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romanb





PostPosted: Thu Jan 22 18:26:07 CST 2004 Top

Windows XP >> smartmedia readers over the last few weeks i have been beating my head against my desk trying to smartmedia reader to work. I have tried carious different make readers and smartmedia cards, all with the same outcome. According to all the manufacturers sites no drivers are neaded for xp. However everytime i try a new media reader the same message comes up"cannot instal hardware. There is a problem installing hardware. Generic usb smc readerusb device. An error occured during the installation of the device. The specified service does not exist as an installed service." What does this mean? If you read the right ups on these devices, they are all 4 or 5 star products i am using. People also boast how easy they are to install and yet i know of atleast 1 more pc local to me that is having the same problem. Please Please can someone help me. Many thanks

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anonymous





PostPosted: Thu Jan 22 18:26:07 CST 2004 Top

Windows XP >> smartmedia readers What version usb do you have? Most newer card readers are running at version 2. Your usb may be too old to recoginize it.
 
 
anonymous





PostPosted: Thu Jan 22 21:32:50 CST 2004 Top

Windows XP >> smartmedia readers Chk the specs that came with the media card reader and see
what ver of usb it used 1.1 or 2.0
then locate your motherboard specs and see if you can
handle 2.0 if it is required

Alternitive that may work if your mother board came with
an install disc run it i found that the drivers provided
by microsoft for usb dont always work.... this may
actually solve your problem
>-----Original Message-----
>What version usb do you have? Most newer card readers are
running at version 2. Your usb may be too old to
recoginize it.
>.
>
 
 
anonymous





PostPosted: Fri Jan 23 08:46:09 CST 2004 Top

Windows XP >> smartmedia readers My motherboard supports both 1.1 and 2.0 usb. Unfortunately the same result occurs regardless of usb used. But thank you anyway. It's nice to see that people are willing to look at this problem on every level
 
 
CWatters





PostPosted: Fri Jan 23 09:07:08 CST 2004 Top

Windows XP >> smartmedia readers Take a look in the System and event logs to see if there are error messages
in there that are more helpfull.

I'm using an old Microtech CF/Smart media adaptor (USB 1.1) on WinXP Pro and
in the device manager under Universal Serial Bus Controllers I have the
following driver "DPCM-USB Reader", which I think I downloaded it from their
web site.




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> over the last few weeks i have been beating my head against my desk trying
to smartmedia reader to work. I have tried carious different make readers
and smartmedia cards, all with the same outcome. According to all the
manufacturers sites no drivers are neaded for xp. However everytime i try a
new media reader the same message comes up"cannot instal hardware. There is
a problem installing hardware. Generic usb smc readerusb device. An error
occured during the installation of the device. The specified service does
not exist as an installed service." What does this mean? If you read the
right ups on these devices, they are all 4 or 5 star products i am using.
People also boast how easy they are to install and yet i know of atleast 1
more pc local to me that is having the same problem. Please Please can
someone help me. Many thanks