The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    2208WFP monitor issues

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Panduhsaur, Jan 19, 2012.

  1. Panduhsaur

    Panduhsaur Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    117
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    This monitor works fine as a monitor only. But for some reason when I plug in the usb cable from it to my pc.It does not work. It shows up as "unknown device" and I'm using windows 7 and I cannot find anything for it. I've found some drivers but I have no idea how to use them. Its just some files within a zip file and I tried following their instructions about using "run" and typing folder path but that doesn't do anything.
     
    Panduhsaur, Jan 19, 2012
    #1
  2. Star Forge

    Star Forge Quaggan's Creed Redux!

    Reputations:
    1,676
    Messages:
    2,700
    Likes Received:
    10
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Have you plugged anything to that hub before plugging the cable from the monitor to the laptop? I am sure all Dell monitor hubs are PnP but they need something plugged into it first for Windows 7 properly detect it.
     
    Star Forge, Jan 20, 2012
    #2
  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    7,857
    Messages:
    16,212
    Likes Received:
    58
    Trophy Points:
    466
    I've got two Dell monitors whose hubs are detected perfectly fine as hubs even when nothing is plugged into them. You shouldn't need any drivers or anything (so don't let Windows Update tell you otherwise).

    I've had a few USB ports go bad on various Dell monitors over the years. Might want to RMA that one.
     
    Greg, Jan 20, 2012
    #3
  4. Star Forge

    Star Forge Quaggan's Creed Redux!

    Reputations:
    1,676
    Messages:
    2,700
    Likes Received:
    10
    Trophy Points:
    56
    More reasons to RMA my monitor then since it only gets detected when you have something plug into it (on top of the massive light bleeding).
     
    Star Forge, Jan 20, 2012
    #4
  5. Panduhsaur

    Panduhsaur Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    117
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    hm. I just tried it (plugging a flash drive in to every port then leaving it in, then plugging the main cord into the PC) still says USB not recognized
     
    Panduhsaur, Jan 20, 2012
    #5