x220 SD Card Reader .. Help Please!

I've put the card from my new camera into the sd slot and nothing happens - it doesn't come up on explorer at all and it doesn't say anything about loading a driver. I'm not home, I forgot my cord, and I need this to get the pictures out of camera! THANK YOU to anyone who can point me in the right direction.

I should add that I'm running Windows 8 which often seems to make a difference.

 

When you push the SD card in, there should be a "springy" feel and a "click" sound. (When you want to remove the SD card, you must push it in rather firmly, then release your finger; the card is then ejected and protrudes just enough to be pulled out with two fingers.)

When the card is inserted properly, there is no "loading driver" pop-up message or any other indication. Open Windows Explorer and you should see the name of your SD card below the C: drive, on the left panel. Click on that name and you should see the SD card contents in the right panel.

Good luck!

 

Thank you that's what happens about the pushing in part but bummer Windows Explorer doesn't show the card.

I tried it a few times too, putting it in, hearing the click, no joy, popping it out, then in again etc.

 

Any chance you might've disabled the card reader in BIOS?

 

Look in Device Manager for problems. This card reader seems temperamental. You might have to reinstall the Ricoh card reader drivers.

Ricoh Media Card Reader Driver for Windows 8 (32-bit, 64-bit) - ThinkPad

EDIT: I just remembered that I recently had a problem with this card reader that required an edit of an .ini file.

C:\DRIVERS\WIN\multicard\Driver\risdxc.inf

Code:

; RISDXC.inf
; Windows x86,x64 installation file
; for installing RICOH SDXC/MMC(Multi Media Card) driver
; Copyright (c) 2001-2011 RICOH Company Ltd.,   All rights Reserved
; This Driver supports R5U23x/24x PCIe Controller
; 

[Version] 
Signature = "$Windows NT$" 
Class=hdc
ClassGUID={4d36e96a-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
DriverPackageDisplayName="SD Host Controller" 
Provider=%Ricoh% 
;CatalogFile=risdpcie.cat
CatalogFile.ntx86=risdxc86.cat
CatalogFile.ntamd64=risdxc64.cat
DriverVer= 05/25/2011, 6.10.10.32

[DestinationDirs] 
R5U822.Files.dll = 11 
R5U822.Files.amd64_sys = 12
R5U822.Files.x86_sys = 12 

[SourceDisksNames.x86]
0=%DiskName%

[SourceDisksNames.amd64]
0=%DiskName%


[SourceDisksFiles.x86]
risdxc86.sys=0,, 
RiSDIcon.dll=0,,
RiMMCIcon.dll=0,,

[SourceDisksFiles.amd64]
risdxc64.sys=0,,
RiSDIcon.dll=0,,
RiMMCIcon.dll=0,,

[Manufacturer] 
%Ricoh%=Ricoh, ntamd64

[Ricoh]
%R5U822Desc%=R5U822_Inst,PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_E822
%R5U822Desc%=R5U822_Inst,PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_E822&SUBSYS_21DA17AA

[Ricoh.ntamd64]
%R5U822Desc%=R5U822_Inst.ntamd64,PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_E822
%R5U822Desc%=R5U822_Inst.ntamd64,PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_E822&SUBSYS_21DA17AA


[R5U822_Inst] 
CopyFiles = R5U822.Files.x86_sys
CopyFiles = R5U822.Files.dll

[R5U822_Inst.ntamd64] 
CopyFiles = R5U822.Files.amd64_sys 
CopyFiles = R5U822.Files.dll

[R5U822_Inst.Services] 
AddService = risdxc,0x00000002,R5U822_Service_Instx86,

[R5U822_Inst.ntamd64.Services] 
AddService = risdxc,0x00000002,R5U822_Service_Instx64,  

[R5U822_Service_Instx86] 
ServiceType = %SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER% 
StartType = %SERVICE_AUTO_START% 
ErrorControl = %SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL% 
ServiceBinary = %12%\risdxc86.sys
LoadOrderGroup = "SD / MMC" 
AddReg        = SDDiskAddReg

[R5U822_Service_Instx64] 
ServiceType = %SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER% 
StartType = %SERVICE_AUTO_START% 
ErrorControl = %SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL% 
ServiceBinary = %12%\risdxc64.sys
LoadOrderGroup = "SD / MMC" 
AddReg        = SDDiskAddReg

