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Driver prob

  • 16-10-2007 4:57pm
    #1
    5500
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    Hope this is in the right section,i just got a vostro 1700 and im trying to install a usb to serial cable.

    I've installed the driver but when i plug in the cable it cant find it,when i use the advanced search function to point it to where the driver is it still wont install

    Anyone have any ideas?


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  • #2
    Tom Dunne
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    eireal wrote: »
    Anyone have any ideas?

    Are you 100% certain they are Vista drivers?


  • #3
    5500
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    I cant say i am,i downloaded them online and it states that they are vista drivers so im going by that.

    When i look in the folder with the driver name eg prolific/.. its empty for some reason even though its saying its installed


  • #4
    5500
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    Just to update,i found the original cd that came with the cable and theres a folder HL-2303 with an exe file in it,when you run it installs the driver titled "prolific pl2303 windows vista driver" and installs ect.

    I noticed if i browse the prolific folder its empty,and if i look in the driver folder theres no new ones added

    Any more ideas?


  • #5
    layke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,956 ✭✭✭layke


    Drivers and system files are usually copied to your windows/system32 folder.

    I haven't really worked on Vista yet but I assume it does the same.

    USB is tricky, finiky and sometimes very slow to cop on what is actually plugged into it (try using a budget KVM and you'll know what I mean).
    Anyway, speaking to others at the office a few of the guys had the same problems as you and apparantly none of them found a solution to it yet.

    What is it you're trying to plug in exactly?


  • #6
    5500
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,380 ✭✭✭5500


    Its a Usb to serial cable,i'll have a nose in the system 32 file and see if theres any sign of it

    Although if i do a search for pl-2303 or hl23-03 nothing comes back

    Cable was working fine beforehand too on a machine with xp


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