I could hear the familiar “ta duh” sound of connecting a USB device, but it made no second attempt to grab the driver, even after a reboot. If you are an early adopter and find yourself in this situation, here’s what worked for me.įrom the Start Menu search “Administrative Tools”.Īfter choosing Administrative Tools, select “Computer Management”.įind “Device Manager.” Scroll down to “Universal Serial Bus controller.” Hopefully, you will see “TI Graphing Calculator.” Right click and select “Update Driver Software” and choose the automatic search for drivers. In this activity, you will check the Operating System on a TI-84 Plus or TI-84 Plus Silver Edition graphing calculator. Unfortunately, the CE driver installation failed, and Windows 7 wouldn’t give me another chance. I do know that my CE review unit was recognized prior to the new Connect, and when I installed the new software, I had to reinstall drivers for my TI-84 Plus C and Plus CE. I’m not sure if this a fluke, specific to my PC, something to do with the new Connect, or if there is some other explanation. My Windows 7 machine wouldn’t recognize my TI-84 Plus CE. ![]() However, I ran into a speed bump when I got started. It’s faster, the UI is much easier to work with, and one could easily program from within it. If you've got 10.6.4 then you should contact TI for more help.I took the new TI-Connect for a spin tonight, and it is a big improvement over the old version. I definitely have 10.6.8 so I guess I'll be waiting for the software developers to do their thing. I do apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused." Click a folder name to view files in that folder. Unfortunately, I do not have an estimated time frame as to when this update may become available. TI-84 PLUS C SILVER EDITION/CE BASIC GAMES Archive Statistics Click a filename to download that file. They are working on possible solutions for a possible future update to the software. At this point, our software developers have become aware of an issue with our software and your platform. Since you have Snow Leopard OS I am assuming that you either have 10.6.5 - 10.6.8 OS, if I am incorrect please correct me so that I continue troubleshooting. While we will continue to troubleshoot any issues that may arise I am not able to guarantee that a solution may be available. It was last updated to work with Macintosh 10.6.4 OS. "First, I would like to inform you that Texas Instruments has not tested this software on your platform. I sent TI a message through their website trying to get help on the issue and this is what they said: I bought one for good measure just to make sure I didn't have a bad cable at home. One of the guys from the Geek Squad told me TI's accessory products are not proprietary so it shouldn't matter what cable I used and directed me to the cell phone area for a generic USB-to-mini cable as they did not sell TI cables. Drag the TI-84 Plus CE operating system file you downloaded into the list of files shown. ![]() Click on the Calculator Explorer tab on the sidebar. ![]() Ok, so I went to Best Buy in an attempt to buy a TI cable hoping this would fix the problem. Plug your calculator into your computer using the charging cable. I sought out help from TI for this, and it was concluded that the problem was probably with my MacBook Pro because I am still able to connect to my PC and my friends' Macs, under the same conditions.ĭoes anyone know of a reason for why my TI-84 Plus and/or TI-89 Titanium cannot connect to my new MacBook Pro using the TI Connect X software? I have uninstalled and reinstalled, used different cables, downloaded the software again, and connected to different usb ports, all to no avail. This has happened with both my calculators every time I try. It reads: "Alert - A device was connected, but we could not communicate with it for some reason." Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition Graphing Calculator Purple Charger at the best online prices at eBay Free shipping for many products Skip to main content. Only after turning off and then back on my calculator do I get this message: Upon installing TI-Connect and connecting my calculator(s) to the computer, I receive no indication that my calculator is seen by the application. I have connected both calculators to my PC with TI Connect multiple times without a problem to sync programs and rearrange files, but I want to use TI Connect X for Mac to use the new version with a program editor. I use a TI-84 Plus (recently upgraded to version 2.55) and a TI-89 Titanium on a regular basis for school, and I create my own programs for my benefit.
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