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    VAIO TX & SDHC card

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Kikkoman, Apr 17, 2008.

  1. Kikkoman

    Kikkoman Newbie

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    I have Vaio TXN25N(running vista) and it doesn't recognize SDHC cards. is there a driver or any way I can make it to read SDHC cards on vaio TX?

    thanks in advance.
     
    Kikkoman, Apr 17, 2008
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  2. bejand

    bejand Notebook Consultant

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    Are you running SP1? If so, this may fix it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949126/en-us

    Good luck!
     
    bejand, Apr 17, 2008
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  3. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    And if you are not running SP1 then you may need this hotfix.

    John

    PS: My G11 + Vista SP1 is reading SDHC OK.
     
    John Ratsey, Apr 18, 2008
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    colonels Notebook Consultant

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    my older TXN15p would not recognize SDHC cards when i put it in the slot on the laptop. i'm pretty sure that you need an updated card reader and the built in module on the the laptop wouldn't do it. when i hooked up my camera to USB and had the SDHC card in the camera it recognized it just fine as a 8GB SDHC.
     
    colonels, Apr 18, 2008
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    gopz Notebook Consultant

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    I have tried the hotfixes, it does not work, Im afraid you might have to buy a new card reader! But no harm in trying if it works...
     
    gopz, Apr 19, 2008
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    I believe the hardware supports SDHC as my TX850 (equivalent to the TXN1x series) read/writes to SHDC cards in linux just fine. So you probably just need to find an updated driver for the reader.
     
    brewt, Apr 19, 2008
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  7. Kikkoman

    Kikkoman Newbie

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    just tried the hotfix but unfortunately it still doesn't work :(
    thanks anyway.

    brewt - thanks for confirming that. I clean install vista and I was suspecting that I didn't get the right driver. this could be the problem.
     
    Kikkoman, Apr 19, 2008
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  8. John Ratsey

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    It's possible that the standard TX Ricoh driver (I'm assuming that it is Ricoh as on my G11)doesn't include SDHC support. (See this thread as an example). Look for the TZ or G series Ricoh driver, or look elsewhere.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Apr 20, 2008
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    I tried the all of the vista sp1 patches and i still cant get my 4gb sdhc card to work on my FZ (340) reader. funny thing for the short time i was running linux (ubuntu) it would read the 4gb card so i know the hardware is capable. i think vista is having the problem. any suggestions?
     
    jfwiedmayer, Jun 2, 2008
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  10. John Ratsey

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    Did you also look around for an SDHC compatible driver for the reader hardware. The patches for Vista are not enough by themselves.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jun 2, 2008
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    bump! i know SDHC works on my sony vaio fz because the live cd of ubuntu has no problem reading a 4GB card. has anyone figured a way to do this in ****-sta (Vista)?
     
    jfwiedmayer, Nov 9, 2008
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