[SDDiskAddReg]
HKR, "Parameters", "SDSystemWaitTime",		%REG_DWORD%, 0x00000040
;  for MMC v3 CLK is 20MHz then 2, if 12.5MHz then other, 
HKR, "Parameters", "MMCClkDev",			%REG_DWORD%, 0x00000002 
;  If support High Speed SD CLK, Set to 1.
HKR, "Parameters", "HispeedCLK",		%REG_DWORD%, 0x00000001 
;  If DriveLetter want to be set "SD/MMC", Set to 1.
HKR, "Parameters", "DriveLetter",		%REG_DWORD%, 0x00000001
;  DMA Mode
HKR, "Parameters", "DMAMode",			%REG_DWORD%, 0x00000001  
;  Select UHS CLK
;  Defaul(No influence) = 0
;  200MHz = 0x00C8 (200)
;  100MHz = 0x0064 (100)
;   50MHz = 0x0032 (50)
;   25MHz = 0x0019 (25)
HKR, "Parameters", "CLK_SEL",			%REG_DWORD%, 0x00000000




[R5U822.Files.dll] 
RiSDIcon.dll
RiMMCIcon.dll

[R5U822.Files.x86_sys] 
risdxc86.sys

[R5U822.Files.amd64_sys] 
risdxc64.sys

[R5U822_Inst.HW] 
AddReg = R5U822_Inst.AddReg

[R5U822_Inst.ntamd64.HW] 
AddReg = R5U822_Inst.AddReg  
 
[R5U822_Inst.AddReg] 
HKR,,FriendlyName,,%R5U822Desc%
HKR,,DeviceCharacteristics,0x10001,0x00000101
HKR,,DeviceType,0x10001,0x00000007

HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PerHwIdStorage\RISD#DISK_MMC","Icons",0x00010000,"%SystemRoot%\system32\RiMMCIcon.dll,0"
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PerHwIdStorage\RISD#DISK_MMC","Label",,"MMC"
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PerHwIdStorage\RISD#DISK_MMC","NoSoftEject",0x00010001,0x00000001
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PerHwIdStorage\RISD#DISK_MMC","DeviceGroup",,"MMCStorage"

HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PerHwIdStorage\RISD#DISK_SD","Icons",0x00010000,"%SystemRoot%\system32\RiSDIcon.dll,0"
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PerHwIdStorage\RISD#DISK_SD","Label",,"SD"
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PerHwIdStorage\RISD#DISK_SD","NoSoftEject",0x00010001,0x00000001
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PerHwIdStorage\RISD#DISK_SD","DeviceGroup",,"MMCStorage"

[Strings] 

;  *******Localizable Strings******* 
Ricoh= "Ricoh Company" 
DiskName= "Ricoh PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller" 
R5U822Desc= "Ricoh PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller" 
DeviceGroups = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\DeviceGroups"

;  *******Non Localizable Strings******* 

SERVICE_BOOT_START = 0x0 
SERVICE_SYSTEM_START = 0x1 
SERVICE_AUTO_START = 0x2 
SERVICE_DEMAND_START = 0x3 
SERVICE_DISABLED = 0x4 

SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER = 0x1 
SERVICE_ERROR_IGNORE = 0x0 
SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL = 0x1 
SERVICE_ERROR_SEVERE = 0x2 
SERVICE_ERROR_CRITICAL = 0x3 

REG_EXPAND_SZ = 0x00020000 
REG_DWORD = 0x00010001

 

YAY GJ, I followed the link, installed the driver, restarted the machine, and BAM there it was. Thank You! May I ask what the symptoms were that made you have to edit the ini file? I'm hoping not to have to do it because that looks like Greek to me!

 

Mine too. It blue screens every time I stick a card in while it's on. When I reboot, it works normally.

 

My X220 SD Card Reader works fine, and I use it with some frequency.

Maybe it's a model thing?

My X220 model is recent and is 4286.

 

That's definitely not normal. Mine works flawlessly. I'm running Windows 8 too. I'm guessing you have a defective Card Reader unit.

 

I use it so little, it doesn't rise to the level of being worth spending money on.