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    R2 - Card Reader not working

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Manx, Sep 2, 2010.

  1. Manx

    Manx Newbie

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    My (Win 7) laptop is about 6 weeks old. I recently tried to use the Media reader.

    I have tried the following cards (all working in other devices):
    1GB A-data Turbo SD (150x)
    Sandisk Extreme 8GB (Class 10)
    Patriot LX 16GB (Class 10)

    When I insert any of them into the card reader on my M17x R2, nothing happens. I installed the Ricoh driver from the dell driver site; still nothing.

    Any ideas?
     
    Manx, Sep 2, 2010
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  2. Coquibob

    Coquibob Notebook Enthusiast

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    Make sure you push the card all the way in, until it clicks :D , If thats not it, I would call Alienware and have it checked
     
    Coquibob, Sep 2, 2010
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  3. Manx

    Manx Newbie

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    Went and installed all the latest drivers and installed the Ricoh driver, now the card reader is working!

    However, the AMD driver broke the ability to sleep! *sigh*
    I started a new thread for this... here.
     
    Manx, Sep 3, 2010
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  4. radji

    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    Same problem here. I downloaded the latest drivers from dell and reinstalled them, but no card will show up in windows explorer when inserted. I know the cards in all the way because it clicks and holds itself in. The card readers show up correctly in the device manager, so I'm not sure what it could be. Any help? Thx, Radji
     
    radji, Dec 3, 2010
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  5. spradhan01

    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Mine just works fine with the windows drivers..
    Try that
     
    spradhan01, Dec 3, 2010
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