Help ! My brand new C3 is not working!
william chan
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Every time I plug in the USB port, the message comes out from the system tray balloon as below
Found New Hardware.
An problem has occurred during hardware installation.
Your new hardware might not work properly.
This message appears ir-regardless of the position of the power switch.
No new com port appeared on Control Panel.
I have not even connected power to the DC socket yet.
I have tried it on 3 different PCs and 3 USB cables, all give the same message.
All the 3 PCs can talk to PropPlug and Prop Proto Board USB without any problems.
But the propeller chip can be powered by the USB cable and it displays the test program on TV and VGA correctly.
I think it may be a faulty FTDI chip.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Found New Hardware.
An problem has occurred during hardware installation.
Your new hardware might not work properly.
This message appears ir-regardless of the position of the power switch.
No new com port appeared on Control Panel.
I have not even connected power to the DC socket yet.
I have tried it on 3 different PCs and 3 USB cables, all give the same message.
All the 3 PCs can talk to PropPlug and Prop Proto Board USB without any problems.
But the propeller chip can be powered by the USB cable and it displays the test program on TV and VGA correctly.
I think it may be a faulty FTDI chip.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Comments
Have you installed / updated the FTDI drivers from the Parallax site?
I have not contacted Parallax support yet as it may be something that i just missed.
Just now I managed to program the propeller chip on the C3 using a PropPlug connected with wires to the header sockets on the right.