I'm trying to mess around with the Arduino micro, but can't get the driver installed. When I look at the device manager, my Win7 PC doesn't seem to even see it. The only thing under "Ports (COM & LPT)" is "Communication Port (COM1)" and the only thing under "Other devices" where the manual points me to if I need to manually install is "Unversal Serial Bus (USB) Controller".
For kicks I tried to upload my sketch to COM1 in the IDE and after a long time it says Upload complete, but it clearly didn't happen. Any ideas? I'm using the IDE from here: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=118440.0
and it installed and even said the driver installation was successful. When I use the pnpUtil from MS, I can see the arduino driver, but that's it.
Where are you plugging your USB plug into? I'm using windows 7 and I have a card reader with a USB port on the front of my tower. If I use that USB I can't communicate with Arduino. If I use any other USB ports it'll work.
I started with it plugged into my monitor USB port. That's where it was when the IDE in theory successfully installed the drivers. I since moved it to a port off the front of my desktop. Even there it doesn't show up in the device manager. I didn't try the driver install with it plugged in there, but I assume it won't work because the device manager can't see it...
Well I'm sure you're using this this installation page. Carefully look it over again. Make sure you've followed all the instructions, which I'm sure you probably have, but it doesn't hurt to check again.
Then if you have installed any drivers, remove them. FInd a usb plug on the back of the motherboard and plug into that. They're sometimes more accurate or reliable. See if it detects it then...
