[time-nuts] USB problems and solutions - Some what Off Topic

[W2HX]

I would avoid vista like the plaque! Windows 7 is much more reliable. I am willing to bet your USB problems are because of vista.

 
73 Eugene W2HX
 


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From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Cash Olsen
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 3:18 PM
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Subject: [time-nuts] USB problems and solutions - Some what Off Topic

I have been plagued with hard crashes of the computer when plugging in and unplugging USB devices. I have generally determined that some of the USB to serial devices are the worst offenders. I am also suspicious of some of the hubs. I wander if even the operating system is partly to blame.

I'm using Windows Vista, and have several different USB to serial adapters.
Most are Silicon Labs and Prolific. I thought I had the problem resolved with Prolific by over-riding the driver and installing an earlier version but Windows may have updated the driver, that seems to be a common problem.

I'm coming to time-nuts because I remember that at least one member had a very large number of adapters on one computer, so I'm hoping to find some help. I don't generally seem to have trouble with other USB devices, just the serial adapters.

One further issue, the COM ports are marked in use from 3 to 50+ and I'm only using at any one time 3 or 4. Can I clean up the assignments and can I make the assignments static after connect and reconnect or restarting the computer?

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S. Cash Olsen KD5SSJ
ARRL Technical Specialist
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