[ASA]

My Sony Vaio PC is not recognizing my Sony digital camcorder nor my Fuji digital camera as a Plug and Play device.

i am running Windows ME and have tried loading the correct drivers several times. i even formatted my hard drive and reinstalled everything.

Anyone else run into this? Any solutions?


Thanks!

[Rhettman5.1]

Are you looking in "My Computer"... my Sony cybershot dig cam shows as another harddrive, and I can open the pictures from there, look for another drive when the camera is plugged in and ready...Rhett

( And welcome to TSG, just keep posting back, and sooner or later, we'll have you going )

[slipe]

Have you had another device work in the same USB port you plug the cameras into?

[ASA]

Yeah..I have tried the following to no avail:

1. reinstalled (several times) both original drivers as well as digital video camera driver.

2. tried scanner and another digital camera on the same USB ports. All 3 devices work fine on another computer I have.

3. I formatted the hard drive and reinstalled the original software. i even re-installed Windows ME.

4. The Sony PC support line made me do exactly all the same steps at least 3 times...with no success. (by the way, Sony's tech line has an almost zero wait time to get thru to a live person! I was impressed!)

I have not been able to find any news items that say that Sony Vaio RX-450 series has any inherrent USB problems.

Thanks in advance for any input/advice!

[slipe]

2. tried scanner and another digital camera on the same USB ports. All 3 devices work fine on another computer I have.

Maybe your answer is obvious to you but it isn’t to me.

Did the scanner and other digital camera work on the same USB port?

You have a Sony camcorder, Fuji camera, scanner and another camera – that adds up to 3? Is the Fuji the “other digital camera”? How many things are you actually having problems with?

[Rhettman5.1]

Also, are you using a USB hub ? If so, try the device in the main USB plug on the PC, I have heard that some hubs are not compatible with all devices...

[ASA]

Slipe, yes, I am having problems with all 3 devices (scanner, Sony digital camcorder, and Fuji Digital camera). No device that I have tried seems to be recognized.

Rhettman5.1, there is a USB Root Hub and I have tried all ports...none are working.

Anyway...I went out last night and bought a peripheral PCI USB adapter and plugged that into one of the PCI slots I have on the computer. I get 5 USB ports - AND THEY ALL WORK!

Cost me C$60 at the local electronics store. BTW, i got version 2.0 and boy is it faster than the previous version!

Thanks for all the input!

[Rhettman5.1]

Cool Glad it's fixed, and so are you I bet...stop by anytime, but be warned..the place gets addictive ...Rhett