They didn't send you a Windows 7 box? I thought you needed it for this flavor of Docuscribe? I spoke to Juan yesterday at work, and told him of your woes, but that I figured you might end up keeping it out of frustration. -----Original Message----- From: Suzanne Carleton Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:24 PM To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [real-eyes] Re: USB ports well, they sent me an XP which is a bummer. Nothing looked out of the ordinary when I looked through USB ports in device manager. sigh There are 4 on the front that work, I guess I can make due with that. Beats dealing with support and a fourth computer to mail back. On 2/13/12, Mitchell D. Lynn <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You well could be right. Since it was new, I suspected that that secondary > controller wasn't connected. There might even be something in CMOS that > needs to be changed. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Reginald George > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:00 PM > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: USB ports > > Hi Mitchell, > > I know she needs at least 4. 2 for her broad band modem which has no > Ethernet support, and an external sound card, and 2 for keyboard and > mouse. > Each set of ports is on a different controller in Device manager. I, like > you, suspect a hardware problem, but I was hoping maybe just one of the > controllers was disabled or not installed properly. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mitchell D. Lynn > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 11:22 AM > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: USB ports > > I would think--and I may well be wrong--that if some of the devices are > working and others are not, that it is more indicative of a hardware issue > as opposed to a driver or software issue. It is certainly worth checking > the > device manager before returning the system. Others have filled in that gap > for me. I assumed you are on Windows 7, and I haven't used that OS, so > wasn't sure exactly what steps to give you. Probably similar to XP but > .... > Who knows. > > On the other side, how many USB ports do you need? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Suzanne Carleton > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 8:39 AM > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: USB ports > > thanks for all the info. i havent had a chance to look at devices yet. > I am sooo tired of issues with work computers! I have 3 old and/or dead > ones > that need to be sent back! argh! > > On 2/13/12, Mitchell D. Lynn <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> They may not be connected. For HW questions like this, best if you >> contact your company's tech support folks. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >> On Behalf Of Suzanne Carleton >> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 6:40 PM >> To: real-eyes >> Subject: [real-eyes] USB ports >> >> This new work PC has 4 USB ports in the front and 6 in the back. >> Nothing I plug in the back is registering. Only the front ones seem to > work. >> Any ideas as to what might be going on? >> To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription >> options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes >> >> >> To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription >> options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes >> >> >> > > > -- > Suzanne > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > -- Suzanne To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes