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    SD card

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by DirtyTrickster, May 1, 2012.

  1. DirtyTrickster

    DirtyTrickster Notebook Evangelist

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    I bought a new 16 GB Sandisk Ultra SDHC card for our camera, but went to install in the media card slot and nothing. No pop ups, nothing in device manager. I thought it was a driver, but the driver isn't on Dells website. Any suggestions?
     
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    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    The support page seems to be down at the moment.
    If you know the file name, i.e. Rxxxx you could look for it on Dell's FTP.
    ftp.dell.com
     
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    DirtyTrickster Notebook Evangelist

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    I think I have most of them saved on my hard drive. Do you know which one it is? Also, i tried another SD card and it works in my computer.

    So to clarify:
    Old SD works in camera and computer
    New SD only works in camera
     
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    Unfortunately, I don't know which one is it.

    What I can tell you is that it's not the first time I hear about certain types of SD cards not working with the integrated reader.
     
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  5. DirtyTrickster

    DirtyTrickster Notebook Evangelist

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    Do you think it's the chipset driver? If so, will reinstalling it cause any harm? I know there is a particular order in which the drivers should be installed (chipset being first) so if I installed it now would that mess anything else up?

    EDIT:
    Figured it out. Went to the Realtek website and downloaded new drivers.

    DRIVERS
    In case anyone else has this problem. I used the first driver
     
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    Mine has been hit or miss for a bit as well. I guess its just another one of he "things" that recently got trashed on my system. Installing now.....

    Thanks for the linkage and the info JW!
     
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  7. DirtyTrickster

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    Np. Hope it helps
     
    DirtyTrickster, May 2, 2012
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