well, like many others im having the famous Flora driver {of death] common problem.
1 i have, used different usb cables.
2 i have, used different usb ports.
3 i have, Disable driver signature enforcement
4 i have, used the cmd listed your tutorial [http://learn.adafruit.com/getting-start ... d-software]
5 i have, uninstall the drivers and tried to re-install it for the "unknown device" and pointed it to where the drivers are, all it says its can't find them in that folder.
when connected, i see green solid light and one of the LED on.
im running windows 8 64bit and i can't get it to recognize the device to save my life so plz help me.
FLORA DRIVERS...SMH
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What is in that folder? There should be a file called "Adafruit Flora.inf"and pointed it to where the drivers are, all it says its can't find them in that folder.
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yes, that's correct. it does not seem no be able to get to it or recognize it as a driver file.adafruit_support_bill wrote:What is in that folder? There should be a file called "Adafruit Flora.inf"and pointed it to where the drivers are, all it says its can't find them in that folder.
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Device Manager won't actually show you the .inf files. You just navigate to the "drivers" folder and tell it to update. If it doesn't recognize it, the driver file may be corrupted. Try downloading a fresh copy.
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can you elaborate some more on that plz.adafruit_support_bill wrote:Device Manager won't actually show you the .inf files. You just navigate to the "drivers" folder and tell it to update. If it doesn't recognize it, the driver file may be corrupted. Try downloading a fresh copy.
when i navigate to the drivers folder and to the "Adafruit Flora.inf" file i right clicking on the file gives me the option to install it which then windows warrens, i then click install anyways.
device manager now shows it as "Trinket" and of course the Arduino software still does not allow me to choose serial port under tools
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So it is recognizing it as a driver file then?
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if you were to navigate to the file double click on it, it opens up in like wordpad.adafruit_support_bill wrote:So it is recognizing it as a driver file then?
but after right clicking on the file i saw install, then after installation was complete nothing else happens. i try "install it again" and windows message come up saying "the operation competed successfully"
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I've never tried installing that way. If you use the browse option in DeviceManager, it doesn't actually show you the files.
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i guess it installs but who noes where.adafruit_support_bill wrote:I've never tried installing that way. If you use the browse option in DeviceManager, it doesn't actually show you the files.
y is device manager not recognizing the file when i browse for it?
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It gets installed in your Windows System DriverStore.i guess it installs but who noes where.
That's the way it has always worked.y is device manager not recognizing the file when i browse for it?
When you press reset on the Flora now, does it show up as a COM port?
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Re: FLORA DRIVERS...SMH
no shows up as "unknown device" gonna try different ports....adafruit_support_bill wrote:It gets installed in your Windows System DriverStore.i guess it installs but who noes where.That's the way it has always worked.y is device manager not recognizing the file when i browse for it?
When you press reset on the Flora now, does it show up as a COM port?
nothing same old unknown device
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When you press the reset button, do you see the red led pulse?
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no, when i press the reset button. it comes on and then goes off.adafruit_support_bill wrote:When you press the reset button, do you see the red led pulse?
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Sounds like the bootloader is not running. If you contact [email protected] with a link to this thread we can send you out a replacement.
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a different usb port makes it pulse and turns on one of the LEDsadafruit_support_bill wrote:Sounds like the bootloader is not running. If you contact [email protected] with a link to this thread we can send you out a replacement.
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