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    W500 7-in-1 card reader? SDHC?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by trooperer, Nov 22, 2008.

  1. trooperer

    trooperer Newbie

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    Hi everyone,

    According to the specs W500 comes with 7-in-1 reader. But I am unable to read anything other than regular SD cards. I have tried SDHC and they dont work, and I don't see a slot for anything else (MemoryStick ?)

    What does 7-in-1 actually mean? "Can read 7 differently colored SD cards" ?

    Thanks,
    Milos
     
    trooperer, Nov 22, 2008
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  2. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Calling them 7 in 1 is kinda stretching the thruth, it is in reality 5 in 1: Compact Flash I/II, MicroDrive, Secure Digital Card/Multimedia Card, Memory stick, SmartMedia. The last 2 types are miniSD and microSD but those can only be read with a SD adapter....
     
    Ayle, Nov 22, 2008
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  3. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    If you have XP, theres hot fix that will enable compatibility with SDHC cards.
     
    flipfire, Nov 22, 2008
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  4. Longwalker

    Longwalker Notebook Guru

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    Are you sure the W500 will read CompactFlash? CF cards are much larger than newer flash media cards and have a completely different physical interface (pins vs. slide contacts).

    According to Cnet, the 7-in-1 reader is only good for MMC, SDHC, SD, XD, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick and XD-Picture Card Type H.
     
    Longwalker, Nov 22, 2008
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  5. jaredy

    jaredy Notebook Virtuoso

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    I believe you are correct.
     
    jaredy, Nov 22, 2008
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  6. trooperer

    trooperer Newbie

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    Thank you.

    And for reference, relevant KBs are KB923293, KB934428
     
    trooperer, Nov 23, 2008
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    receph Notebook Evangelist

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    no cf. and sdhc works on T400 which also has 7 in 1
     
    receph, Nov 23, 2008
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