Hello forum-people,,
Been having the POD GO for about a week now and I have to say that I'm quite happy with it soundwise. Came from a HD500X, which I still think is great, but the POD GO has some benefits which I was searching for.
As I've read on this forum many users already had struggles with connecting the POD GO to their PC or laptop. Sadly I am no exception. I was very eager to update the device to FW 1.30 after I got it, but have been strugling with it for a week now ..... I would chronologically like to share my findings:
After first install op PG Edit the device connected but connection was gone after about 10 seconds or so
Tried all kinds of resets, reboots of PC, different USB ports, but no succes
Tried older versons of PG Edit
Ordered a powered hub as suggested on this forum
Tried with another laptop, both with and without the Hub
Tried different USB cables, also older ones
All of this did not solve the POD GO from disconnecting after a short while
As of this morning I followed the Line6 Updater steps (as a first thing after starting up my PC), so I booted the PG into update mode. The PG was detected as LPC by my system. I waited for a few minutes and this connection seemed stable. After that I launched the updater, waited again to be sure it was stable. And then I was lucky to be able to do a succesfull FW upgrade to 1.30!
Updating the FW was my main goal. However, PG Edit still keeps having the disconnection problem. Strangly enough my HD500X connects fine with the HD500X Edit SW and stays connected all the time.
So what strange USB behavior or drivers are present in this unit which where OK in the HD500X? I'm puzzled?
I've filed a ticket at Line6 support, let's see what their explanation is.
To get the PG connect again, I have to shut it down for 5 minutes or so, put it on again, and then same behavior ....
So for the time being, no working Edit software for me :-(
All the best!