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From: PeterJ on 29 Mar 2007 18:05
I am having the same failure to start problem.

The devices worked fine last summer on this computer but now Windows
reports "Cannot start this hardware" Code 10 and I get the yellow
exclamation mark by the driver.

Windows XP is up-to-date with all the downloaded "fixes".

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the entire IAR package (from
the CD as before).

It is frustrating that it all worked a few months ago.

No joy.

... BUT ...

I installed the whole thing (from the CD) on a W2K machine here and it
works fine. So there isn't a problem with the FETs.

I didn't know until I read this thread that it wouldn't work with W2K
machines. Ironic that I have it working on W2K, but not on XP.

So any more suggestions on fixing the XP problem. I have removed all other
USB devices (other than internal ones) and it doesn't help.

I even uninstalled and re-installed the USB hub controller drivers as that
was suggested in an XP support group for hard drives that suffer the
"cannot start" symptom.

TIA,
Peter




From: Joerg on 29 Mar 2007 19:44
PeterJ wrote:

> I am having the same failure to start problem.
>
> The devices worked fine last summer on this computer but now Windows
> reports "Cannot start this hardware" Code 10 and I get the yellow
> exclamation mark by the driver.
>
> Windows XP is up-to-date with all the downloaded "fixes".
>
> I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers.
> I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the entire IAR package (from
> the CD as before).
>
> It is frustrating that it all worked a few months ago.
>
> No joy.
>
> .. BUT ...
>
> I installed the whole thing (from the CD) on a W2K machine here and it
> works fine. So there isn't a problem with the FETs.
>
> I didn't know until I read this thread that it wouldn't work with W2K
> machines. Ironic that I have it working on W2K, but not on XP.
>
> So any more suggestions on fixing the XP problem. I have removed all other
> USB devices (other than internal ones) and it doesn't help.
>
> I even uninstalled and re-installed the USB hub controller drivers as that
> was suggested in an XP support group for hard drives that suffer the
> "cannot start" symptom.
>

Look around on your CD. It's been too long ago but AFAIR there were two
releases on there and only the older one worked on the XP machine in the
lab.

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From: CBFalconer on 29 Mar 2007 20:25
PeterJ wrote:
>
> I am having the same failure to start problem.
>
> The devices worked fine last summer on this computer but now Windows
> reports "Cannot start this hardware" Code 10 and I get the yellow
> exclamation mark by the driver.
>
> Windows XP is up-to-date with all the downloaded "fixes".
>
> I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers.
> I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the entire IAR package (from
> the CD as before).
>
> It is frustrating that it all worked a few months ago.
>
> No joy.
>
> .. BUT ...
>
> I installed the whole thing (from the CD) on a W2K machine here and it
> works fine. So there isn't a problem with the FETs.
>
> I didn't know until I read this thread that it wouldn't work with W2K
> machines. Ironic that I have it working on W2K, but not on XP.
>
> So any more suggestions on fixing the XP problem. I have removed all other
> USB devices (other than internal ones) and it doesn't help.
>
> I even uninstalled and re-installed the USB hub controller drivers as that
> was suggested in an XP support group for hard drives that suffer the
> "cannot start" symptom.

Very simple. Remove XP. Install Linux.

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Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net)
Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems.
<http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>



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From: PeterJ on 30 Mar 2007 10:11
>I am having the same failure to start problem.
>
>The devices worked fine last summer on this computer but now Windows
>reports "Cannot start this hardware" Code 10 and I get the yellow
>exclamation mark by the driver.

Thanks to those that offered suggestions.

The problem turned out to be a conflict with another driver that had been
installed months ago and wasn't being used any more, but it prevented the
TI driver from functioning apparently.

In my case it was the N8VB vCOM Virtual Serial Ports
Driver, which makes sense once the problem has been resolved. It never
bothered other serial devices, but I guess XP doesn't like 2 multiport
drivers at the same time. Disabled the N8VB driver and XP's wizard popped
up to re-install the MSP-430UIF that was failing to start.

Anyway, for those who google here in the future, don't give up hope. Look
for the driver conflicts, try the older and newer versions, and eventually
it will work on XP and W2K.

Peter

From: Marius.Hancu on 20 Apr 2007 09:33
On Mar 29, 6:05 pm, "PeterJ" <pjenni...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I am having the same failure to start problem.

We were able to solve the problem only after the FET devices were sent
to TI in Texas and reprogrammed.

I strongly suggest contacting them.

It seems that there are many generations of devices out there. In our
case, we bought it recently, but it was still dated 2004.

Marius Hancu

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