USB flash drive not recognised

_dinsdale_ · 07-06-2005, 11:35 PM

HI Hope you can help,

i have a128 MB USB flash drive which works on Mac and XP immediately. My win98SE computer "sees" it but wants a driver to make it work. Trouble is I don't have a driver and the manufacturer Feiya Technology don't supply one (at least not online) Is there a work around for this? Or a generic driver I can try?

No response in the Removable Media forum so I'm trying my luck over here.

Any suggestions appreciated.

dins

Stu_computer · 07-07-2005, 12:05 AM

Windows 98 and Windows ME driver for the Feiya CompactFlash USB CFU-3020

_dinsdale_ · 07-10-2005, 05:06 PM

Hi Stu

Your suggestion didn't work I'm afraid. At first didn't recognise the drive at all. Then, after I tinkered with the inf file it recognised it and installed it as Flash Card Reader. Though it assigned a drive letter and appears in My Computer, any attempt to access the drive results in "the device is not ready" error message. Even the computer claims the device is working properly and installs and uninstalls it in hot swap operations.

The driver indicated in the system hardware list is the same as another flash drive I have (from a different manufacturer) diskdrv.inf. This drive works perfectly well after being installed with its specific driver.

Any other ideas?

cheers
dins

_dinsdale_ · 07-17-2005, 01:40 AM

If this helps anyone... when mounting the drive in an XP machine it idsplays this information about the drive

USB&VID_090C&PID_1000&AA0401270037400

hope this helps someone help me.

dins

~~whodat~~ · 07-17-2005, 07:44 AM

try uninstalling the usb in your device manager and any references tied to it.
with 98se, some devices want the drivers installed first, and yet some want windows to find the unknown device .. and then load the drivers.

_dinsdale_ · 07-17-2005, 05:18 PM

But the basic problem is I don't have any drivers for this device and can't find them on the net. I think it is a Feiya device but no drivers available for this device for win 98SE.

All other USB devices on my machine work fine and when I insert the drive it recognises what it ie: usb disk. but can't find the driver within my system. I'm looking for guidance as to where I might find, substitute or even make (though I'm not that clever) a driver to get me going.

cheers

dins

~~whodat~~ · 07-17-2005, 05:21 PM

with stu's driver location and driver, that wont work if you have the device manager clean, load the driver, then plug it in?

well try a pny usb drive..justa shot in the dark

good luck and post back

_dinsdale_ · 07-18-2005, 07:21 PM

Yeah tried every which way to install then uninstall (including deleting registry keys directly... scary but successful) then reinstall Stu's suggestion. No Luck.
Tried your pny suggestion, didn't work. Software installed fine but didn;t recognise my drive. Tried a few other manufacturers with no luck (there are thousands!), but with no direct solution here, it isn't worth the time/trouble to continue to stab in the dark (and I worry about adding detritis to the system)... but it does irritate me to be defeated by technology!

thanks anyway

dins

**linderman** · 07-18-2005, 07:29 PM

Welcome to TSF:

The more up to the minute USB devices run off the 2.0 standard / as such you are going to have to go to your mobo website and and get an upgraded usb driver for your USB controller / (just to check yours out / right click on my computer / go to device manager / then click on USB host contollers / then right click on USB controllers and select properties / that will give you your usb driver version (1.1 ~ I would bet )

also download the win 98SE service pack which increases the effectiveness of win 98 and usb devices

http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html

if you need further assistance you will need to tell me the manufactuers name of your host controller / it should be either Intel, NEC, VIA, SIS and mobo model

regards

joe

_dinsdale_ · 07-19-2005, 04:55 PM

RESOLVED!

After chasing around finding who bout Feiya Technologies (Silicon Motion) I emailed to their support and lo and behold they sent me the driver!.

Support for a product!? Wow.

Anyway it works now.

