PC doesn't recognise my Sony Walkman.

[Spoonology]

I get a small balloon saying a USB device has malfunctioned and nothing more, I've tried upgrading the firmware however it get a something called a Code 10, saying the device had reported errors and Windows had cancelled the connection.

I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium and it's a Sony Walkman NWZ-A729.

 

[Qdos]

Just to let you know Windows7 can recognise a Walkman, although I'm unable to say why you're encountering difficulties. I've got a NWZ-A818 model and it gets detected perfectly under devices and hardware, and works beautifully.

 

[Spoonology]

Hmm, not good. It's recognised in USB Devices in devices manager but it comes up as unknown devices.

 

[zigzag3143]

Hmm, not good. It's recognised in USB Devices in devices manager but it comes up as unknown devices.

Hi and welcome

If not recognized, it needs a driver.

 

[noobvious]

Windows 7 recognizes my NWZ-S545 just fine. The only confusing bit is this....if I remove the USB cable from the computer, which I do sometimes because I have an AC USB charger for it, then the next time I connect it to the computer, it reinstalls it as a second Walkman. It hasn't been a problem, I just remove the previous image, but it's strange that it happens.

 

[Spoonology]

Hmm, not good. It's recognised in USB Devices in devices manager but it comes up as unknown devices.

Hi and welcome

If not recognized, it needs a driver.

By driver do you mean Firmware? Because I tried updating the latest version however it kept saying there was no device connected to the PC.

 

[Spoonology]

Anyone?