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#2492 13-Oct-2004 04:54
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Belkin F8T001uk v2 (Widcomm) Bluetooth USB Adapter Dongle Not Recognised by the Computer as a New USB Device

I have a Sony Desktop Computer PCV-RX1 with Win XP and SP2 from Microsoft Windows installed (but the dongle was not recognised before or after I installed it). I have no license problem.

I can install the drivers (Widcomm) and the ones from the CD (Belkin) without any problem. But my computer just won't recognised the USB Bluetooth Dongle. Whatever I do, when I plug it in after installing the drivers, it does not recognise a new USB Device.

I tried to Add a new Hardware, using the Widcomm drivers. I also tried with “I Have the Disk” and then point to the BIN folder of the Widcomm or Belkin Drivers on my hard drive (depending on which one I tried). Nothing makes the computer recognise the Bluetooth Device. Any idea?

Note: it works perfectly well with my portable computer which recognised it instantly.

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#9298 13-Oct-2004 08:08
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Do you have any other USB devices connected and working? Perhaps the USB root hub driver is missing?




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#9300 13-Oct-2004 09:41
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There appear to be two USB root hub installed, and I have two other USB devices connected: my printer/fax/photocopier and my ADSL modem.

I can't even find the Belkin device when I try to intall the driver. I have been installing the only thing I could find: Philips Bluetooth USB Dongle. I have the CD and the most updated driver from the Belkin website (which now is switched to a Widcomm driver, from Belkin themselves).

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#9301 13-Oct-2004 09:44
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How old is this computer? Is this based on a VIA motherboard?




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#9302 13-Oct-2004 09:58
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It is pretty recent, less than 2 years old (pentium 4). I have never heard the word VIA motherboard, so I must assumed it is not.

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#9329 14-Oct-2004 05:56
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Thank you, I have now solved my problem. The plastic around my USB port prevented the device from being completely inserted. I have plugged the device on the USB port at the back of my computer and it was recognised instantly.

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#9330 14-Oct-2004 07:06
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Wow! Talk about harwdware problem...




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#9334 14-Oct-2004 07:58
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Sorry for not being geek enough!

Genuine mistake, it penetrates almost all the way in, but not completely! (I'm talking about a dongle here, don't get any idea!)

I bet it will happen to others, and they might figure it out by reading this... and not waste 4 days like I did...

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