Probook 6450B no driver fior USB\VID_138A&PID_003C where and what is it

have a sysprepped image for win732 have this probook 6450b
have a unknown device in device manager i have tried installing new drivers scanning application driver cd wihtn no luck
put the device id into goodle comes up as a finger print sensor i cabnt find ti why is this so fing diffiult anyone have an idea thanks

Hi,
If it's the validity sensor driver, try the one on the link below.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=32...
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I have a HP probook 6560b laptop,
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when i looked in device manager, in other devices subfolder, there was a yellow ! for 'unkown devices'
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Hardware Ids details were:
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Hi,
The first one is for the Finger print sensor, please use:
   http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?sp4ts.oid=5071172&swItemId=ob_134806_1&swEnvOid=415...
(for all Windows as listed)
and the second one is for the 3D Driver guard:
   http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp63501-64000/sp63786.exe
   http://h20565.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=ob_125640_1
(try the seond one first).
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Operating System?? : Windows XP Professional (5., Build 2600)
??????Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-258)
Language??? : English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model?? : HP Compaq nx60 (PC49AV)
BIOS???? : KBC Version 39.2A
BIOS Date??? : 2006/07/27 (YYYY/MM/DD)
Processor??? : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor .73GHz
Memory???? : 504MB RAM
DirectX Version?? : DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DxDiag Version?? : 5.03.2600.280 32bit Unicode
Creative Product-PID
Product???? : USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
Description??? : USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
Model No.
?? : SB0300
S/N????? : MASB03006350000K
Driver version??? : . 0. 0
Firmware version? : . . 5050 (Factory Default)
PID????? : 0 03 00 00 00 00 A0
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Audio Device Selection .0.06
Common Audio Driver Interface .03.34
Creative EAX Console 2.05.06
Creative Entertainment Center 3.00.55
Creative Graphic Equalizer .52.53
Creative MediaSource 3.30.2
Creative MediaSource Go! 3.0.5
Creative MediaSource Player Skin Pack .0.08
Creative Music Store Plugin .00.3
Creative On Screen Display .00.0
Creative Speaker Settings .54.08
Creative System Information .00.26
Creative Windows Diagnostics 3..06
MediaSource CD-ROM Burner Component 3.0.8
MediaSource Detector 3.00.8
SoundFont Bank Manager for Windows 2.00.06
Surround Mixer 3.52.54
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I get the following results
]I get the following results
Speaker mode ?Function ?? USB . ???? USB 2.0
2.0 ???? Playback?? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
????#Record ?? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
4/5.
??Playback?? Up to 24-bit/48 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/48 kHz
????#Record ??? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/48 kHz
7. ??? Playback ?? Up to 6-bit/48 kHz ? Up to 6-bit/48 kHz
????#Record ??? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/48 kHz
I DON?T GET ANY ERRORS MESSAGE?S!
I DON?T GET ANY BANDWIDTH ERRORS.
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I have downloaded the Microsoft and Creative newest updates available on the internet.
If I downgrade the USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX firmware
to v..0509 (Laterst Web version)
I get the following results
Speaker mode ?Function ?? USB . ???? USB 2.0
2.0 ???? Playback?? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
????#Record ?? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
4/5.
??Playback?? Up to 24-bit/48 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
????#Record ??? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
7. ??? Playback ?? Up to 6-bit/48 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
????#Record ??? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
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All Programs are unresponsi've after 5 minutes, if I unplug the USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX my programs start to respond again. Resetting the firmware to factory default (v..05050), I get no problems, except that the USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX response on a USB 2.0 port as if it'ss plug-in on a USB . Port.
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The problem lies in the with in the firmware.
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In Creative Device Control the USB Connection Speed box.
Your device is Connected at:
Is grey, I can't set any thing. Why not?
Suggestion One:
For technical Personal only!
The drivers Creative releases are based on the Extigy.
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Folder structure:
Drivers
-support
?????-amd64
?????-i386
???-wdm
?????-common
???????-amd64
???????-i386
?????????-thunk
?????-Lang
???????-amd64
???????-i386
?????-win2k_xp
???????-amd64
???????-data
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Example:
By adding in wdma_emu.inf
[Creative]
; EMU0K chip (SBLi've!, APS)
%EMU0K.DeviceDesc%=EMU0K_Device,PCI\VEN_02&DEV_000 2&CC_04000
; USB range (SBLi've!, APS)
%USB.DeviceDesc%=USB_Device,PCI\VEN_02&DEVXXXXXXXX XXXXX
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It should detect if it'ss a Creative EMU0K Audio Processor (WDM)
or Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
If this is not possible at the very most I would like the following software to work with USB Sound Blaster range.
Audio Console
AudioHQ
CtPanel.exe
EAX Editor
Speaker Calibrator?
THX Setup Console (This is only software rendering, not limited to selected devices works fine on my Sound Blaster Li've! Value, CT4832)
CTASIO(ASIO 2.0 or .0, The Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX Support ASIO, You just didn?t include it in the drivers)
In EAX Console under Effects tab.
There is only a Environment
I?m sure that the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX can support.
- Environment
- Advanced EQ
-Special FX
-Custom
-Studio
-Karoake
Again you based it on the old Extigy drivers it'ss the hardware is not limited!
In Surround Sound Mixer under the Advance Button there should be a Balance/Fade window. Again there is no such window because you base it on the Extigy.
In Speakers Settings under Speaker Selection You should add the marker for Synchronize with Control Panel. (This is only a Drivers limitation)
The New PCI Drivers add branding in Microsoft Volume Control and in Sound and Audio Device Properties.
Can you add Branding for the Sound Blaster USB.
In
Sound and Audio Devices Properties
Volume (Tab)
Speaker Settings (Window)
Speaker Volume? (Button)
If you click on the Speaker Volume? button. It should give you the option to set Channel to Channel 8, currently there are only Channel and Channel 2
Sound and Audio Devices Properties
Volume (Tab)
Speaker Settings (Window)
Advance? (Button)
Effects (Tab)
Effects: (Drop down)
Is Empty there is only None. Can you please all of the EAX Advanced HD Effects
To conclude would you please improve the Sound Blaster USB Driver! Or just create a new range driver for the Sound Blaster USB!
Yours truly,
Horst Johan Kaiser

