USB woes? Collective PPRuNe help needed!
Gaaaaahhh! This is driving me mad...
I have a USB drum set (ION IED 01 or 05) which up until now has been connected to my desktop (Vista) and has always worked as advertised.
I am trying to connect it to my old laptop (recently re-installed XP and given to my son).
The software (VR Drum) loads fine, but prompts me to "connect module", ie the drum set. Now I know the USB cable is OK, and the green LED on the module lights up, but the software refuses to "see" it...
I even tried loading the asio4all driver, recommended for Vista users, but nothing changes. Note that the software has a window showing the drum set, and clicking on the various items produces the corresponding sound, but the physical drum pads are unrecognised.
Could it be insufficiently vigorous USB ports? The laptop acknowledges the device being plugged in and unplugged (with the usual "Bingbong" and "Bongbing" upon plugging and unplugging), but no popup window appears confirming new peripherals detected, or problems therewith...
As I write this I realise that I have always used the lappy in battery mode, and have not tried it whilst connected to the mains- Could this help?
Fora on the subject are few and far between, and all ask the question but no answers are forthcoming.
Does anybody have any idea...?
Maxbert