My Mobo is a GA-7VM microATX.
Recently I got an IOMEGA ZIP100 external parallel port drive (used) and connected it to the system. Windows XP Home detected it neatly and even my printer which was connected to ZIP drive was detected and worked fine.
Two days after suddenly (when I started the system in the morning) neither ZIP drive nor printer recognized by the OS. I tried every trick I knew. Re-installed the OS, removed the ZIP drive and connected the printer directly to parallel port, changed communication from EP to ECP to normal, etc. OS still recognize the port correctly but it is unusable.
Can it be permently damaged? If so, how can I repair this? (My printer has only a parallel conection).
Recently I got an IOMEGA ZIP100 external parallel port drive (used) and connected it to the system. Windows XP Home detected it neatly and even my printer which was connected to ZIP drive was detected and worked fine.
Two days after suddenly (when I started the system in the morning) neither ZIP drive nor printer recognized by the OS. I tried every trick I knew. Re-installed the OS, removed the ZIP drive and connected the printer directly to parallel port, changed communication from EP to ECP to normal, etc. OS still recognize the port correctly but it is unusable.
Can it be permently damaged? If so, how can I repair this? (My printer has only a parallel conection).