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SD card reader no longer working

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by oresteb

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I have a multiple on board card reader (includes floppy)- has been ok since may 2006- now when I insert the SD card the red LED won't go on and the relevant icon does not appear in the 'My Computer' window. PLease help
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by computercookie

please go to control panel > system > click on the hardware tab > click on the device manager button.

Have a look for any yellow exclamation marks, if you find any,double click on that device to open, click on the driver tab and then click on update driver.

If you have any problems post back.

Jeff

by nepenthe0

It may be possible to restore the computer to a prior working configuration. Since you can boot into Windows, use System Restore to locate a [i]restore point[/i] at a time when the computer was functioning properly.

I suggest software troubleshooting before you start looking at hardware issues. ComputerCookie's suggestion regarding SD cardreader driver repair would definitely be the place to start. The driver should be available on your installation/recovery CD or on the recovery partition.

Also check the computer manufacturer's support website for updated multi-cardreader drivers, and if posted, download and install.

Although it may not accomplish anything, you have nothing to lose by running the command:

chkdsk.exe C: /F

This program will [i]fix[/i] sector errors at the next boot.

Please post back to let us know what worked for you, or if the problem remains unresolved.

Rick/Portland, OR

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by older mycroft

Card Readers, by definition, are not mechanical because they have no moving parts. There is however one part that does move - the card when it goes in, and when it comes back out.

Since these cards CAN on occasions be removed from the digital camera and then a phone might ring, or you are distracted in some other way, the card CAN end up sitting on a foreign surface. It can, then, pick up minuscule particles of detritus that then find there way into the card reader itself.

Eventually one of these bits of muck will lodge where you would rather it didn't.

The only substrate I have ever found that is both effective and most importantly, trustwothy - is Litmus Paper. It is just the right 'feel', it tends to attract stuff it comes in contact with, and most importantly of all - it is long, thin, and just the right size.

You can get it at any Chemist / Drugstore and it has only a fraction of the destructive capability of a cotton bud! :D

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