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Exacerbating the problem is that the Kobo goes into a semi-conscious state as the screen darkens and gives no idea what's going on after selecting CONNECT. I also find it annoying that when I simply plug it in to charge, it thinks I am trying to coonect (maybe just a poorly designed interface blip). Pretty much every other device gives you some indication of what's happening when files are being transferred.
For a while, if I plugged my USB cable into a non-powered USB adapter and then the Kobo, Calibre would recognize it. That was after updating to some version of Windows a while back. Now with the latest version, it doesn't seem to matter again. However, using a laptop instead of my personal daily tower, everything just works. Windows recognizes it, Kobo Desktop, Calibre... the whole shooting match.
It thus appears that it is a combination of things: motherboard, video drivers, Windows version, USB drivers (updated or not)... the list is endless and there is no way to fix it with the current Kobo firmware. Or it would have been fixed by now. All one can do is hope ONE of the recommended solutions will work. Or maybe switch back to a Kindle (shudder) which never seems to fail on my machine.
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