Thanks to all who made suggestions. And Joe I will follow through on your USB suggestions anyway.

cheers

dins

07-06-2005, 11:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
_dinsdale_ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sydney OZ Posts: 151 OS: Win98SE/XP SP2 Home	USB flash drive not recognised HI Hope you can help, i have a128 MB USB flash drive which works on Mac and XP immediately. My win98SE computer "sees" it but wants a driver to make it work. Trouble is I don't have a driver and the manufacturer Feiya Technology don't supply one (at least not online) Is there a work around for this? Or a generic driver I can try? No response in the Removable Media forum so I'm trying my luck over here. Any suggestions appreciated. dins Last edited by _dinsdale_; 07-06-2005 at 11:59 PM. Reason: Misspelling

07-07-2005, 12:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
Stu_computer Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,461 OS: Windows	Try this one Windows 98 and Windows ME driver for the Feiya CompactFlash USB CFU-3020 Last edited by Stu_computer; 07-07-2005 at 12:07 AM.

07-17-2005, 01:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
_dinsdale_ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sydney OZ Posts: 151 OS: Win98SE/XP SP2 Home	More info If this helps anyone... when mounting the drive in an XP machine it idsplays this information about the drive USB&VID_090C&PID_1000&AA0401270037400 hope this helps someone help me. dins

07-18-2005, 07:29 PM	#9 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,441 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Welcome to TSF: The more up to the minute USB devices run off the 2.0 standard / as such you are going to have to go to your mobo website and and get an upgraded usb driver for your USB controller / (just to check yours out / right click on my computer / go to device manager / then click on USB host contollers / then right click on USB controllers and select properties / that will give you your usb driver version (1.1 ~ I would bet ) also download the win 98SE service pack which increases the effectiveness of win 98 and usb devices http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html if you need further assistance you will need to tell me the manufactuers name of your host controller / it should be either Intel, NEC, VIA, SIS and mobo model regards joe __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 07-18-2005 at 07:36 PM.

07-10-2005, 05:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
_dinsdale_ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sydney OZ Posts: 151 OS: Win98SE/XP SP2 Home	Hi Stu Your suggestion didn't work I'm afraid. At first didn't recognise the drive at all. Then, after I tinkered with the inf file it recognised it and installed it as Flash Card Reader. Though it assigned a drive letter and appears in My Computer, any attempt to access the drive results in "the device is not ready" error message. Even the computer claims the device is working properly and installs and uninstalls it in hot swap operations. The driver indicated in the system hardware list is the same as another flash drive I have (from a different manufacturer) diskdrv.inf. This drive works perfectly well after being installed with its specific driver. Any other ideas? cheers dins

07-17-2005, 07:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
~~whodat~~ Register user Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,931 OS: XP	try uninstalling the usb in your device manager and any references tied to it. with 98se, some devices want the drivers installed first, and yet some want windows to find the unknown device .. and then load the drivers.

07-17-2005, 05:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
_dinsdale_ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sydney OZ Posts: 151 OS: Win98SE/XP SP2 Home	But the basic problem is I don't have any drivers for this device and can't find them on the net. I think it is a Feiya device but no drivers available for this device for win 98SE. All other USB devices on my machine work fine and when I insert the drive it recognises what it ie: usb disk. but can't find the driver within my system. I'm looking for guidance as to where I might find, substitute or even make (though I'm not that clever) a driver to get me going. cheers dins

07-17-2005, 05:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
~~whodat~~ Register user Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,931 OS: XP	with stu's driver location and driver, that wont work if you have the device manager clean, load the driver, then plug it in? well try a pny usb drive..justa shot in the dark good luck and post back

07-18-2005, 07:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
_dinsdale_ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sydney OZ Posts: 151 OS: Win98SE/XP SP2 Home	Yeah tried every which way to install then uninstall (including deleting registry keys directly... scary but successful) then reinstall Stu's suggestion. No Luck. Tried your pny suggestion, didn't work. Software installed fine but didn;t recognise my drive. Tried a few other manufacturers with no luck (there are thousands!), but with no direct solution here, it isn't worth the time/trouble to continue to stab in the dark (and I worry about adding detritis to the system)... but it does irritate me to be defeated by technology! thanks anyway dins

07-19-2005, 04:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
_dinsdale_ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sydney OZ Posts: 151 OS: Win98SE/XP SP2 Home	RESOLVED! After chasing around finding who bout Feiya Technologies (Silicon Motion) I emailed to their support and lo and behold they sent me the driver!. Support for a product!? Wow. Anyway it works now. Thanks to all who made suggestions. And Joe I will follow through on your USB suggestions anyway. cheers dins