
The charging/data cable from BN is infamous to break after some time, most probably the cable's primary plastic coating is not very flexible and starts to split at the point where it enters the micro usb connector and leads to a visible secondary shielding. The Barnes&Noble Nook Color / Nook Tablet have a proprietary micro USB charging port which is longer than normal and allows power charging with 2Amps. It will allow you to use a standard full-size USB cable of any length to charge your Nook without worrying about bending and trashing your straight nook charging cable. I now can use any standard micro USB (even the cheap retractable kind! Another option if you are not comfortable performing surgery on your Nook is the eForCity Micro USB OTG to USB 2.0 Adapter/dongle available from Best Buy. ** If you encounter "Unknown Device" instead of "BNTV450" in Step 3, please proceed with the steps below before continuing.I did a better fix- I opened up my Nook and replaced the connector on the PC board with a conventional micro USB connector. Your NOOK Tablet 7" is now recognized by your PC and is accessible to transfer files. Right click on the file called "wpdmtp" and click on the "Install" option.ĥ. Type wpdmtp in the Search bar located in the INF folder.Ĥ. Steps 1 through 8 are only necessary the first time the device is connected to a new computer.Ģ. Please note: Step 9 must be completed every time the device connects to the same computer. Before moving any files you must first switch the device from Charging mode to File Transfer mode. Select "Android phone" and then "MTP USB Device" & click Next.ĩ. Select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer".ħ. Select "Browse my computer for driver software".Ħ. Right click on "BNTV450" and click on "Update driver".ĥ. Please note: If you instead see "Unknown Device" here, please proceed with the steps detailed below before proceeding.**Ĥ. Go to "Portable Device" and locate "BNTV450" with a yellow exclamation mark on it. Open "Device Manager" on your Computer.ģ. If it does, dismiss it by clicking the X.Ģ. When you first plug in your NOOK Tablet 7" to the PC, an "Install Device" dialogue box may appear. If you are connecting your NOOK Tablet 7" to a Windows PC, you may need to complete the installation of the device driver before your PC will acknowledge that the NOOK is connected.ġ. NOOK Tablet 7" - Plugging Device Into Windows PC
