PSP *not* detected on my laptop as USB...

[ahmadka]

OK, well, I finally got a PSP (finally !!).....I have had it downgraded to 1.50 successfully, and am looking into the rapidly developing PSP homebrew scene....

But i have this problem...when I connect my PSP to my HP laptop, and turn on USB mode on the PSP, Windows XP just gives a 'Device Not Recognised' error....I have 3 USB ports, and I get the same error in all of them...also, I tried this on Windows Vista Pre-RC1 (build 5536), also installed on this same laptop...it gives the same error as well.........strangely, I dont get this error, when I connect my normal flash drive, or the iPod (in USB mode).....only the PSP.....

Strangely enough, the PSP *is* detected on my nearly 7 year old Pentium 3 machine...!!

So do I need some special drivers for the laptop ??

By the way, the laptop is HP Pavilion dv1446EA, in case anyone's wondering...

[Renzatic Gear]

I assume you've tried more than 1 USB port, right?

I had this problem awhile back, too. It wouldn't report an unknown device, but rather it wouldn't do anything at all when I plugged in the PSP. I think I solved it by finding and installing a set of USB 2.0 drivers.

[ahmadka]

hmm.....where can I get these drivers from ??

[T.Tashi]

Some older laptops seem to have a problem detecting large sized USB flash drives. I had this problem with my Thinkpad and a 1G usb drive. It'd either malfunction or not work at all. One way around it could be to partition the drive, but with the psp that's not really an option. I would try RG's suggestion and since it's an HP I would try the HP or Compaq site and see if you can get updated drivers from them first. And you might try formatting the stick.

By the time I got a 2G stick for my psp, I had switched my laptop to Linux, so I never did resolve that issue with XP.

[ahmadka]

OK guys....I got another new cable today, and guess what...

it works,....with both the PC and the laptop.......

PROBLEM SOLVED !!!

Thanx to all :D

[T.Tashi]

Great! I'm glad it was something so simple.

I have to make a pitch for Sony's PSP Manager for two reasons even though it costs $20. It recognizes VOB files, even though there's nothing in the documentation and customer service won't admit to it. You can encode straight from a dvd if it doesn't have security.

It has the best compression of any program I've ever used. It can compress 2-3GB into 500-600MB (high encode) and maintain its quality.