Limit on USB "drives" ??

[Andy]

Hi,
I have a PC with Win XP Pro.

Here's what I have on my USB ports :
Inkjet colour printer
Laser monochrome printer
a DVD burner and
an external hard drive.

Each is on its own separate USB port.
I still have a few spare ports ...
I can plug in my USB memory stick and it shows up as a removeable disc, (H

I then plug in my Olympus µ camera.
The PC makes the bling-blong sound as if it has detected a new device but
the cmaera does not show up in the drive list in Explorer.

This used to work perfectly before I added the DVD burner and the external
drive.
(Possible source of conflict but no proof as yet.)

I try the same camera on another PC and it shows up immediately as a
removeable drive (E.

How do I get to see my camera as a drive ?
Any ideas ?

TIA

Andy

 

[MAP]

Hi,
I have a PC with Win XP Pro.

Here's what I have on my USB ports :
Inkjet colour printer
Laser monochrome printer
a DVD burner and
an external hard drive.

Each is on its own separate USB port.
I still have a few spare ports ...
I can plug in my USB memory stick and it shows up as a removeable
disc, (H

I then plug in my Olympus µ camera.
The PC makes the bling-blong sound as if it has detected a new device
but the cmaera does not show up in the drive list in Explorer.

This used to work perfectly before I added the DVD burner and the
external drive.
(Possible source of conflict but no proof as yet.)

I try the same camera on another PC and it shows up immediately as a
removeable drive (E.

How do I get to see my camera as a drive ?
Any ideas ?

TIA

Andy

Two ideas
1. The USB ports on your computer only have a limited amount of power and it
seems that your camera goes over this limit. You could buy a "powered" USB
hub which gets its power from the wall outlet, and plug a few of the
peripheral's into this.
Something like this.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1
111281&CatId=392


2. If you have tweakui installed check the settings to make sure that the
drive in ? is NOT marked do not show. This has caught many people off guard
myself included.

 

[Andy]

I've discovered what is actually happening.

I have a persistent network drive connection to a remote folder on a server.
So that my mapped drive G: is really \\Server1\accounts
That works OK.

Now, when I plug in the camera, isead of Windows adding a new removeable
drive with a new letter, H: for example, it attributes the G: drive to the
camera even if it is already affected to the Accounts folder.

In the My Computer root, I click on G: and instead of opening the accounts
folder it opens the camera drive.

Weird.
Isn't it?


Andy

 

[Bob I]

Not wierd at all, it is designed automatic drive lettering behavior.
DON'T manually assign network drive letters in the LOCAL area. Automatic
assigns network drive letters starting at Z and working down. LOCAL
assignment starts at A and works up.