USB for WinNT

Filed under: G33k stuff, Uni stuff — danny at 12:08 pm on Monday, June 19, 2006

The lab got a new Lacie 300gb external HDD the other day for backup and mass storage for microscopy imaging files which often take up a few DVDs at a time. So I hooked the drive up using USB (one of its many interfaces which include this thing called Firewire 800 which has a weird plug) to the computer running the microscope, but it didn’t recognise the drive! And then I found out Windows NT 4.0 doesn’t have native USB support, even under SP6.

So went scouting on the internet, found various 3rd party drivers that sounded like they would work. Anyway, settled on this driver from Digi.com (ftp://ftp1.digi.com/support/driver/i4usb406.exe) and it worked a treat! After installing the program/driver, even without a restart, the computer immediately recognised the drives and they were accessible. Woot.

Turned a potential few hundred dollar paperweight into a working piece of hardware.

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Comment by moo

July 31, 2006 @ 11:58 pm

Lol Windows NT 4.0 has SIX service packs?@!?!!

That USB driver would’ve been helpful 3 years ago when I was stuck on a Windows NT 4.0 computer for 6 months and unable to use the USB port :(

And I think it’s time for your lab to upgrade their OS =P

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Comment by Dr Chris

August 5, 2006 @ 12:56 am

LOL they can’t afford to upgrade their OS in the lab. It’s a BIOLOGY lab, and they need their money for ‘clear liquids’ and stuff like that =P

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Comment by danny

August 5, 2006 @ 2:03 pm

You biochemists, just cos you have money! We can’t help it if no-one sees the importance of plants. Just you wait until you have no more oxygen to breathe. Mice aren’t going to fart out O2 for you!! Muhahaha.

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