ok running windows XP, new motherboard new sound (this time its onboard) same hard drives.
jvc rx-9010 thingy, its pretty much an all in one audio/video hub that is also the reciever and amp in one.
previously I could simply hook this thing up to my system via usb and POOF! instant usb speakers pumping all that mp3 goodness out of the house stereo system.
now all I get is an unknown device and if I restart my pc in an attempt to get the system to recognise it on boot up (this is something I some times had to do) my system hangs up and wont restart while connected to the jvc (unless the power is turned off on the jvc that is)
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I cannot even get windows to LOOK for the damn drivers for it. windows doesnt know its a usb speaker and for the life of me I cant find drivers nor can I figure out how to tell windows its a friggin speaker.
currently I am stuck with an unknown device without drivers.
I hope that was all in english, anyone have an idea I can try out?
(edit) oh yeah almost forgot…it works just fine with a different pc in the house, just not mine.
In my vast experience: You have a 2.0 USB device plugged into a USB 1.1 port or a low voltage problem on the part of the motherboard/power supply. I have had devices work on the back USB ports but would not work on the front USB ports (and one that would only work on the middle USB ports on the back). This has happened on no-name computers only… and on computers where a lot of dust jammed up the copper connection.
Test your JVC unit on other computers and you will soon figure out the pattern that will nail the problem for your particular computer.
I have been playing with it, it works fine on my roomates pc which is 2.0, I even tried it on my laptop, plugged it in, fired up the laptop and I never even SAW a message about a new device or anything, it just worked exactly the way it should, I played music of the laptop for a couple hours.
moved it from port to port, no luck. even tried to find sound card drivers but they are all current.
of course the pc with 300gigs of hard drive space and close to 100gigs of music ripped in lovely 256bps mp3 form is the one that WONT work.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Are the other computers – the ones to which you can connect without a problem – also running Windows XP? Same version (XP Home vs XP Professional)?
The JVC receiver came with an installation CD, right? Are there WinXP drivers on that?
Possibly stupid question: the first sentence of the OP says that you have a new motherboard. Did you re-install Windows XP when you replaced the MB, or did you just attach a hard disk with a previous XP installation, and let it go through installing new drivers for the various MB features? If the latter, that may be your problem, and a clean wipe-and-XP-install may solve it (back up all data first, of course…). I’ve seen “Frankenstein’s monster” XP installations balk at surprisingly simple tasks, which is why I strongly counsel against them. IMHO, if you’re replacing the MB, you need a totally fresh OS installation. [If it’s a clean XP installation, ignore the above.]
Your sound card drivers shouldn’t matter, since the JVC receiver connects as a USB device and doesn’t go through the sound card at all, if I understand your setup correctly.
Expanding on Antonius Block’s post, did you load the new motherboard driver’s from the disk that came with the motherboard? This should be done even if you did a clean install of XP.
I would try this first before a wipe and clean install, it doesn’t take that long, and it may help. You will probably wind up re-booting two or three times during the process.
I’ve seen several XP motherboard swaps that seemed to work fine, but little things were odd. Installing the new motherboard drivers would cause several devices to re-install, apparently with slightly different drivers. This would often clear up the remaining weirdness. USB devices and hubs seem especially susceptible to problems with motherboard drivers that are almost, but not quite correct.
DevNull also makes a good point about USB ports and power. Some ports are just slightly underpowered, and some devices do not work. You could try getting a powered USB hub. (Make sure it has its own power supply that plugs into the wall). Then plug it into the computer and your audio/video device into that. The power for you device will come from the hub’s power supply, not from the USB port in the computer.
One more thing to check, Critical1. Remove the USB speaker driver, if it exists. This is a long shot. I had this problem with Altec Lansing USB speakers a couple computers ago. Read through this post completely before attempting any of the fixes. With the speakers unplugged, go into your System Control Panel, Device Manager. On the menu, choose View–>Show Hidden Devices. Expand the “Sound, video and game controllers” option. If you see an entry for USB Audio Device, double-click it to see if the name JVC or Speaker(s) appears in the dialog box. Close that box, then delete the entry by right-clicking it and choosing Delete. Restart the machine, let it settle down, then plug in the speakers. Hopefully, they’ll work.
I lied. Here’s another thing to try. If that doesn’t work or you didn’t see any appropriate USB Audio Devices, a general tip for diagnosing USB device issues is to remove all USB Controllers and force the computer to recognize all the USB devices afresh. Like above, go into the Device Manager, right-click each entry under “Universal Serial Bus Controllers,” then choose Uninstall. Again, do this while the speakers are unplugged. Restart the workstation, let it settle down while watching your other USB devices reinstall themselves. Then plug in the speakers and hope for the best.
Once in a while, especially if you’re using old (>4 years) USB devices, Windows may ask for a driver disk for said item. It’s pretty rare that this happens, but usually you can download the appropriate driver when needed.
Good luck. This is a truly annoying problem that doesn’t have an easy answer.