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  1. #1
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    Problem w/ 50 Watt Chinese Laser - USB Ports

    Hey there! I am new to CNCZone. I have searched all over this site to see if someone had a similar problem to mine, but I am not seeing anything. I am really hoping someone can help!

    I just bought a 50 watt Chinese laser from Ebay and it got here on Wednesday (pic below). I have run through aligning the lasers, etc and everything from that standpoint seems fine.

    The issue I am having is that my laptop does not seem to recognize the machine at all, to the point that it does not even know I plugged anything in. I also tried plugging in a thumb drive to the Udrive port, but when I try to pull up a file from there, it says no files found.

    I have opened up the side and used a new USB cable and gone straight from my laptop into the board where they all plug in to. So, I know it's not a bad cable somewhere in the chain.

    When I emailed the seller, he told me it's because I have a laptop and that I should try a desktop computer instead. While I have no experience with Chinese lasers, I have been in IT for almost 15 years, and I don't see how changing from a laptop to a desktop could have any impact. If I had a desktop computer, I would try it...but, my house has 4 laptops and no desktops!

    Does anyone have any insight into what this could be, or has anyone else run into this? The only thing I can think is either that the board itself is bad, or does this laser not work with Windows 8 or something?

    Any help or insight anyone could give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot!Click image for larger version. 

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  2. #2
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    Re: Problem w/ 50 Watt Chinese Laser - USB Ports

    TRY USING THE RUN PROGRAMS FOR PREVIOUS WINDOWS . DID YOU INSTALL THE SOFTWARE FOR THIS MACHINE WHAT IS IT?
    GREETINGS
    WALTFL

  3. #3
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    Re: Problem w/ 50 Watt Chinese Laser - USB Ports

    You have to load the usb drivers from the software. Make sure that the 2 usb cables are plugged into the correct outlets.

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    Re: Problem w/ 50 Watt Chinese Laser - USB Ports

    Hey there! Thanks for the replies. For some reason, I never got notified, so I didn't know anyone responded.

    I wanted to post an update, in case anyone else ran into this same issue.

    The problem was that I was running Windows 8, which the machine is not capable of running on...which is why my computer didn't even know that I plugged anything in. As soon as I plugged it into a Windows 7 or Windows XP machine, the "install new hardware" prompt came up as it should.

    Thanks again for the feedback!

  5. #5

    Re: Problem w/ 50 Watt Chinese Laser - USB Ports

    this kind of laser doesn't compatible with win8 system
    tina from g.weike laser
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