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i found this post also:
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According the data rescue company where I asked for an inspection, both of the drives had their reader head loose. And in the one, which was my already-in-use disk its even damaged the platters... xxxxx
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I'm sorry, but I don't know what "windows networking file protocol" and "SMB" mean. Also, when you say "NAS" are you referring to the Time Capsule or another device? Can you please explain things like "The disk is controlled by the Mac but it presents SMB to the network" in a less advanced way. Pretend I'm a child. You won't be far off. It seems like this technique you're explaining is a way for the windows PC to write to the external drive via my MacBook. Is that even close to correct? The setup I must create needs to work regardless if macbook is on/off/out of the house.
3) Does plugging a USB drive into the TC never work properly or is this just a semi-common problem that happens sometimes? My odds of success will probably dictate whether I try this or not. I already own the windows USB drive and would like to avoid buying more hardware if possible.
It is problematic enough that I recommend you try it before committing to it. Even if you have to copy the files off to another location and then reformat the drive. Test it for a couple of days.. the issue happens especially when you are using Lion.. but will also happen with windows. Especially when the disk spins down it will not spin up again and become available to the network.
Got it.
4) What do you mean by files being in "native format"? And what does a dead TC have to do with whether or not they can be recovered to the windows laptop? If the TC dies, can't I just plug the windows USB drive directly into the windows laptop and it will be the same thing as connecting the drive and laptop via network? How does a dead TC make things more difficult?
Thanks for your continued help.
HFS+ is not windows native format... so files stored by the TC on the USB drive.. when the TC dies.. they all die eventually may be difficult to recover unless you plug it into another TC.. as the PC cannot natively read them. If you format FAT32 then the windows computer can read it.. just there are other issues. eg the disk can be slow.. very slow and it has far less protection. eg a power failure can corrupt the drive.. this was an issue before we moved in windows to NTFS.
Why do you say "files stored BY THE TC on the USB drive" Why is the TC storing files on the USB drive? Isn't plugging the USB into the TC just making the USB available on the network to my windows laptop? Why is the TC storing files?

External drive enclosure, USB 2 mounts, firewire invisible!

I have a venus ds3 external enclosure with a 300GB 7200rpm WD hard drive inside it. The enclosure works fine with windows and usb2, and it is also detected and mounted on usb2 on my mini (1.25ghz ppc mini). However, nothing happens when I try to use the firewire connection on the mini. In system profiler, I see:
FireWire Device Tree
FireWire Bus
Unknown Device
It is an oxford fw911 chipset, and I did run the updater to FW911V4_00_0000Release.bin, but still no firewire action. The updater saw the enclosure via firewire on my mac, but os x will not see the drive itself.
Am I doomed to using usb2? Would it still be possible to boot from this drive on usb2 instead of firewire?
mac mini Mac OS X (10.4.7) upgraded to 512MB ram

problem is
you cannot use 300 gigs as fire wire on any mac mini
the max you can use is only 200 gigs before mac os x
no longer recongnizes the drive
so you need a 200 gig hard drive sorry
Is there some documentation that you could cite on the 200gb barrier?
I'm also interested if it's a ppc-mini only problem or if it affects other systems as well.
I have a 250gig firewire drive on my wife's intel mac mini
and it works fine. Even if it only regognized on 200gig and
I didn't notice, it mounted and worked.
I now have it partitioned into 2 samller volumes. So, if it's
a problem on the PPC mac, then he should be able to
partition the drive and make it work.
I just now tried partitioning it again via usb, and made two 137gb partitions (or whatever odd number it came out to be), and it was still not recognized when I switched over to firewire.
If it turns out that john was right, and nothing over 200gb will work, can I still get some use out of the drive? Can I install applications on it or move the swap files over to it?
mac mini Mac OS X (10.4.7) upgraded to 512MB ram

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