Posts by vk3dxd

I tried changing the cable *again* and now it works. It's very weird - two dead cables and both show the same problem. Link is OK but no data flows... Hmmmm Peter

My internal LAN NIC seems to have stopped working - kind of. WinXP thinks everything is dandy - device manager shows all OK. The hub (and other devices I've tried) think that there is satisfactory link level connection. i.e. link light...

It seems the problem does have a solution. coroto found a solution and wrote: Apparently the problem is fairly well known now, and appears to be related to the hyperthreading. Saw some good info on LUGnet,...

OK thanks. At least it a) assures me that my USB device listing is not too abnormal and b) confirms my suspicion that despite Lego's assertion to the contrary, XP is really not supported. I shall pursue other avenues - maybe...

Lego Mindstorms robotic invention system comes with a a USB IR "tower" for programming the robots. I install the Lego software/driver and connect the USB tower. It goes through the motions of installing the driver and seems...