I used a micro usb from my nVidia Shield high quality cable. I don't see any burns on the Daisy Seed, the thing gets hot as hell to hot to touch so maybe I had a fluke. Or I could be the fluke.
The one I had that died was somewhat randomly like that as well. I assumed it was because I had just plugged it into the PCB with power applied, but I had done that at least a hundred times before with no issues.... so maybe it was just a fluke.
I had a similar issue with my daisy seed development tool not being recognized on Windows 10, so I thought I’d chime in on this old post. Sometimes, manual driver installation is needed. Check the Device Manager for driver updates, or download the drivers from the manufacturer's site if necessary.
I once had to factory reset my PC to fix some driver problems. I found this guide on how to do it: https://operatingsystems.info/how-to-factory-reset-pc-windows-11/ . The reset was smoother than I expected and resolved my issues.