Optio S50

When connecting my Optio S50 to the computer I get the message "A USB device has malfunctioned and exceded the limits of its hub port. You should disconnect the device" Can this apparent camera fault be fixed?

The solution is to use a card reader.

G

Have you connected the camera into a hub? If so, it sounds like you've overloaded the power requirements. (Each USB device can specify how much current it will take to the host computer. A hub can only dish out so much power, and as far as I remember, you get that message when it's max'd out!)

You could try connecting directly into the computer, or better still (as George so tersely put it) get a card reader which often saves a lot of hassle (and if you have USB2 and get a USB2 reader, will work a lot faster than the camera too!)

Matt

Terse? I prefer succinct.

G

I have an optio s5z. As soon as the usb cable is connected to an xp pc it states that there has been a power surge and freezes the pc (the laptop just shuts down. (have 2 pcs & a laptop & all get the same result). If I plug it into an ancient p3 windows 98 pc it works fine!
any ideas? apart from getting a card reader.

Surely this should not be happening

No ideas (apart from getting a card reader)!

But you could try writing to:

William Gates, Jnr.,
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052-6399
USA

G

One answer might be to use a powered hub so that the supply is coming from the hub rather than the PC. However, a card reader is much more convenient.

Kim

Get a card reader.

(How's about that for terse, George )

I've seen them for as little as £1.99 (try www.7dayshop.com if you're in the UK - £7 for a reads-all-reader and £4.50 for SD-only)

Matt

Tres succinct.

G