usb problems win2kpro

[flyby2001]

Hope someone may be able to shed some light on this problem i have..

I have a webcam (zoom 1595a) when i use it for the first time everything is fine if i then try to access the cam again my pc re-boots????is this cause i have it in a usb2 card??? do i need to update any drivers for win2k pro..i have seen a usb2 driver set here on the forum do i need to install these?


i have the latest (only one avaliable for win2k)drivers for the web cam.

it also happens if it's connected directly to a usb port on my mobo is this a twain driver issue maybe???

any help would be welcome


thanks

flyby2001 out.......

[KNeptune]

It really is too bad they didn't name it UBS (Ultra Bull Shiet) instead of USB!

Before I could really give you a full Check List of what to do I would need more info like type Motherboard, HDD's, Sound Card, etc, etc ... There are some really nasty issues for example with ANY OS and USB crap when it comes to ATA RAID stuff. (Which is a joke to begin with)

I hate USB so dang much that I slap the PS2 adapter on the end of my USB Lazer Mouse just so I can keep USB turned OFF on the motherboard and not have to lose all those resources to USB sucking on my systems titties! USB is such a leech, and it has well known issues / conflicts with other members of the electronic world inside your case.

The future propositions of the "USB 2+" standards look promising to those that already rely on it but they still have MAJOR other issues to overcome before it really matters too much (Like the pathetic IDE/ATA bottleneck along the 32bit bus).

But to give you all the help you could ever need for USB use these URLs ...

1) USB Issues

2) USB 2.0 Latest News and Information

3) Windows 2000 USB Issues

Pay close attention to that Last link in your case - There are special things to look for with the BEST M$ OS currently out there!!!

In closing I will tell you what I do that solves about 85% of all the most common issues that Joe Users usually have ...

S.C.S.I. !!!

(scsi hp scanner - 6 scsi seagate HDD's - scsi DVDrom - scsi plextor cdrw - external scsi hp DAT bkup drive - digital video camera with a scsi adapter .... All of that and guess what .... IT ALL ONLY USES ONE IRQ!! THE SAME SINGLE IRQ!!!)

And I can keep adding things all I want with no restriction either!

[KNeptune]

Originally posted by pokopiko
... and multiple purses!

hehe, ok I'm assuming here that was not a spelling error but a rather sly jab towards a majorly misunderstood concept about SCSI ... the Co$t ...

Commonly heard speech against SCSI: "It's sooo much more expensive"....

But, is it really? I mean, you have all heard the phrase, "You get what you pay for", right? Well, why do you think the Warrenty on IDE stuff was always like 1 year, whereas SCSI was 5 years?

Now, let me share a secret with everyone ... Internally the hardware on a SCSI drive and the hardware on a IDE drive are EXACTLY THE SAME! What is different you ask? Well, that little chip board on the bottom side of the HDD is basically what it boils down too. SCSI is basically just a OLDER, more stable, more mature and advanced standard! It's a smarter manager of your data and the way it reads, writes and accesses your data is basically what you are paying for. Larger Cache, Faster Access Rates, better recovery, more stable IO, higher spindle speed, etc, etc ...

So it boils down to the same ol thing once again... What is you machine doing? Viewing ****, checking email, scanning pictures of your girlfriend, Betsy, petting your dog Woofy, that is chewing on your cat, Fluffy?

Or must it hold, manage and serve mission critical Enterprise Corporate Data or crunch multiple Gigs of Video to produce TV Media quality presentations, or any other number of rather important data that is worth more than losing and having to re-set your favorite QIII settings if it goes down? Or are Millions of $$$ possibly at stake?

Many times over I have shown people I know how in the long run SCSI has proven itsself to me to be WAYYYY cheaper! I still have WIDE and UW drives that I bought some 5, 6 and 7 years ago that are still running around the clock providing me reliable service. Yet, usually those same people that would tease me about how much CHEAPER their drive were hate to admit they have bought 4 or 5 replacement drives since then and they really hate that my drives that are 6 or more years older are still actually FASTER than their newest drives. Even my 4.5 Gig UW drives have more cache, faster spindle and thus faster access rates than the newest ATA drives on the market. (Seagate Cheetah drives)

IDE/ATA, USB, etc, etc ... It can all get to be and pretent it is as fast as they want to claim it to be, but the biggest fact still remains that their is a traffic Jam on the bus that they all want to keep ignoring because a standard has yet to emerge that is big enough to FORCE everyone to stick too that can break the 32 bit bus. Meanwhile, those of us on the SCSI TRAIN have room to grow for a long time to come ... And that isnt even the end of the road ... SCSI isnt the TOP or BEST ... it's just the BEST for the $$$.

Kind of funny when you think about it, people complain that SCSI is too expensive ... LOL ... If money was NO object, go with FiberChannel/MemoryChannel ... Whoa Doggie! Now that is some sweet stuff there! And again, this is stuff that has been around for ****des!

It is as if everyone is running around trying to find a way to RE-invent the wheel ... Someone will eventually do it and they will become soo rich they make Billy Gates look poor.