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Article #3Re: Sony Cybershot F505 and USB problem.
From: Egmont
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 00:00
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 news:384bd2b4.602069@news.fed1.sdca.home.com... > 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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