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Trouble with removable drive disappearing
Good day all!
On my new toy, my Aspire One 532h, I have a problem with an SD card disappearing from Windows. Let me explain:
As I stated, this is an Aspire One 532h, Intel Atom N450, 1 GB DDR2-667 memory, 250 GB HDD, Windows 7 Starter. It has an integrated card reader that is run by ENE Card Reader drivers (Service & Support). Because my specific model cannot upgrade past 1 GB system memory (sucks!), I have been using ReadyBoost to help performance. I have found that formatting SD cards to exFAT helps Windows to use these cards for ReadyBoost. At one time, I used a 4 GB SD card and an 8 GB flash drive for ReadyBoost with no problems -- except for the flash drive protruding from the pc. I found a 16 GB SDHC Class 6 card for a good deal. I formatted it to exFAT, inserted it and selected to use it for ReadyBoost. All was well at first. About 3 minutes later, I hear the Windows Device Disconnect sound. I check Explorer and the card/drive is gone. I remove the card, wait for a second, then reinsert the card. It is recognized and again about 3 minutes later, the card/drive disappears. I tried an 8 GB SDHC card (which I am using right now) and have had absolutely no problems.
My question for those who have any Aspire One experience or netbook experience in general: With this ENE card reader, is there a size limitation on SD/MS/xD/MMC cards that can be used? A sixteen gigabyte card won't work and I have no problems with any size below that. Each card--from the 16 GB down to the 4 GB--has been formatted as exFAT. Maybe I'm not phrasing my search right, but I have not been able to find any info on this.