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    Will new drivers make my media card reader support SDHC?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Fatalah, May 28, 2008.

  1. Fatalah

    Fatalah Notebook Guru

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    My Gateway NX570XL has a media card reader slot. This is the make of it:

    Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller


    Is it at all possible to update it so it could read SDHC cards?
     
    Fatalah, May 28, 2008
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    i thought SDHC is same as SD except higher cap.?
     
    Nirvana, May 28, 2008
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  3. jisaac

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    nope you need a sdhc reader to read sdhc cards (they are not backwards compatible with sd readers.
     
    jisaac, May 28, 2008
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  4. Fatalah

    Fatalah Notebook Guru

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    Unfortunately, some devices do not detect SD-HC cards. The most famous example is the Wii.
     
    Fatalah, May 28, 2008
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  5. Fatalah

    Fatalah Notebook Guru

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    Well that answers my question pretty succinctly.
     
    Fatalah, May 28, 2008
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    It could be a hardware or an os issue, if ktron's link does not work, then your hardware simply does not support sdhc ( which is common in older devices)
     
    jisaac, May 28, 2008
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  8. Fatalah

    Fatalah Notebook Guru

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    Thanks but I'm running Vista so it doesn't look like that driver applies to me. :(

     
    Fatalah, May 28, 2008
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  9. flipfire

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    I know theres a firmware/driver update for Ricoh card readers to enable SDHC. Not sure about Texas card readers...
     
    flipfire, May 28, 2008
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  10. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    By any chance you have the link for that?

    Thanks.
     
    stewie, May 29, 2008
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  11. flipfire

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    Sorry i cant seem to find it anymore.. i think i read it in the dell section.. never actually tried it.

    btw theres other workarounds..
     
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  12. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    No problem, thanks.

    And what would be the workarounds? :p
     
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  13. flipfire

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    Have you tried the Windows hotfixes yet?
     
    flipfire, May 29, 2008
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  14. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    I'm running SP1 with all the latest updates, didn't try to read a SDHC yet, I didn't know that I could, I will try it later, thanks. :)
     
    stewie, May 29, 2008
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    stewie What the deuce?

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  17. AL0513

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    Had try 2 hot fix issued by Microsoft with no luck, Any suggestion?
     
    AL0513, Nov 25, 2008
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  18. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    then probably ur actual hardware cant read SDHC cards even with a firmware upgrade..... (SDHC hardware is different from SD hardware)

    get a USB SDHC reader then...
     
    paper_wastage, Nov 25, 2008
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