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    Card Reader Problems

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by mcfallg, Aug 7, 2008.

  1. mcfallg

    mcfallg Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a travelmate 5720 which has a built in card reader. Whenever i insert my SD (normal 2gb not sdhc) card it makes the noise that something has been connected. When i click on my computer it says SD card (f:/) but when i click on it it tells me to insert card into f:/. Anyone have any experience of this or possible fixes. I was able to do it once before but has returned to not working. I am running vista home premium. Cheers
     
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    maybe the card needs to be formatted?

    try opening MY COMPUTER,, right click on F:,, then click FORMAT
     
    bigozone, Aug 7, 2008
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  3. mcfallg

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    have tried this as well with no luck. Its really frustrating because it has worked before. In deice manager it says that the device is working fine. Any ohter suggestions??
     
    mcfallg, Aug 9, 2008
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  4. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Reinstall the Card Reader Drivers. Does the Card work in other notebooks..??
     
    Andy, Aug 9, 2008
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  5. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    and nothing showing in device manager ?
    error/event logs may show something !
    and its a 2gig card, any chance you could get your hands on a 1gig. and try that :D
    is the card locked (mine has a small slider on the side).

    I have two 2gig cards i use a lot they both need to be unlocked to read. but my 1gig card will let you read, but not write too. when locked.

    Phil :D
     
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  6. mcfallg

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    i cant get my hands on a 1 gig card, i have tried a 2gb sd card and a 2gb micro sd card in an sd card reader. Have also tried them in the unlocked and locked positions which does nt work either. How do you reisntall the drivers, im not to sure. i tried updating but it just said that it had the latest version. And the cards read ok in another laptop. Thanks for your help guys
     
    mcfallg, Aug 10, 2008
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  7. Andy

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    Check in the Add/Remove Programs list for Texas Instruments PCIxx__/xx__....Uninstall it.
     
    Andy, Aug 10, 2008
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    Cheers, iv found it. After uninstalling it, where will i get the driver to download again
     
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    Managed to un install and then reinstall the driver that you mentioned. Now works perfectly, thanks very much for all your help. Grant
     
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    No Problem :)
     
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  11. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    nice one, glad we could help.
    Phil :D
     
    hoggie, Aug 10, 2008
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