I received my Product ID 2220 (Order ID 2840481-9590897877) and I tried 4 different Micro USB cables on my Mac and Windows computers, and neither computer recognize the device as a drive. And, the red light never turns off.
What can be done about this issue?
Defective Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board
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Defective Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board
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Re: Defective Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board
Please double check the USB cables with something else to verify they can move data and are not charge only USB cables.
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Re: Defective Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board
I just tried the cable that I use with my Kindle, and it worked correctly with the Kindle for accessing files, but the Audio FX Sound Board still will not be acknowledge by my OS, and the red light stays on. Do I have to connect additional power to it? Or a switch? It should just read as a drive using the Micro USB cable, correct?
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Re: Defective Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board
Yep, it should. There's just an unfortunately large amount of bad USB cables out there.It should just read as a drive using the Micro USB cable, correct?
When you plug it in, does the computer respond at all? Make the noise that "something was plugged in"? etc
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Re: Defective Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board
No sounds and no indication of a new drive. I even go to Disk Utility on the Mac and Disk Management in Windows, and neither program shows any drives. I see the other drives. I know sometimes a drive can be plugged in and not show in Finder (on Mac) or Windows Explorer, so I always check Disk Utility and Disk Management.
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Re: Defective Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board
Can someone please direct me on how to get a replacement for this defective board. This is my first purchase from Adafruit, and so far I am not impressed with the quality of the product nor the quality of the service. Waiting so many days to get this resolved is keeping me from moving forward with my project.
Thanks,
Mike
Thanks,
Mike
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Re: Defective Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board
Sorry for the lag. Let's just replace it. Send an email to [email protected] with a link to this thread and your order number and they can send you a replacement Audio FX Board.
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Re: Defective Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board
Thank you. I have submitted my request for a replacement order. To confirm before I receive the replacement, when it arrives, I should only need to connect the USB cable from the board to my computer and the computer should recognize it, correct? There is nothing special I need to do before using the board, correct?
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Re: Defective Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board
Yep. It should. There's still a chance things like virus protection and other 3rd party software can cause interference issues. But it should still be obvious (connect sounds, pop up messages, etc.) that the PC at least sees the board and is trying to do something.
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Re: Defective Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board
I wanted to report that I received the new board, all is working perfectly. No issues at all. Thank you for your help and replacement so that I may move forward with my project.
Sincerely,
Mike
Sincerely,
Mike
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Re: Defective Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board
Yay! Glad nothing else got in the way and it just worked. Thanks for letting us know.
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