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| AlexKidd:
The ID that windows gives to USB devices has no affect on how they are ordered in mame. One thing to try though is to connect your devices through a powered USB hub or if your motherboard supports it, set it so that it keeps powering the USB devices even when the computer is off. By having your USB devices not have to start up as the computer applies power to them on boot can sometimes give you a more consistent enumeration when windows gets around to asking what devices are connected. No guarantees though, just something to try. |
| Kaytrim:
If you purchased these directly form Randy they should be seen as different devices. I'd shoot him a PM for help. Kaytrim |
| SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: AlexKidd on June 18, 2007, 10:18:07 pm ---One thing to try though is to connect your devices through a powered USB hub.... --- End quote --- That depends on the hub. I've been consistently running into the ID issue and the powered hubs solution is basically trial and error. I think I bought/returned six different hubs before I found one that didn't have so many problems associated with it. It's still not perfect though. I'm not certain but I strongly suspect it has a lot to do with whatever chipset the hub is using. It's not like a lot of manufacturers want to put a lot of R&D into hubs. This transpired about four or five years ago so maybe hub designs have improved since? |
| Kremmit:
Try plugging one spinner in to the back panel USB connectors on the PC, and one into the front panel connectors. In a lot of PCs, these are connected to separate on-board USB controllers, which can keep Windows from getting confused. But I was under the impression that ordering devices with different ID's should solve this problem; I've never heard of anybody with different ID's experiencing this. Have you double-checked the Device ID's in the Windows Control Panel? |
| squirrellydw:
I will double check them tomorrow night. Maybe I am wrong and they aren't changing but I could swear that I configured some of these games before. |
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