XP Aborted during MP3 transfer to player

[Loaded4th]

The post talks about the virtual USB 3.0 controller inside the guest (and the drivers needed inside the guest OS). This has nothing to do with any hardware on the host.

I did try the code suggested, but the VM aborted

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine XP3.

The VM session was aborted.

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: SessionMachine
Interface: ISession {7844aa05-b02e-4cdd-a04f-ade4a762e6b7}

I realize my understanding of Vbox is limited, but the explanation given in USB 3.0 support in XP guests viewtopic.php?f=15&t=74575 suggests support of specific controller chips. With or without the extradata key, it's not working for my setup.

[michaln]

Without a VBox.log from the failing VM I cannot tell you anything useful.

Yes, a specific chip is emulated but that is no different from VirtualBox emulating a certain IDE or SATA controller or certain network chips. It has nothing to do with the hardware on the host.

[Loaded4th]

Okay, if I understand correctly, you are providing a pass-through to the host port?

I've attached the VBox.log if it is of use.

I will be offline for a few days...

[michaln]

Okay, if I understand correctly, you are providing a pass-through to the host port?

Host port, yes. Host controller, no. All communication goes through the host OS's USB stack so there is no dependency on any specific hardware on the host.

I've attached the VBox.log if it is of use.

It is. It seems you forgot to switch the VM to use xHCI, it still uses OHCI. Running the VBoxManage command is necessary but not sufficient.

[Loaded4th]

It is. It seems you forgot to switch the VM to use xHCI, it still uses OHCI. Running the VBoxManage command is necessary but not sufficient.

I was away for a week and unable to access the net.

Retested things. I run the VBoxManage command in a terminal, then type virtualbox. VB opens, and I setup USB 3.0 and select the device from the USB Filter. I start the XP machine and, with or without the extradata key, XP wants to install a driver for the USB (3.0) controller.

[michaln]

That means you're getting somewhere You need to let Windows go through the motions (it won't find any drivers) and then run the Renesas driver installer.

[Loaded4th]

I was out of town for a week. I downloaded the driver from Softpedia, and it worked! using the extradata key. Because Renesas uses it's own setup routine, I installed it with USB 2.0 enabled, powered down and ran the command line with the extradata key and virtualbox, then enabled the USB 3.0 controller and added the connected device. When XP loaded, it automatically installed the driver for the memory stick!

Thanks so much for your help and patience! I can finally buy some new systems and only use XP in virtualbox.

[michaln]

Good to hear. Can you please tell me which driver exactly you used?

[Loaded4th]

Good to hear. Can you please tell me which driver exactly you used?

The name of the file was RENESAS-USB3-Host-Driver-30230.zip

The download site is: http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOTHER ... 0230.shtml

Driver file details: Renesas Electronics uPD720201 / uPD720202 USB 3.0 Driver 3.0.23.0

Let me know if you want me to test/check any changes in the future...

[Loaded4th]

I'm currently running virtualbox-5.2_5.2.8-121009_Ubuntu_xenial_amd64.deb, and when I tried to connect an LG Leon smartphone to an XP machine (USB 3.0), it aborted with the NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005). I tried using the USB 2.0 port and settings, but it still yielded the NS_ERROR_FAILURE. No matter what I did I could not import or run any XP machine. I uninstalled, purged and reinstalled Virtualbox and was still getting the NS_ERROR_FAILURE. After hours of trying all manner of fixes, I discovered that none of my XP machines will work unless I have USB 3.0 selected in the settings (without the smartphone connected). I tried uninstalling the RENESAS-USB3-Host-Driver which yielded nothing except when I rebooted, the RENESAS Driver reinstalled itself.

Is this something unique to my setup, or a problem of compatibility?