Dongle problem

[shakysen]

Hi Guys. Dongle's were working fine last night. Went into the loft this morning. Found this on screen.
1 Rtlsdr device found  cannot read device info 5,cannot find device. Have uninstalled software, reinstalled twice still same result. any ideas please.
Running win7 with PP& Freescan, Dongle on computer

                                            Shaky

[Anmer]

What decoding software are you using?  Have you tried closing and restarting it?

Or have you tried the dongle in a different PC?

[shakysen]

Hi Boss. Have taken the decoding software out over a week ago. tried the dongle in a laptop works fine.
not desperate for them Boss.Will stop using them when or if the Mythical puck  arrives on the scene

                                                     Shaky

[fidaeextra]

Hello,

You try too uninstalling Zadig Drivers?

cheers

[shakysen]

Must admit I left them alone. Will delete everything an start from scratch

[shakysen]

Well guys.It's got me beat deleted everything but O/S,Network,reinstalled
same result cannot find device

[mhm]

try diff usb

[Breitling]

So it looks like a dongle failure. Is it a chinese one?

[Anmer]

So it looks like a dongle failure. Is it a chinese one?

Aren't they all Chinese?

But I thoughy Shaky said he's tested the dongle in another PC and it worked?

[mhm]

Correct he did

[shakysen]

Hi Boss. I'm running it at the moment on a XP Lappy it's running fine.It's when I try to run on the loft computer(win7)that the problem
s arise

[shakysen]

Found the cause Windows Defender

                                     Shaky

[Breitling]

So it looks like a dongle failure. Is it a chinese one?

Aren't they all Chinese?

I think so, but you can find them for 25€ or just 7€. Maybe they have different quality control levels, this is common on other consumer electronic devices.

[Bethsalem]

To my knowledge there are only three shops that do a quality control check on the dongles for sdr use, and fit an esd diode if needed. They are Jetvision, Nooelec and CosyCave.

[Bethsalem]

Hi Boss. I'm running it at the moment on a XP Lappy it's running fine.It's when I try to run on the loft computer(win7)that the problem
s arise

Shaky, remember too that you'll need different zadig drivers with Win7 than with WinXP.