Re: FYI:Zaurus Connection
Matthew Johnson <[email protected]>
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Usman, Glad I could help. You said your hub is USB 1.1. I'm not up on my USB specs, but Dell claims the ports to be USB 2.0. Could this be the problem? Does the 5500 not like to talk to USB 2.0 ports, but it will talk to USB 1.1 ports connected to 2.0 ports? Does anyone have any ideas? Matt -- Matthew Johnson [email protected] "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." --Barry Goldwater Usman S. Ansari wrote: > Thanks God, following "Matthew Johnson" suggestion below, I was able to > connect using USB Mini Hub by PPA Inc, based on USB Specification 1.1 > > Usman > > Matthew Johnson wrote: > > I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 with XP Pro fully patched. I managed to get > the Zaurus to talk to the PC, but then it decided to stop working. > What's interesting is that now I have an external USB keyboard from Dell > with two USB ports on it. I plug my mouse and the Zaurus cradle into > the keyboard. Suddenly the Zaurus starting talking to the PC again. > I'm not sure if a patch broke the setup I had when I connected the > cradle "directly" to a USB port and connecting through a chain fixes it. > I have heard one other report of this behavior. > > If you don't want to get the same type of keyboard that I have, you > could get a USB hub/splitter and see if that helps any. > > Remember it's a Dell, and Dell has started to screw with standards and > what not on their laptops. > > Matt > > -- > Matthew Johnson > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the > pursuit of justice is no virtue." --Barry Goldwater > > Usman S. Ansari wrote: > > All, > > > > My Zaurus is running 3.10 ROM. I am trying to connect Zaurus to Dell > laptop through > > USB I/O. This laptop is running XP Home Edition and has all the > patches/service packs > > from Microsoft installed. I cannot connect. > > > > I tested on a loner desktop, which is running XP Professional with no > patches and > > connection is fine. > > > > Has anybody ran into this ? What can I do to make Zaurus talk to Dell > laptop ? Please > > help as I am Windows impaired (work on Linux) > > _______________________________________________ > > Zaurus-general mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.zaurus.com/mailman/listinfo/zaurus-general > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=10469/*http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com> - Free, > easy-to-use web site design software > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Zaurus-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zaurus.com/mailman/listinfo/zaurus-general