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SD Card Reader
Hi,
Wondering if anyone can help.
I recently had to reinstall Windows 7 on my XPS 8100 after a crash, since doing so I cannot read SD cards plugged into the card reader using Windows Explorer.
If I plug a card in it appears in the list of devices with removable storage but if I click on it Explorer pops up a message box saying - "Please insert a disk into SD/mini-MMC/RS (F:)"
I have checked and the card reader is showing up in Device Manager, and selecting properties it says the device is working properly.
Also if I right-click 'My Computer' and select 'Manage' and then 'Disk Management' the plugged in SD card shows as Disk 2 Removable 3.69 GB Online and the box to the right shows a blue line at the top and the following -
(F:)
3.69 GB RAW
Healthy (Primary Partition)
So from all of the above I assume that the drivers are loaded OK but for some reason Explorer does not see the card.
I can read the cards fine when they are plugged into a Sandisk USB Card Reader so all is not lost, but it would be good to get the installed card reader working again.
Any ideas/suggestions gratefully accepted.
Thanks,
Ashley
Davet50
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March 4th, 2012 04:00
Try downloading and installing THIS DRIVER. Note: Do not use the download manger option. use the option to download via your web browser
Ashjuk
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March 4th, 2012 05:00
Thanks Dave that has worked like a dream. :-)
I had installed the one off the drivers CD when I did the reinstall of Windows, but that appeared not to work. I had also used Windows to check for an updated driver but it reported the one I was using was the latest.
Anyway I installed the one you linked to and Explorer now sees the contents of the SD card in the card slot.
Thanks again.
Davet50
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March 4th, 2012 05:00
You are welcome. Glad to have helped.
Ashjuk
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June 10th, 2012 09:00
Unfortunately I am back revisiting this issue.
I had given up and was using a plug-in USB card reader to access my SD cards, but I now need to read an XD card for which I have no external reader.
The driver suggested by Dave above worked for a couple of days and then the system went back to not recognising a card plugged into the reader.
Device manager reports the drives as being there and working correctly. I can see the drives in the 'Devices with Removable Storage section' in Explorer and right clicking and selecting properties indicates all is well. When I plug a card into the reader the icon changes colour to indicate the presence of a card but clicking on the icon gives the message - Please insert a disk into SD/mini-MMC/RS (F:)
So whilst Windows seems to know that the reader is there, and that a card has been plugged in, it cannot read the card.
This applies to all cards and they all work fine in the plug-in reader.
Any ideas?
rdunnill
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June 10th, 2012 17:00
I bought an empty XPS 7100 case on eBay and installed an aftermarket Asus mainboard. The stock Dell card reader works perfectly, attached to a standard USB header, with standard Windows 7 drivers.
I'm thinking your card reader is damaged. In that case, replacements can be had on eBay for nominal sums.
lynne4270
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June 10th, 2012 20:00
If you haven't already done so. Shut the computer down and unplug the power cord. Let it set for a couple minutes. plug it back in and start the computer up and see if you still have the problem. I had read several other people having the problem with the card reader on Dell computers so when it happened to mine that's how I fixed it.
Ashjuk
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June 11th, 2012 00:00
Thanks for the suggestions guys.
@rdunnill - I don't think it's a hardware problem as the card reader was working fine right up to the time I needed to re-install Windows, seems more like a software problem to me.
@lynne - I'll give it a try, thanks.
walkman666
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December 29th, 2012 14:00
These solutions also worked for me, today, Dec 29, 2012. I installed the suggested FoxConn drivers, and then uplugged the PC for about five minutes. After a reboot, the SD card reader worked again. Thanks!