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    Windows 8 Via USB 3.0 PCI-E Card

    Tried everything I know to do and can not get the card to work. The error message I am getting is "This device cannot start (Code 10) and then under that STATUS_DEVICE_POWER_FAILURE. Running 8.1 PRO on an Intel platform.
  2. Brekel Pro Face 2 Released

    While I don't usually highlight commercial products, this product and others from Brekel deserve an exception... Brekel Pro Face 2 For Kinect for Windows v2 & Kinect for Xbox One sensors Brekel Pro Face v2 is a Windows application that enables 3D animators to record and stream 3D face...
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    Windows 7 Check if an external hard disk case support SATA III or only II ?

    Assume I have a hard disk which supports SATA III (=verified). I want to put this hard disk into an external hard disk case and connect it by USB v3.0 to my computer. Later I want to use case and hard disk as backup storage. Now I doubt that the case supports really SATA III. My guess is that...
  4. "3D Scanning with Kinect V2"

    Today's post isn't about Kinect coding or development, but it's pretty darn cool... Come on, what's cooler than using the Kinect to do 3D scanning and 3D printing... Link Removed In this video, Alex Blondin and Gavin Gear demonstrate how you can plug a Kinect V2 sensor into your PC and turn...
  5. 3D Builder Tutorial Part 5: 3D Scanning with Kinect V2

    In this video, Alex Blondin and Gavin Gear demonstrate how you can plug a Kinect V2 sensor into your PC and turn it into a portable 3D scanning setup using the latest version of 3D Builder. In this video a custom "turntable" was used so that the person being scanned us rotated smoothly, but you...
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    Windows 7 How to use USB 3.0 without OS?

    Hello, dear members and web travellers! I need some thoughts and tips on an issue with booting from a flash drive. Today I used the application WinToUsb to install a copy of Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit on a SanDisk thumbstick which uses a USB 3.0 connection. Now I want to boot from this stick...
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    Windows 7 Playing any games on every windows machine

    Hi guys I really like playing my old style games (from years 1999) and what I find is that every year or so I have to re-install, or freshly install my OS (right now I have win 8.1). I have many games which then need to be installed again (300Gb+) so doing so each time takes hours - if not...
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    Windows 7 Bus Powered Drive Seen as Self Powered Drive?

    I recently installed a Sabrent 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub (HB-UM43) which I assume should show up in device manager as a bus powered hub since it has no external power supply. It is listed as having a 900 mA draw and is currently powering a pair of 500 mA USB 3.0 flash drives and is recognized as a self...
  9. New ST ViewScan III Microfilm Scanner with 14MP USB 3.0 Camera by ST Imaging

    LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ST Imaging, a leading provider of digital microfilm and book scanning technology solutions, announces the release of the third-generation ST ViewScan Microfilm Solution at the 2014 ALA Annual Meeting. Link Removed
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    Windows 7 were to buy a Samsung Spinpoint M9T 2.5 for my PS4

    so my understanding is that drive isnt sold outside of an external enclosure ? im hunting for a 2tb internal drive for my PS4 it needs to be ether 9mm or 12.5mm iv narrowed the search down to this external drive i believe from what i can tell there USB controllers arnt embbeded for this one - i...
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    Windows 7 How to force LAN share from external drives not present at boot?

    My problem is that I've long shared certain PC internal directories with other LAN PC's (XP and 7) and it works great. However, I needed more space and have just moved several of those directories to external storage (NexStar HX4 w/ USB 3.0 connection) and it appears to be working fine except...
  12. Windows 7 USB 2.0 Ports on Motherboard Sometimes Stop Working

    So here's my problem. Sometimes when I'm using the computer the peripherals I have plugged into any USB 2.0 slots freeze up and the ports seem to not work with anything. The USB 3.0 slots work fine even when the USB 2.0 don't, and the mouse and keyboard work fine in the 3.0 slots, so it's not...
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    Windows 7 Hi newbie here

    A friend of mine recently purchased a USB3.0 external 1Tb Harddrive. She made a system backup of her desktop computer and then sent the pc to be restored to factory defaults. in the meantime her daughter was having a problem with her laptop and she decided to do a system backup of her daughters...
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    Windows 8 W8-Surface Pro 2-USB 3.0

    I am a bit of a newbie here. I just got Surface Pro 2 (this needs an acronym-SP2) and loaded Adobe PPro CC- works! Incredible! love it! now on holidays and thought I would try edit on the run home movies. Bought a Lacie Rugged USB 3.0 and a DLink 4x USB 3.0 hub to wrangle EOS and Sony AVCHD...
  15. Windows 7 USB PCIe 3.0 USB Card

    I'm thinking of getting a couple of these cards for the two computers I have that only have USB 2.0 capabilities, but in shopping around, one small question has arisen...some of the cards have an interior 4 pin molex connector, which apparently is for providing power to higher powered...
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    Windows 8 USB 3.0 Problem

    I use windows 8. Recently I have bought an external hard disk[toshiba] with USB 3.0 support. I have one port in my laptop with USB 3.0. My every hardware drivers are up to date[Including my BIOS]. The problem is when i connect hdd to 3.0 port, what i get is 2.0. [There's a light that show up...
  17. Windows 7 USB 3.0 Splitter

    I'm considering the idea of connecting both my W7 desktop and XP ThinkCentre simutaneously to my docking station, so I don't have to carry it back and forth. That way I could transmit data computer to computer more easily, with the data just pausing at the docked drive until I got to it. The...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Explorer stops working

    Most of the time when I right click on a folder either in C: or F: which is a Seagate aux drive, Explorer stops working (drop down window message "Windows Explorer stopped working" and next message "W Explorer restarts"). I have to start Explorer again from the Taskbar. It means that I do not...
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    Windows 7 Card Reader Installation Question

    I have an "AFT PRO-57U" USB 3.0 card reader that I just purchased. The cable for this card reader must plug into the mobo USB 3.0 20 pin connector. My mobo has only one 20 pin connector, which the USB panel on front of the PC case is currently occupying. I'd rather not have to unplug the case...
  20. You cannot scan data by using a USB 3.0 scanner that is connected to a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2

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