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Date:	Sat, 4 Jun 2005 11:15:50 PDT7
From:	"Mark D. Overholser" <os2@markoverholser.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Urgent USB device (Key drive-like MP3 player) help needed

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Michael Rakijas wrote:
> ** Reply to message from "Michael Rakijas" on Wed, 1
> Jun 2005 23:01:17 PDT7
>
>
>>We settled on a Creative unit (having already returned an
>>iRiver model that claim similar features but really required a Windows device
>>driver), a 1 GB N200 because it seemed to work the same way and claimed that no
>>special software needed. This wasn't a two part design like mine. It had a
>>type A to type B cable with the type B connector plugging into the unit. The
>>bottom line is that it is not recognized by either "Refresh removables" program
>>object or the USB device monitor which recognizes the other two. The standard
>>key drive works, and my Creative Nomad Muvo 64MB does too but the Creative N200
>>(the new unit, see URL at bottom) does not.
>
>
> Here's one update on using the Creative Micro N200. I noticed as beep sound
> when the unit was **detatched** from the computer. When you plug it in, the
> computer doesn't react at all, i.e., no beep, no drive in the the drives folder
> and no device in the USB device monitor. Upon removal, the following happens
> in quick succession - you here one beep, the device briefly appears in the USB
> device monitor, you hear another beep and it's gone. I did this enough times
> to record the data that appears in the monitor:
>
> # = 1; Vendor=Creative; Product=ID:0x412B; Rev=11.03; # Lang=1; Lang Ids=1033
>
> Does this help spur an idea in anyone. It's so close, I could just smell it.
>
> -Rocky

I am not an "expert" on USB and OS/2..

You might try to contact Chris Wohlgemuth, since he has written USB, MSD
drivers, and might be able to determine what is different with the
Creative Micro N200.

Read here,
<http://www.os2warp.be/index2.php?name=cwusb>
in Section "1.1. Introduction", for information on how to report
non-working devices.

It does sound quiet close!!

MarkO

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