some people post about this, but haven't seen a solution 
or heard of one working.

When i turn on the XL7, let it boot up, and THEN plug it into 
windows (as the directions say), windows xp will NOT correctly 
detect the device.  Via MIDI, I have already upgraded to 2.0, and 
can run eloader.  Eloader was not running while I tried to plug in 
the device to USB.

Emu support has some canned response they used on me twice that 
includes "USB is only for sequence back up" and "please read the 
instructions and follow them exactly or you'll need to douse your PC 
in bleach and reinstall windows".  So I'm turning to you guys.

I've tried this on several PC's (all, unfortunately, run winXP).  
Every one complains that an "unknown device" was plugged in, and may 
have malfunctioned.  Manual installs fail, because windows complains 
the drivers I try to set (tried both usb0 and usb1 first) an 
incompatible with the device..I'm guessing that's because 
it's "unknown".

But, I'm thinking that the device has some unique ID, (since 
subsequent install attempts happen so much faster than the first) 
and that I can edit the registry settings for it, so windows can 
match up the same strings that exist in the driver vs. what's 
detected.

A.) Anybody got another solution?
b.) What, EXACTLY, does windows XP detect the device as?

thanx
-jk*

Re: [xl7] WinXP & USB Problem

2003-06-05 by erik_magrini@Baxter.com

Hmm strange that you're having problems with XP, works fine for me.  Try 
this:

- Plug in the XL-7 to the USB port.

- Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device 
Manager.

- Open the drop down menu for Universal Serial Bus Controllers, and you 
should see yellow X's on two of the unknown devices correct?

- Double click on one of them and select Properties, then Update Driver.

- Choose the optiont hat lets you specify the location manually, then 
navigate to the "USB Drivers" folder in your E-Loader Folder.  Go through 
all fo the prompts and it should install the driver and show up as 
"Interface 0". Repeat for the otehr unknown USB device, and it shoudl show 
up as "Interface 1".

Hope that helps!
rEalm






I've seen some people post about this, but haven't seen a solution 
or heard of one working.

When i turn on the XL7, let it boot up, and THEN plug it into 
windows (as the directions say), windows xp will NOT correctly 
detect the device.  Via MIDI, I have already upgraded to 2.0, and 
can run eloader.  Eloader was not running while I tried to plug in 
the device to USB.

Emu support has some canned response they used on me twice that 
includes "USB is only for sequence back up" and "please read the 
instructions and follow them exactly or you'll need to douse your PC 
in bleach and reinstall windows".  So I'm turning to you guys.

I've tried this on several PC's (all, unfortunately, run winXP). 
Every one complains that an "unknown device" was plugged in, and may 
have malfunctioned.  Manual installs fail, because windows complains 
the drivers I try to set (tried both usb0 and usb1 first) an 
incompatible with the device..I'm guessing that's because 
it's "unknown".

But, I'm thinking that the device has some unique ID, (since 
subsequent install attempts happen so much faster than the first) 
and that I can edit the registry settings for it, so windows can 
match up the same strings that exist in the driver vs. what's 
detected.

A.) Anybody got another solution?
b.) What, EXACTLY, does windows XP detect the device as?

thanx
-jk*



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Re: WinXP & USB Problem

2003-06-05 by justinkoller

I guess I'm beginning to think my XL-7 has a bunk USB interface.

I don't get yellow X's on the two unknown devices...I get 1 device, 
labelled "unknown device", listed under "USB controllers", updating 
the driver always results in windows complaining that the driver 
selected (...USB0.inf) is not compatable with the device.  I have the 
two USB0 & 1 inf files, along with the actual .sys driver.

What type of device is the XL-7 supposed to be? (have the unknown's 
shown up under "sound, video, and game controllers"? 

