Thanks Zakalwe and that could be an issue as well. As for now, I have bought a new higher end gaming laptop, which will be the foundation of the observatory control. Acer Predator I7 w/ 32g RAM and 8g GPU RAM, SSD, etc. If this doesn't work, I will give up and take up knitting.

Thank you Astrograph! I really appreciate all of the help this forum has provided, feel bad that I am blaming hardware and software when it is likely my older Vaio that needs to be trashed and replaced with something more capable!

I am starting to concur with you Merlin66. I failed to mention that I tend to run two cameras (plus a guidecam for DSO if I'm doing that), so my USB traffic is high. I have not heard of MSI before but will be checking them out. Last two gamer desktops I have, although not used for multiple cameras -...

Thanks Bart. I think the best thing to do at this point is get a dedicated new desktop. I never operate the laptop without power anyway. My only problem is I want one with Windows 7 64, not Win 10 and not sure if that's possible. Appreciate the insight though and I loved the PGR cameras. At least th...

Been using this camera for some months now and yesterday ran a dual setup with my Mod 6D in a Tak106 and then my quark, ASI174mm in my Explore Scientific ED80. Ever since I've owned it, the 174 regularly disconnects from Firecapture and often won't let me back in or when it does, it does so at some ...

Been using this camera for some months now and yesterday ran a dual setup with my Mod 6D in a Tak106 and then my quark, ASI174mm in my Explore Scientific ED80. Ever since I've owned it, the 174 regularly disconnects from Firecapture and often won't let me back in or when it does, it does so at some ...