You've definitely got the 'original' F407 discovery board, and not the F401? Have you tried a different USB cable?
Maybe it's just that you need the drivers for it? But this is why we have the Espruino board - when there's one bit of hardware it's significantly easier to support it :)
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You've definitely got the 'original' F407 discovery board, and not the F401? Have you tried a different USB cable?
Maybe it's just that you need the drivers for it? But this is why we have the Espruino board - when there's one bit of hardware it's significantly easier to support it :)