[-Mark-]

Hey all,

Last night I got my hands on the beautiful 9700. After I got everything the way I wanted it, it was time to load up some music for the gym. What a great way to fill up a brand new SD card, right?

I loaded up the software that came with the product (Desktop Manager 5x) - What happened next blew me away.

I restarted the PC to be welcomed by a black screen of nothingness. The mouse, unresponsive, computer locked up.

To safemode I go, same issue.

It wasn't until 2 hours later I managed to remove the software and revert back to an older setting.

That being said, all I want is a simple USB driver so the phone acts as a hard drive, and I can drag and drop files to the music folder. That's all I need!

I've Googled for hours and come back with nothing, even files that are called "BlackBerry 9700 USB Driver" is just a renamed version of the Desktop Manager software.

Frustrated,
Mark

[MidnightDraven]

At this point (although desktop manager is useful for more than what you want it for), the easiest way is to gt a card reader, and use that to drag and drop files, and then place the card in your phone.

[-Mark-]

Hmm, I see.

Windows detects it as a RIM device but then fails at installing it.

Windows XP Pro, if that helps.

I will keep on searching on, if needed, will go for the card reader.

[MidnightDraven]

Its possible that you will need to go download 4.6 version of DM, and the 5.0 version has a problem with XP.

[devnull]

besides needing DM for drivers, you most certainly need it for device backups which we all suggest you do on regular basis.

I have DM 4.6 working just fine on my XP SP3 rig. It is the version of DM *without* media player.

[SteveO86]

Install the version without Roxio.

Roxio's "folder Watcher" can cause some un-needed slow downs with PCs.

The driver is RimUsb.sys , it should extracted to a temp directory after you run the install. just cancel the install and find the temp directory everything is in. That might help as well.