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USB Ports, Inspiron N5110, Win7-64, PICKIT3 MPLAB
I am a college engineering student. I bought my Dell laptop just for school work only. It works great except for using PICKIT3 MPLAB.
The laptop loads the human device drivers when I plug in to the USB port, but the software can not communicate with the PICKIT3. I suspect that it is a driver conflict.
I can use my PICKIT3 with my desktop at home, using Win7-64 and the school computers using WinXP-32. All other students with non-Dell laptops can use the PICKIT3, even an Apple computer. Great! An Apple computer can run PICKIT3 but a Dell can not.
I read on the Internet that many people are having problems with PICKIT3 with Dell computers.
Dell needs to address, because if engineering students can not count on using a Dell to run engineering simulation software, we will learn to never suggest to our companies to purchase them.
I did find a use for my Dell during labs at school, which is to place my breadboard on my laptop.
Jsw69
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October 7th, 2012 13:00
Same problem here, doesn't work with Dell Inspiron N5050 with win7-64bit. Pickit 3 works with 'old' HP
BSEEstudent
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October 7th, 2012 15:00
Thank you for the link. It has been nearly a year since this post. I have tried numerous things to get it to work.
I have resigned to the fact that I will never be able to use my Dell laptop computer with my PICKIT3. I use my self-built desktop computer to program my Microchip projects.
Sometimes life is not fair and you have to work around problems. That is what engineering is about anyway. My next laptop might not be a Dell.
MicroTest
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October 7th, 2012 15:00
Check out the link below - there are some suggestions(like running PicKit.exe in compatibility mode.etc....),don't know if they are of any use.....
www.microchip.com/.../m602314.aspx