MIDI USB / Win ME Woes

[Tones2]

I just installed a new motherboard and I'm having trouble getting my USB MIDI interface (MIDIMAN 2x2) to work on my Win ME PC. I know the actual MIDI box, cable and drivers work because they work in another machine with Win ME also installed on it, I know that USB in THIS machine works because other devices work on it (and YES, I DID disconnect everything from USB but the MIDI box). This machine also recognizes the device when I plug it in and loads the correct drivers, and the device in the hardware profile says it's working correctly (and I have no IRQ conflicts). I have all the latest drivers / updates. This device also work 100% with my old motherboard in the same box.

So, this must be a software / MIDI setup problem. I checked that this device was selected in the "sound / multimedia" setup and that the system MIDI volume was turned up. I made sure the connections to my midi device were correct and that it played sounds from another midi controller source. If I switch to the internal MIDI sounds on my SoundBlaster Live, it works correctly. I just can't get that darn USB midi interface to work.

Any ideas what this could be? Please help!!

Tony

[Radical Dreamer]

What kind of motherboard? I had some problems like this with an AZ11 from FIC and it is fixed by getting the bios update

[Jeff the Brit]

I'm embarassed to suggest something so extremely obvious, but have you tried swapping the MIDI in/out cables? Many an experienced MIDI muso has made this elementary error, myself included (and I don't claim to be experienced!).

[Tones2]

I connected the MIDI-OUT cable from the MIDIMAN box directly to the MIDI-IN in my synthesizer, so I know it's correct. I'm also sure the MIDI cable itself works.

I have a Abit SA6R (815E based) motherboard with the latest bios updates and drivers. This board has a built-in MIDI connector, which I DISABLED, but maybe it has something to do with that (Hmm....maybe I'll try enabling it and seeing if I get any MIDI coming out of IT).

Tony

[Tones2]

I fixed it!

I had to MANUALLY remove all the inf, vxd, drv and dll files and then have Win ME find it again. I assume one of them was corrupted since I replaced them with the same version. Just deleting the device from the hardware profile and letting WinME replace the drivers did not work. Nor reinstalling from the original disk. I guess if the files have the same name and date, they do not get overwriiten. SOMETHING TO ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND!!

Thanks,

Tony