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Re: Sony Cybershot F505 and USB problem.

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From: Egmont
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 00:00
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Interesting, I have the ATI ALL IN ONE and have on problem at all. It must
be only with 3dfx Voodoo3.

Regards,
Egmont

"Ken Fayal" <bytedr@homess.com> wrote in message
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> After talking to the Sony Tech support folks, I discovered that having
> this camera plugged in to your USB port, and having the 3dfx Voodoo3
> 3500 TV does not allow the USB connection to work.  The symptoms are
> described below.  The real problem is the TV tuner driver.  I remove
> the 3dfx Voodoo3 TV Tuner driver from the device manager and the
> problem goes away.  Just as a reference if anyone else is going
> through this nightmare, in order to use your camera with the USB port,
> you have to remove the driver from your device manager (its under the
> Sound, video and game controllers section).  Use your camera and then
> reboot.  Upon rebooting your computer SHOULD recognize that it is
> missing the driver for the TV Tuner hardware that it finds and
> re-installs it.  Cheesy, I know.
>
> Ken
>
> On Fri, 03 Dec 1999 08:51:51 GMT, bytedr@homess.com (Ken Fayal) wrote:
>
> >Thanks to those who have already sent suggestions.  I have a wierd
> >problem with my F505 and USB.  I installed everything from the CD-ROM
> >and things went as advertized in the manual.  The only problem is,
> >every time I try to click on my Removable Drive in explorer, which is
> >the Sony cam, it says "The disk in drive H is not formatted.  Do you
> >want to format it now?"  If you say yes, the properties of the "drive"
> >say that the "disk" has 0K available space and if you let it try to
> >format, then it says, "Drive H cannot be formatted."  DUH!  If you say
> >"No" then it just sits there.
> >
> >I verified that I have the latest drivers, the removable drive
> >properly appears and disappears when the camera is connected and
> >disconnected.  It's just that the computer doesn't think the camera's
> >"drive" is formatted.  This sucks!  I can't even get my pictures off
> >the camera.  I already have all my serial ports taken up and I really
> >wanted to use the USB port. (one of the reasons I got the camera).
> >
> >Another interesting fact.. I also have a ZIP drive which shows itself
> >as a "Removable Drive"  I wonder if there is some sort of conflict?
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >Ken
>
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Subject: Re: Sony Cybershot F505 and USB problem.
Date: 1999/12/06
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