12-05-2017, 07:07 PM | #16 |
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I think what that poster meant was that you had to download the USB drivers for your desktop before it would detect the UMS drive. I kind of recall that PCs way back then didn't have USB support by default.
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12-06-2017, 12:52 AM | #17 |
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What no poster mentioned was that the original PRS-505 firmware did NOT support EPUB files. Long enough ago so everyone apparently assumed that all Sony PRS-505 readers would have been updated by now, if they even knew about the original files compatibility limitation. In this case that was not a safe assumption. Glad I finally thought to check firmware revision level after reading that as originally introduced the PRS-505 did not support Epub files.Thank the internet for still having the needed info and the correct update file for the PRS-505. I also have a NOS PRS-350 on the way. I hope that this thread helps someone else.
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But if you bought a USB ports card as an add-on it normally included drivers for the card and the current version of Windows. I even remember a driver that worked with DOS for USB 1.0 or 1.1 support. My personal computer experience dates back to the Z80 CPU and CP/M.
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12-06-2017, 06:09 AM | #19 |
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I reread post #2 and it's saying to download the Sony software to get the USB driver for the 505. That's why it's all wrong. You don't need to download any USB drivers. The USB drivers that are part of the OS is all you need. You don't need an extra USB driver to get the 505 to show up as a removable drive.
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12-06-2017, 01:50 PM | #21 |
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RMSDK (ADE) ??? Translate please. Not familiar with all the acronyms.
One thing that the whole discussion did reveal to me was the folder file structure on the Sony reader as it is NOT created when the memory is formatted. Maybe done by the desktop software or Calibre on the Sony. I did it manually. |
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IT was only the 500 that needed a USB driver.
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