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Factorite (Elite) Posts: | 186 |
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| Well, I got one of those cheap mini CE6 netbooks today. I'm still playing with it, but one big problem I have is the rear USB port doesn't work. According to the documentation (such as it is), the side USB ports are for keyboard and mouse only, and the rear for other things. However, when I plug a [known good] USB thumb drive into the rear port... nothing. It doesn't even light up. If I plug the USB drive into the side ports, it does light up, but the system doesn't seem to recognize it, doesn't show up as storage or anything.
In control panel, there's a "usb client switch" which I can set to "mass storage class", "serial class", or "RNDIS", but no matter how it's set, it doesn't work.
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Factorite (Elite) Posts: | 186 |
Location: | United States | Status: | |
| OK, made some progress The rear USB port truly seems to be dead, but the side ports do indeed see a USB drive. Apparently the one I was using wasn't formatted or somehow lost its format, though I can't imagine why. After formatting it on my xp laptop it works fine, and I could see a couple of files I copied onto it.
However, the large portable drive (an old laptop drive in a USB enclosure) is seen, but no contents. I'm guessing that CE doesn't support NTFS (which that drie is)? If that's the case I simply have to copy everything off it and reformat it FAT32 or exFAT, I guess. | |
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Global Moderator H/PC Guru Posts: | 7,188 |
Location: | USA | Status: | |
| Which one did you get Dana, and how much was it? I keep thinking that I might get one, why I have no idea. I already have or have had most HPCs at one time or another...and now I use an HP 2533t thin client which is essentially a lightweight WinXP laptop with a solid state drive that has been optimized for web surfing.
But still I have this fascination with WinCE and its respective devices.....  | |
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Global Moderator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 12,672 |
Location: | Southern California | Status: | |
| You and me both, Rich.
You're right, Dana, CE 6 doesn't natively support NTFS (though there's supposed to be software to make it possible ).  | |
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H/PC Sensei Posts: | 1,169 |
Location: | Russia | Status: | |
| Quote Dana - 2010-03-26 3:56 AM
Well, I got one of those cheap mini CE6 netbooks today. I'm still playing with it, but one big problem I have is the rear USB port doesn't work. According to the documentation (such as it is), the side USB ports are for keyboard and mouse only, and the rear for other things. However, when I plug a [known good] USB thumb drive into the rear port... nothing. It doesn't even light up. If I plug the USB drive into the side ports, it does light up, but the system doesn't seem to recognize it, doesn't show up as storage or anything.
In control panel, there's a "usb client switch" which I can set to "mass storage class", "serial class", or "RNDIS", but no matter how it's set, it doesn't work.
Any ideas?
The rear port is client port, same thing with mine. The applet switches the modes your netbook uses to serve the host. IT'S NOT DEAD, you can connect ur netbook to PC, just find slave-to-host converter. | |
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Factorite (Elite) Posts: | 186 |
Location: | United States | Status: | |
| Quote Alt Bass - 2010-03-26 4:39 AM
The rear port is client port, same thing with mine. The applet switches the modes your netbook uses to serve the host. IT'S NOT DEAD, you can connect ur netbook to PC, just find slave-to-host converter.
I was wondering if that might be the case, though neither the advertising nor the included manual make any mention of it. Well, I have a male-male USB cable that came with my external HD enclosue which I can try.
As for "which one", it's a 533mhz CE6 128MB RAM 2GB flash generic one... I'll post my impressions (and questions ) in another thread rather than dilute this one. | |
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Factor Fanatic Posts: | 53 |
Location: | Singapore | Status: | |
| Dana,
I'm curious if this Windows CE 6.0 netbook supports WPA2-PSK/AES out of the box?
I ask because I'm trying to find means of enabling WPA2-PSK/AES support for the wireless connection in my Viewsonic V212.
It has a 802.11g Wifi adapter that supports WPA2-PSK/AES in the firmware but the WZC in Windows CE 5.0 does not offer that option.
Konker | |
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Factorite (Elite) Posts: | 186 |
Location: | United States | Status: | |
| Yes, it does. | |
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