[g__day (Matthew)]

Problem seems solved (fingers crossed). Cable the USB to this new powered Hub velcro taped to the head of my pier - Windows detected it fine. Plugged in the DSI II and Windows detected it and installed the drivers. Ran PHD - no issues connecting to the camera this morning.

Now to leave it on and see if its stable for a day!

Cheers all,

Matt

PS

The results - stable for around 6 hours then the hub itself dissappeared and became device unknown (correspondingly the Meade DSI dissappeared, ad USB key I had on the hub went wonky, PHD crashed and took Windows with it in a BSOD.

Turns out the 5m extension cable from the PC to the HUB the store provided isn't reliable - the 1 metre cable that came with the unit itself works every time (testing it on two different PCs). So tomorrow I will try a 5 metre active extension cable into the hub via the cable that always works and see if that is stable for any prolonged period.

Very, very trying to get this unit stable.