Computer does not detect Camera

soundstory · Post by **soundstory** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:29 pm

Hi,

It's my first time at this so please be patient with me!

Just bought a praktica 5203 & am using Photo explorer 8, pc is running XP.

Now I appreciate that this may be a faulty usb cable, but in the meantime...

Could there be any other reason or can somebody talk me through the settings?

Many thanks in advance !

soundstory · Post by **soundstory** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:31 pm

Just a thought,

I cannot see the usb driver on the cdrom... is this relevant ? if so where is it? can't see it in Drivers...

Bomoh · Post by **Bomoh** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:06 am

Fill in your system details then someone can help you.

In particular need to know your op sys.

Bomoh · Post by **Bomoh** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:07 am

Sorry just see you have stated XP............. but home, pro service packs?

XP should detect immediately and install all reqd . Looks like a dead cable.

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:04 am

You don't need a USB driver, that's handled by WIN XP. What you need is communication software (driver) for your camera.

I have several cameras and don't want to have all this different software cluttering my system. I use a multi format card reader. Some of my equipment uses SD, others use CF cards. That, of course, came with a driver as well but all I have to do now is to bang the memory card from the camera into the respective card slot and, voila.

If XP doesn't recognize a device plugged into a USB port, chances are there is a problem with the connected devices. Have you installed any of the software that came with your camera?

What happens when you plug in the camera while XP is running, does it come up with "Found New Hardware.." message?

If not, chances are that 1 of 3 devices is faulty.

1. Camera out
2. USB cable
3. USB port on the PC

Does the PC recognize other devices plugged into this port?

If not, try another port.
If yes try another cable.

If none of the above fixes work for you and the PC works with other USB devices, get your camera checked.

soundstory · Post by **soundstory** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:31 pm

yes I think the usb cable might be the problem, have a spare one so will try tonight.

This maybe a silly question, but does the camera need to be on?

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:25 am

Don't know for other cameras but for my two Canon's, No. They come on automatically when I plug them in.

Plugging a powered up device into a USB port can have detrimental effects as I found out the hard way. I plugged my printer into a USB port on my laptop while both were powered up, fried the mobo on my laptop. It still worked but I had no USB ports left.

Since then I only plug in devices that are switched off.