10-13-2008, 02:57 PM | #1 |
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PRS500 not seen by Calibre
On XP Pro, I used to have Kovid's version of the drivers installed. One day, there was an error in the device manager, so I uninstalled the driver. I was several versions behind on this machine, so I decided to update while I was at it. After uninstalling the driver, here's what I did:
- Update calibre (now 0.4.95) - Re-connect the prs-500 - manually select the driver to install - reboot After installing the new driver, the machine booted up fine & the device is visible in 'device manager'. I have a section labeled 'LibUSB-Win32 Devices', which expands with a 'Sony Reader'. When I open properties for 'Sony Reader', it says that the device is working properly. I'm kind of stuck here. What diagnostics can I use to see what's going on? - Ed |
10-13-2008, 03:34 PM | #2 | |
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1. Uninstall calibre. 2. Remove the device driver lifted in device manager. 3. Install calibre and select the install driver check box. 4. Run calibre 5. Connect the 500 to your PC... it should show up in calibre. BOb |
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What I did was right click on the Sony driver... choose update driver... choose have disk... navigate to calibre\driver and choose the inf file. After that it told me to reboot. I followed those directions and after I rebooted calibre saw my 500. I previously had the Sony driver installed. BOb |
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10-14-2008, 08:47 AM | #5 |
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It shows up under LibUSB-Win32. The sony drivers are not physically present on this machine (they've been removed).
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10-14-2008, 12:54 PM | #7 |
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I'd suggest deleting an re-installing the driver from device manager, leberally interspersed with reboots, sometime windows needs a little coaxing to do the right thing
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10-14-2008, 02:56 PM | #8 |
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Thanks everyone. I've been able to track down what the problem was. It seems that connecting via the keyboard's USB port gave unreliable results, and connecting directly to the laptop is the better way to go. I think it's probably because the keyboard's usb hub is an un-powered hub, and it was probably just borderline. It showed great in the device manager, but not enough juice to hold a conversation w/ calibre.
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10-14-2008, 07:31 PM | #9 |
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Good catch, that's the peril of using those keyboard hubs. Convenient, but a pain to troubleshoot.
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