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ive had a Vivitar Digital Camera a little over a year and ive always used the USB cord to connect it to the computer, and have basically had no problems. Now, i havent used my camera since January.. and i recently took some pics. i just tried to upload them but apparently it isnt noticing the cord is connected? i dont know what to do. it made the little beep it makes when it connects, but then said the USB port was overloaded, so i reset it, nothing happened, so i switched ports. now its not doing anything. i turn it on and it just sits there. i switched ports again, and still nothing, but i know this port works because its the one i hook up my ipod to. whats wrong? please dont suggest buying a new cord.
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Just an addition to the other answers:
Make sure you haven't added any new devices, or USB software between the time that your camera worked, and stopped working. I.e. having a thumb-drive in your other USB port could such enough power to put the port you're trying to plug your camera into out of comission.
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If your computer has USB ports on the front as well as at the back and you had used the ports at the front I suggest restarting the computer (making sure the USB cord for the camera is not plugged in) and then once it's all booted up plug the cable into the back of the PC into one of the ports and then connecting the camera. Hopefully that should fix the problem. If problems still persist the best course of action I can think of is to uninstall the software (I'm guessing the software was editing software) and then trying again without the software installed. In WinXP the OS usually recognises that you have connected a digital camera and will auto retrieve the images stored on the camera for you to save. Just ensure the if there is a USB setting on the camera (for telling the camera when it's going to be plugged in for downloading pictures from it) that you set it to this after plugging it in. If this also doesn't work (camera isn't recognised) you may have to try again after re-installing the software but check to make sure there are no software updates available for it.
Hopefully one of those suggestions will fix the problem. :]
If it still persists I suggest trying it on a different computer before buying a new cable to see if it is indeed the cable that is the problem or if it's the computer being awkward.
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well this happened to me the computer just doesnt remember the cord your using. if the camera came with i disc try download the software back into the computer. if this doesnt work the only thing is i know you didnt want me to suggest this but buy a new cord. sorry. hope this helps.=]
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