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SD card reader not working at all

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kenasto
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SD card reader not working at all

#1 Post by kenasto » Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:38 am

Hello,

When I insert an SD card into the reader Windows doesn't show any reaction and the SD card drive doesn't show up in the Explorer. Does anyone have an idea what I could do to find the reason and get it working again?

It's a Thinkpad X61s with Windows Vista. Windows' device manager doesn't show any problems, an "SD hostadapter" is shown as working without problems.

I am using Comodo Antivirus and I wonder if it might prevent the driver from loading, but that is just a vague guess. Closing it didn't help.

Regards,
Ken

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Re: SD card reader not working at all

#2 Post by billp117 » Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:49 am

Remove the driver in system properties and let Windows re-install the missing driver. Just a guess. :)
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Re: SD card reader not working at all

#3 Post by peter-h » Sat Jul 24, 2010 1:42 am

Mine has had an intermittent issue for a long time. I have to plug the card in several times before it "registers".

Is the reader supposed to read SDHC (4 and 8GB) too?

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Re: SD card reader not working at all

#4 Post by kenasto » Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:25 am

In the Device Manager I uninstalled the card reader, then from the menu let Windows look for new devices. Windows found the card reader and installed local drivers. Now it works fine.

Thank you!

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