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Subject:	Temporarily removing official NXT driver to use SAM-BA
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics.nxt
Date:	Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:20:20 GMT
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Hey, I tried to post this message two days ago and it hasn't shown up yet, so I'm trying again (with a different client in case that's why it was eaten). If people receive duplicates, I sincerely apologize. Message follows: Hey, I apologize in advance if this is a n00b question; I've looked around and couldn't find any detailed information. I frequently need to be able to reflash the firmware using SAM-BA (because the NXT software's firmware flashing feature crashes on me, and I'd rather not try to debug it when I know that SAM-BA works fine for me), but I also frequently need to be able to use the official NXT driver (e.g. for NeXTExplorer). SAM-BA refuses to detect my NXT while the official driver is installed, because the official firmware flash mode driver sets itself up instead of the Atmel driver. I've tried uninstalling the official driver in Device Manager, but it simply reinstalls itself the next time I insert the NXT that's in SAM-BA mode, never allowing the Atmel driver to install. My temporary workaround is to completely uninstall the NXT driver (in Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs) every time I need to use SAM-BA, and then rerun the installer to put it back when I need to use NeXTExplorer. This is very inconvenient, since the installer often wants to reboot my PC before the driver is functional. (Heck, even if I didn't have to reboot, it would be very inconvenient anyway!) My question is: does anyone know of a somewhat simple way to use SAM-BA without completely removing the NXT driver from my PC, or at least a way that's simpler than what I'm doing now? Again, I apologize if this is a n00b question. Thanks in advance. -Jeremy Rand --------------= Posted using GrabIt =---------------- ------= Binary Usenet downloading made easy =--------- -= Get GrabIt for free from http://www.shemes.com/ =-

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		Re: Temporarily removing official NXT driver to use SAM-BA
FYI, just in case anyone has this problem in the future, I was able to fix it by using "Update Driver" in Device Manager while the NXT was in SAM-BA mode, and telling Windows that I would choose the driver. On the list were the Lego driver and the (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)

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