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    Vaio FZ - card reader not working

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by rossyl, Apr 6, 2008.

  1. rossyl

    rossyl Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I've got a Vaio FZ.

    The card reader doesn't work, i've put a card in, and nothing has happened.

    Any ideas how to make it work?

    Thanks
     
    rossyl, Apr 6, 2008
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    What card in which slot?

    This page suggests that the FZ has two slots and supports Memory Stick™ Std / Duo, Memory Stick™ PRO Std / Duo and SD in the other slot (might include SDHC but you might need the newest driver and, if XP, a hotfix).

    John
     
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    rossyl Notebook Enthusiast

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    it's an old SD card (i's 64MB!!) and it is in the SD card slot.
     
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    64MB! That's old. I assume you have checked it in another device to be sure that it hasn't died of old age.

    All I can think of is to check in Device Manager to see if the SD card reader is present and working. On my Sony G11 with Vista it is under the Disk drive category.

    John
     
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    havokdu Newbie

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    Assuming you go to "My computer" and see both SD and Memory stick drives (Usually E or F units), make sure the SD card is NOT password protected. If it is you won't be able to access or reformat the card.
     
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    rossyl Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I'm still getting constant problems with the card reader.

    it now knows that a card is in there, but after reading and writing on a card the next time I put it in Windows tells me I must format the card. If i use an external card reader this does not happen.

    Sometimes it fails when formatting as well.

    Very annoying - any fix?
     
    rossyl, Sep 27, 2008
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