On my machine, these files were located in the following folder:Ĭ:Program Files (x86)CypressCypress USB-Serial DriverDriverBinar圜DC_Driverbinwin7x86

The device should come up again as 'Cypress-0123456' and now you can update the driver and browse to the Cypress driver files that were installed from Step 2 above. I know it sounds rather strange but this is the only way I could get this to work.Ħ) With networks disabled, disconnect ZedBoard USB-UART and reconnect. In order to prevent it from being reinstalled, you must disable your wired and wireless networks before completing the next steps. If prompted, check the box for the 'Delete the driver software for this device' option.ĥ) Now the Windows Update driver for the Cypress device has been removed. If prompted, check the box for the 'Delete the driver software for this device' option.Ĥ) With your ZedBoard USB-UART still connected, next right click on the 'USB to UART Adapter' device under the 'Universal Serial Bus controllers' branch and select the Uninstall option. I kept trying things like uninstalling the driver and reconnecting the device but the driver kept being assigned to the USB-UART.ġ) Download the 'Microsoft Certified USB UART Driver Last Update: ' listed on the Cypress CY7C64225 page:Ģ) Install the driver by running the CypressDriverInstaller_0.exe downloaded from the Cypress website.ģ) With your ZedBoard USB-UART connected, first right click on the 'Virtual Serial Port Device 00' device in device manager and select the Uninstall option. I noticed that the driver that was loaded had a Driver Date of which is fairly new and must come from Windows Update when new hardware is connected to the system. I tried loading the old driver, but Windows kept saying that the current driver is up to date. I tried updating the driver but that did not seem to help. Upon inspection in the Device Manager, I saw the same 'Virtual Serial Port Device 00' shown.

I heard a few da-ding chimes as new devices were recognized but finally a da-dah error chime as the device was not recognized. There was a long pause while Windows 7 searched for the appropriate driver. I ran into this problem last week when I plugged a ZedBoard into my PC which I have never connected to before.

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