ok as it looks to me is vista's power saving features are the culpret although i disabled it. Win7 ran for a couple of hours before disconnecting the usb. I went into Advanced power settings and there is an actual setting in there for usb (was set for 4hrs), I disabled it and BINGO! I can leave the vogue plugged in all the time now without problems. For some reason even with data transfering, usb was getting put into power save mode.
Transfers at 200kbps d/l's, much better than dialup in my 'rural' neighbourhood. (and cheaper than satellite)
Thank's guys, it's a fluke problem but hope it helps someone out someday.
Long live the Rogue Vogue!
Bell HTC 6900
Vin's 23506 V4
