[bookport] Re: Feeling a bit sheepish
- From: "Barrett, Don" <Don.Barrett@xxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 09:42:17 -0400
I know that network cables come with different ratings; perhaps USB ones =
do as well. Maybe a lesson on cable lore might be in order here!!
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jerry Neufeld
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 10:28 PM
To: bookport
Subject: [bookport] Feeling a bit sheepish
Playing with hardware for as long as I have, I should have guessed, I =
should
have known. Cables. About cables. Well, some just break, some perform
intermittently, others are inappropriate. Recently, I have joined the =
group
of users of BookPort whose computers no longer recognize the device as =
of
the most recent version of the firmware. Only one of my six pc's saw the
BookPort as it should. As it turned out, that one machine had its own u =
s b
cable, I having used another for the remaining five, a cable that has =
worked
flawlessly since I bought it. Well, it don't perform no good no more, =
or, at
least, not with the BookPort. When I moved to another cable, this one =
said
to be appropriate for u s b2 devices, all computers saw the b p without
trouble. I must apologize to the a p h people for having added to their
headaches. I always change my cables, just in the wholly improbable =
event
that they are the cause of a problem.
Although I assume the BookPort to be a u s b1 device, the x p operating
system does not identify them as such with my computers, all equipped =
with
the new, faster u s b2 ports. Does anyone at a p h or on this list know =
if
the u s b 1 versus 2 can be at issue here? The cable that has proved =
faulty
became so only as of implementation of the newest firmware, a tad
coincidental in my view. Tomorrow, I will check the integrity of my
seemingly faulty cable with a known u s b1 device working from a u s b1
port.
Again, my apologies for having added to the headaches.
Regards to everyone,
Jerry
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