Can't use the NEW XIAO Rp2040 - Drivers NOT working Windows 8.1

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Hi All,

I have just purchased two new XIAO RP2040 Boards and I could not have the Serial to work no mather what I did. Even tried to install the driver in Windows with Unsigned drivers enabled. Nothing works.

I have tried to let Thonnyssist with installation and I got two different drivers on each one of the boards - One that DOES not work Board CDC and the other that looks like it is working with MicroPython named: Board CDC with iterface and HAVE a COM port number.

when I tried to installe the Pico Drver I got a different driver and IT had PORT as well.

I know that NONE of the settings I have is GOOD since it should be showing the Seeed RP2040 driver for Serial and notheing else.

I have been searching the web for almost two days with no luck - I could NOT find the CORRECT driver for the Xiao RP2040 Serial - it does NOT work at all in Arduino - I have installed the board adn I am getting Errors all the time.

I would be happy if you can HELP me wnd make my board work? Is there a need for a factory reset? If yes, How can I do that?

Please help
Thanks

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I wish I had someone to assist with this - I tried contacting Seeed and I was told to forward my question to the forum of which I will get assistance. I hope to get this fixed with the help with your help, thanks

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Hello,
It’s almost 6 months later and i’m Having the same problem. Have you found the answer to making your computer work with the Xiao RP2040 and windows 8.1.

Thanks

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Not sure if you were all able to find an RP 2040 driver solution for Windows 8.1 or not, but I was able to finally get my XIAO RP2040 working in Windows 8.1.
I had started by using the available drivers and Arduino. (i still have and use Arduino versions 1.8.8 and 1.8.13)
The end result was that the the boot drive portion installed ok, with a drive appearing in “My Computer”, but the other portion, which should have gone to an auto-assigned com port, did not.
Instead i got the dreaded exclamation mark in a yellow triangle and the device labelled as “picoArduino” .
I tried everything I could think of including the procedure to allow the installation of an unsigned driver that Arye_Arduino provided for the pre-RP2040 XIAO in an older XIAO post.
I then installed the Ada-fruit drivers set and Python, hoping something would install a working driver, but after plugging the rp2040 in, device manager was still showing the same result as before.
I was not really expecting this to work, so i did not write the steps down and once installed it was then already seeing it as a com port so i could not exactly retrace
the steps.
So,

  1. right click on “picoArduino” or whatever it may appear as, in Device Manager.
    2 select “Update Driver Software”
    3 select “Browse My Computer for Driver Software”
    4 select “Let Me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer”
    5 at this point I believe i had gone to “Ports Com and LPT” (which the driver installer now skips when i try to retrace the steps.)
    6 You should see “Port Types” and “Standard Port” or something similar at the top of the lists.
    7 In the left panel, scroll down the manufacturers list to “Seeed Technology Inc.” and then select (from the right scroll down window) “Seeduino XIAO” and click “Next.”
    I then had “Seeeduino XIAO” listed in device manager with no exclamation mark and was able to load a basic 83K Neo-Pixel test program to it and it ran no problem. (for the built-in RGB Neo-Pixel LED)
    However, when I plugged it in again later, it this time identified it as a “Rasberry Pi Pico” which it sort of is, but also with an exclamation mark.
    I ran the XIAO driver installation again and it worked.
    The only thing though, is that that the driver install does not say XIAO RP2040, just XIAO, so I am not certain yet that it is not installing the pre-RP2040 XIAO driver.
    Hopefully this helps to get somebody else going though.
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Open the Device Manager again by right-clicking the Windows icon and selecting Device Manager.
Use the menu to locate the device you want to reinstall.
Right-click the device you need to reinstall and in the menu, choose Uninstall device.
Restart your PC.

Hope You Find This Useful,
Peter

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i get the same but under android adb device so i update the drivers pick them my self from the list i pick serial port device and then my xiao and picos start working with thonny again …