USB Card reader not working

[dodger46]

Hello,
Card reader not appearing in Windows explorer, bug or just me?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Look and see if it shows in the device manager!Windows 7 shows it in the device manager but not windows explorer.

 

[dodger46]

Generates a 'Windows Sound', appears in Device Manager but no Options Menu appears. It DOES appear in Win 7 Windows Explorer under Computer as Removable Disk (E) but not in Win 8 so far. Well, it does sometimes but then Windows thinks its a DVD RW as it asks for a disk! Then I discovered that a CD won't read either, though it must have read have read the DVD to install itself. Think I'll shelve it for a month or two and try again after I've reported these bugs...

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Thanks for the info!

 

[chriscornell]

Often cardreaders don't show up in the explorer window, if you haven't actually inserted a card. Not trying to patronize you, just saying - you might have forgotten to try that.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Plus 1 ^ that is how mine works under 7!

 

[dodger46]

Often cardreaders don't show up in the explorer window, if you haven't actually inserted a card. Not trying to patronize you, just saying - you might have forgotten to try that.

Tried a couple of different sizes to no avail. At one point it actually appeared in W Explorer as Removable Disk D then prompted me to insert a disk! Needless to say the DVDR RW is not working in Windows Explorer either. Guess they have some work to do...

 

[WR2]

My optical drive and USB card reader are working normally.

In this screenshot you can see Drive O: (Install Ubuntu) which is a MicroSD card in the USB reader. And that CD/DVD disc was a just burned .iso copy of Ubuntu 12.04

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[dodger46]

Replaced Mobo since last post. DVD now working, but Card Reader still not working. If I try plugging it in more than once it crashes the system!


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[dodger46]

Doh. Didn't get the link right!

 

[WR2]

 

[dodger46]

Thanks! Now I'll have to figure out how, and correct size...

 

[WR2]

Use the Forum code option - just paste that into the post:
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[dodger46]

Thanks again...

 

[dodger46]

The plot thickens! Several attempts to use the card reader resulted in the system crashing (instant reset) so I tried it in a USB3 port. No crash, recognised but asked for a disk to be inserted. The 'libraries' progress bar increased rapidly at first then slowed right down. I left it running for over an hour during which time the power settings put the machine to 'sleep'. When I woke it up the contents of the SD card were displayed normally, and the request to 'insert card' had gone. I closed Windows Explorer, opened it again and the card was reading as normal. But when i tried to write to it got error code 0x8007045D indicating an I/O device error. Frustrating as I would like to use Win 8 on a regular basis. I have early stages Parkinsons and find the user interface easier to use than Win 7...

 

[rob124]

sharing my experience: have several card readers and it seemed most would not work on my windows xp computer. turned out that it was the usb extension wire I was plugging into. when I tried directly plugging the readers into the usb port of the computer the problem disappeared. the extension works fine with my printer and at least one of the readers.

 

[dodger46]

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