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    probleme SD drive and 1394

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by virtuehero, Dec 24, 2010.

  1. virtuehero

    virtuehero Notebook Geek

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    I've got a problem: my little machine no longer recognise the SD card, neither the 1394 devices. Tried reinstall the drivers from Dell and from JMicron, also tried a clean install and a factory recover (I've the recovery partition intact). But nothing solves the problem. Any suggestions will be grateful.

    My proc: R1 su 7300 overclocked, 4G, 500 HD 7200RPM, win 7 pro.
     
    virtuehero, Dec 24, 2010
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  2. ultimablade

    ultimablade Notebook Consultant

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    Did you try checking whether the 1394 port and the SD card reader are enabled in BIOS?
     
    ultimablade, Dec 24, 2010
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    zchay7e Notebook Consultant

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    I've got the same problem. Tried the drivers from Jmicron website as well but no luck! Can't access them.

    Anybody have any ideas?
     
    zchay7e, Dec 24, 2010
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  4. virtuehero

    virtuehero Notebook Geek

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    @ultimablade: yes, they are enabled in the bios. More, there is no any "!" in the peripheric devices.
     
    virtuehero, Dec 25, 2010
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  5. zchay7e

    zchay7e Notebook Consultant

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    btw, there isn't any option in the bios to activate/deactivate the SD card, only the firewire.
     
    zchay7e, Dec 25, 2010
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    slickie88 Master of Puppets

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    Just for grins, re-flash your BIOS. If that doesn't work then time to call support.
     
    slickie88, Dec 25, 2010
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  7. virtuehero

    virtuehero Notebook Geek

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    problem solved, called alienware and they've come changing my motherborad :)
     
    virtuehero, Jan 6, 2011
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    Bushman87 Notebook Guru

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    I had a similar problem with my firewire but mine was not hardware related as my firewire worked in ubuntu. I havent figured it out yet. Let us know if you have any success.
     
    Bushman87, Jan 6, 2011
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