USB driver for Win98SE

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"Shel" <sisaac.control@netaccess.control.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I am a beginner in digital pictures. Just got an IOGEAR GFR202SD card
> reader. Contrary to what I saw on a downloaded manual, there doesn't seem
> to be a driver for Windows 98 SE.
>
> Windows sees that it's plugged in to USB, but can't access it because of
> lack of driver.
>
> I called Provantage twice, emailed, and also emailed IOGEAR. No help so
> far, no reply to emails.
>
> Advice, please.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Sheldon Isaac

Strange,

According to this;
http://www.iogear.com/main.php?loc [...] m=GFR202SD

it supports
Windows® 2000, ME, XP

Whereas the manual puts 98 in that list as well.

web search finds no driver.

You may be out of luck :-(

Did you try having Windows do a search on the net for the driver as part of
the install (did 98 do that? cant recall)

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Tumbleweed

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<sheldonisaac@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
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Good morning,Tumbleweed:
> Strange,
>
> According to this;
> http://www.iogear.com/main.php?loc [...] m=GFR202SD
>
> it supports
> Windows® 2000, ME, XP
>
> Whereas the manual puts 98 in that list as well.
>
> web search finds no driver.
>
> You may be out of luck :-(

Yep, I looked, and Provantage says "No returns"

> Did you try having Windows do a search on the net for the driver as
part of
> the install (did 98 do that? cant recall)

Um, I don't understand that.
I plugged it in, Windows found a "UB6220", looked for a driver in its
database & on the Windows installation CD.
I also downloaded and installed a few drivers from IOGEAR and even from
PNY.

Don't know how these work - isn't there a generic driver that works
with these USB reader/writer things?

Thanks,
Sheldon

When you install on WIn XP it can also go and serach on the net for drivers
then.

SOunds like you should ebay it and buy something else. OR see if there are
any takers here
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Tumbleweed

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Try this Microsoft patch

http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] S;Q240075&

Shel wrote:
> Hi, I am a beginner in digital pictures. Just got an IOGEAR GFR202SD card
> reader. Contrary to what I saw on a downloaded manual, there doesn't seem
> to be a driver for Windows 98 SE.
>
> Windows sees that it's plugged in to USB, but can't access it because of
> lack of driver.
>
> I called Provantage twice, emailed, and also emailed IOGEAR. No help so
> far, no reply to emails.
>
> Advice, please.
>
> Thanks,
>

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I've never been good at finding info. However, I had seen
that ION_98.ZIP; it was one of the ones I downloaded.

It didn't enable Windows to access the IOGEAR "Pocket Memory R/W
Drive", GFR202SD.

Perhaps there's a specific procedure? Remove certain devices or
whatever first, using Device Manager? or what?

Thanks, Sheldon

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In alt.comp.periphs.dcameras "CSM1" <nomoremail@nomail.com> wrote:
> Not likely, the manufacturer has to provide the Windows 98 driver.
> As far as I know, there is not a generic Mass storage driver for
> Windows 98.
>
> Of course if you were a Master Programmer, you could write the mass
> storage driver for Windows 98.
>
> I would dump the Iogear and get another card reader that works in
> Windows 98. (Check the specs before buying).

Sheldon replied:
Thanks, CSM1, I probably will give this little USB thing to a friend
with XP.

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"Nostrobino" <not@home.today> wrote in message
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>
> It is certainly surprising that Iogear doesn't offer Win98SE drivers for
> their product. Since you have nothing to lose, you might try downloading
> the Win98SE drivers from some other external hard drive makers such as
> Maxtor and/or Western Digital and see if they work with your Iogear unit.

Oops, make that some other flash-memory card reader such as Lexar or
Sandisk.

N.