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I have a GQ-4X -  has anyone tried version 5 of the programming software with windows 7?

I use right now GQ programmer version 3.03 in win xp and it runs fine.  

Version 5 in win 7 (64 bit) keeps rebooting on me - What I mean is when the programmer tries to initialize on startup it says ready then disconnects and initialize again.  

Both are running in a virtual machine on a mac.

The actual error message I'm getting is

"Hardware out of synched!
Please re-connect the programmer"


It disconnects from the USB hub then reconnects and tries to initialize again.

Have you tried running the program in "simulated XP mode" within W7 ?

No  -  I've tried that at work it it actually boots XP in a virtual machine!  -  It's nuts!  It's like having vmware installed in windows 7. 


I'm trying some different settings now.  It initializes and says ready but then disconnects !

What is causing this Munch, a new computer?
or a new Windows?
Your GQ-4X worked fine all summer?
Did you get some updated version from the MCUMall people?

I am running a MacBook Pro with snow leopard.   I have XP installed in a virtual machine and the programmer works perfectly - 100% -  and I even backed up my chips with it tonight. 
I also have win7 installed in a virtual machine and that is where the problem comes in.   

in Win7 it does not work.   - Even thought the mcumall page has the drivers and software for it.   


I would just like to dump my XP virtual machine.   I use Win 7 for almost everything now and it runs fast and well on my mac.

OK I have another Win7 laptop - and I installed the programmer software on that and it worked fine.   So the problem must be with the  virtual machine. 

Thanks for letting us know. I'm still running GQ-4X v4.04 on XP with no issues, but like it or not, there's probably a Windows 7 in my future...  :58- :60-

Hopefully, MCUMall will have the bugs worked out of their updates for the programmer soon!

Just a thought... have you tried it without the hub?

It is confirmed that everything runs fine in Windows 7.  I loaded version 5 and the 2.03 driver in a standalone win7 machine and it runs fine.  

The problem is with my VM.  I'm going to uninstall everything and try version 3.03 with usb driver 1.0.    

Related, but just an FYI for others reading this later....

Version 4.02 works fine under Vista 64-bit.

The reason I ask that is because I had a similar issue wwith XP in Fusion, it didn't like the USB 2.0 hub I had. I bought a different one and everything was fine...

It wasn't with a programmer, though, it was with a USB to serial converter.

I have tried directly in the machine - no luck. 

I tried version 3.03 but that didn't work at all under the 64 bit version of win 7.   The drivers aren't compatible.   

Does anyone have 4.02?  I would like to try it.  MCUmall only has the latest version (5) available. 

 :172-

Thanks!  -  I tried it but same result -

When I start the software I get the initialization screen then I hear the tone as if I disconnected the programmer then it crashes. 

Too bad there isn't mac software.