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whammoed:

Update:
The wires for the USB cable are soldered directly to the PCB on the unit.  This seemed a little flimsy given the small gauge of the wire.  The holes used for the wires are 2 mm apart so I ordered some 2mm pitch right angle headers, connectors, and pins.  I desoldered the wires from the board, soldered on the header, crimped the pins on another usb cable, and I now have a nice sturdy detachable cable.  All of which is not really necessary, some hot glue on the wires would secure them fine, but I'm a bit of a perfectionist.  :dunno

urbecrisch:

Any ideas how to mount this thing flat or on the side of a CAB/CP without taking it apart?  Do you think some sort of glue or tape would hold it's weight?  Also, how dependable is it powering up the PC like the website states? http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5ca2/

Moose13:

I hate to hijack this but I need help with my Powermate.
I'm trying to use it just for volume control in windows XP.
If I plug it in after the PC is started, it works fine. But if i cold boot, the PC usually hangs up during the boot, when it is detecting drives, and if it doesn't hang, when Windows boots up, the controler does nothing unless I unplug it and plug it back in.
I troed different setting in my Bios, like turning off USB storage divices in DOS (I actually don't know if this would do anything), it seems that it crashes less, but still does not work correctly unless I unplug it and re-plug it.

RandyT:


--- Quote from: Moose13 on May 31, 2007, 05:03:54 pm ---I hate to hijack this but I need help with my Powermate.
I'm trying to use it just for volume control in windows XP.
If I plug it in after the PC is started, it works fine. But if i cold boot, the PC usually hangs up during the boot, when it is detecting drives, and if it doesn't hang, when Windows boots up, the controler does nothing unless I unplug it and plug it back in.
I troed different setting in my Bios, like turning off USB storage divices in DOS (I actually don't know if this would do anything), it seems that it crashes less, but still does not work correctly unless I unplug it and re-plug it.

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I don't have one of these devices, but I have dealt with my share of USB devices.

A general rule of thumb in dealing with USB problems is to try starting over with the device.  Once you do what you need to do in order to have the device be recognized, go into the hardware manager and uninstall the device, then unplug it from the system.  This should remove any drivers from the system and allow you to start fresh the next time the unit is plugged in.

Check for newer versions of the drivers and try using a different USB port if you have others available.  If you are using a hub, try going direct.  If the software has a driver install executable, you should probably run this before you do a fresh plug-in.  Some devices are very finicky about having the drivers in place before the new hardware detection process is initiated.

RandyT

urbecrisch:

So back to my question...(don't worry about the hijack, I've done my share --BINGO! Either that, or I was attempting to say "before" but it was too many letters to type--  ;D)

Any ideas how to mount this thing flat or on the side of a CAB/CP without taking it apart?  Do you think some sort of glue or tape would hold it's weight?  Also, how dependable is it powering up the PC like the website states? http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5ca2/


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