thanks for the time...
-jk*


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> Hmm strange that you're having problems with XP, works fine for 
me.  Try 
> this:
> 
> - Plug in the XL-7 to the USB port.
> 
> - Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> 
Device 
> Manager.
> 
> - Open the drop down menu for Universal Serial Bus Controllers, and 
you 
> should see yellow X's on two of the unknown devices correct?
> 
> - Double click on one of them and select Properties, then Update 
Driver.
> 
> - Choose the optiont hat lets you specify the location manually, 
then 
> navigate to the "USB Drivers" folder in your E-Loader Folder.  Go 
through 
> all fo the prompts and it should install the driver and show up as 
> "Interface 0". Repeat for the otehr unknown USB device, and it 
shoudl show 
> up as "Interface 1".
> 
> Hope that helps!
> rEalm
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I've seen some people post about this, but haven't seen a solution 
> or heard of one working.
> 
> When i turn on the XL7, let it boot up, and THEN plug it into 
> windows (as the directions say), windows xp will NOT correctly 
> detect the device.  Via MIDI, I have already upgraded to 2.0, and 
> can run eloader.  Eloader was not running while I tried to plug in 
> the device to USB.
> 
> Emu support has some canned response they used on me twice that 
> includes "USB is only for sequence back up" and "please read the 
> instructions and follow them exactly or you'll need to douse your 
PC 
> in bleach and reinstall windows".  So I'm turning to you guys.
> 
> I've tried this on several PC's (all, unfortunately, run winXP). 
> Every one complains that an "unknown device" was plugged in, and 
may 
> have malfunctioned.  Manual installs fail, because windows 
complains 
> the drivers I try to set (tried both usb0 and usb1 first) an 
> incompatible with the device..I'm guessing that's because 
> it's "unknown".
> 
> But, I'm thinking that the device has some unique ID, (since 
> subsequent install attempts happen so much faster than the first) 
> and that I can edit the registry settings for it, so windows can 
> match up the same strings that exist in the driver vs. what's 
> detected.
> 
> A.) Anybody got another solution?
> b.) What, EXACTLY, does windows XP detect the device as?
> 
> thanx
> -jk*
> 
> 
> 
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Re: WinXP & USB Problem

2003-06-21 by Phine Brother

not working for me either. says "specified location does not contain 
info on your hardware" for 0 and 1.

will try win2k on another machine tonite. will keep posted


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> Hmm strange that you're having problems with XP, works fine for 
me.  Try 
> this:
> 
> - Plug in the XL-7 to the USB port.
> 
> - Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -
> Device 
> Manager.
> 
> - Open the drop down menu for Universal Serial Bus Controllers, 
and you 
> should see yellow X's on two of the unknown devices correct?
> 
> - Double click on one of them and select Properties, then Update 
Driver.
> 
> - Choose the optiont hat lets you specify the location manually, 
then 
> navigate to the "USB Drivers" folder in your E-Loader Folder.  Go 
through 
> all fo the prompts and it should install the driver and show up as 
> "Interface 0". Repeat for the otehr unknown USB device, and it 
shoudl show 
> up as "Interface 1".
> 
> Hope that helps!
> rEalm
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I've seen some people post about this, but haven't seen a solution 
> or heard of one working.
> 
> When i turn on the XL7, let it boot up, and THEN plug it into 
> windows (as the directions say), windows xp will NOT correctly 
> detect the device.  Via MIDI, I have already upgraded to 2.0, and 
> can run eloader.  Eloader was not running while I tried to plug in 
> the device to USB.
> 
> Emu support has some canned response they used on me twice that 
> includes "USB is only for sequence back up" and "please read the 
> instructions and follow them exactly or you'll need to douse your 
PC 
> in bleach and reinstall windows".  So I'm turning to you guys.
> 
> I've tried this on several PC's (all, unfortunately, run winXP). 
> Every one complains that an "unknown device" was plugged in, and 
may 
> have malfunctioned.  Manual installs fail, because windows 
complains 
> the drivers I try to set (tried both usb0 and usb1 first) an 
> incompatible with the device..I'm guessing that's because 
> it's "unknown".
> 
> But, I'm thinking that the device has some unique ID, (since 
> subsequent install attempts happen so much faster than the first) 
> and that I can edit the registry settings for it, so windows can 
> match up the same strings that exist in the driver vs. what's 
> detected.
> 
> A.) Anybody got another solution?
> b.) What, EXACTLY, does windows XP detect the device as?
> 
> thanx
> -jk*
> 
> 
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Re: WinXP & USB Problem

2003-06-22 by steve_the_composer

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Phine Brother" <phinebrother@h...> wrote:
> not working for me either. says "specified location does not 
contain 
> info on your hardware" for 0 and 1.

After some unstable usb access having to do with a failed driver 
installation and reinstallation (Win98SE), I went back to ground 
level 0.  I THINK I went into Device Manager, removed the drivers, 
removed the unpacked e-loader/driver software, rebooted without the 
usb hookup, unzipped the software again, and did everything over 
again step-by-step (triple checking everything as I went along).

I decided the 1st installation didn't take for some reason; the 
second one without undoing what the first installation did gave the 
illusion of taking--hence the unpredictable results; and the need to 
return to scratch set things right.

I believe someone else on this board or another board mentions a 
similar process for XP.

Hope this helps.