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Before Installation

Disable power saving for USB devices

This is required to prevent Windows from turning off the controller or the USB to UART adapter.

• Open the Device Manager.
• Right click on the USB HUB (make sure to select the right one) > Properties > Power management > Uncheck "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power".
• Right click on the COM port > Properties > Power management > Uncheck "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power".

System Preparation

• Install all Windows updates (otherwise USBDK may fail to work properly, resulting in GIMX failures)
• Create a system restore point, in case something goes wrong (USBDK was known to create instability on some systems)

Download and install the GIMX setup file

• 32-bit setup, for 32-bit Windows only
• 64-bit setup, for 64-bit Windows only

The setup file includes the following installers:

• CP210x driver - required when using a CP2102 USB to UART adapter
• USBDK driver - required when using a console that needs controller authentication

LibusbK can be used as an alternative to USBDK. (Optional, not recommended)

• Rename the libusb-1.0.dll file from the C:\Program Files\GIMX folder to libusb-1.0.dll.bk.
• Download this libusb package: link.
• Open it (with 7zip for example) and extract the libusb-1.0.dll file from the /mingw64/bin/ folder to the C:\Program Files\GIMX folder.
• Install the libusbk driver as explained below.

Note: the libusb-1.0.dll file will be replaced after updating GIMX. Perform the above steps again to keep using libusbK.