Solved SD HC cards not recognized on Sony Vaio VGN-FZ21E

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dezmaas

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Hi,

I have just reinstalled windows 7 32bit on my Sony Vaio VGN-FZ21E. Since the install my 2 x SD HC cards are not recognized. I cannot find them in device manager. Both worked fine on the same laptop when I had Linux Mint installed and they also worked on the same laptop in my previous installation of W7 last year. They both currently work fine on another laptop running W7.

I cannot see them in device manager.

I can download new and original Vista drivers on the below Sony site (this worked when I had an issue with my video card, but I'm not sure if there are any there for the SD card reader.

VAIO : Sony Europe

Does anyone have any ideas?
 

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(is it the reader or the cards?) If the cards then..........

See how you go formatting them with SD Formatter.

Download link on the left.
 

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I doubt if it's the cards if they work perfectly on another laptop and on this laptop when Linux Mint was installed instead of Windows.
 

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Did you install all Original Drivers Package?
 

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OK I have found memory card reader writer drivers but I have no idea where to install them. They are .dll .cat .inf and .sis
 

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I have team viewer available for any generous experts :)
 

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If you are sure they are the correct drivers right click the inf file. You should see 'install'.
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
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Windows 7 Pro x64 -- PCLinuxOS KDE4 FullMonty 2011
CPU
i7-875k @ Turbo - 7,6,5,5 - 3.6ghz
Motherboard
Asus P7P55D-E Deluxe
Memory
Corsair CMD8GX3M4A1600C8 8gb
Graphics Card(s)
Asus EAH5850 DirectCU/2DIS/1GD5
Sound Card
On Board
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster T220 - Panasonic VT30a 50"
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 -
Hard Drives
Corsair Force 3 SSD 120GB x 2 ::
WD VelociRaptor 150GB WD1500HLFS x 2
PSU
Corsair HX-850 Power Supply
Case
Coolmaster HAF 932
Cooling
Corsair H50
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless MK700
Mouse
Logitech Wireless MX620
Internet Speed
Good enough for now
Other Info
Voip. Insanely cheap phone calls.
Hipster Doofus said:
If you are sure they are the correct drivers right click the inf file. You should see 'install'.
Click to expand...

Sometimes win7 will not let you install that way :( Go to device manager right click on the offending device and select update driver, point to where you have downloaded and extracted the driver files to and windows will do the rest :)
 

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EEK! Something else to remember. :eek: Thanks for clearing that up.
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Pro x64 -- PCLinuxOS KDE4 FullMonty 2011
CPU
i7-875k @ Turbo - 7,6,5,5 - 3.6ghz
Motherboard
Asus P7P55D-E Deluxe
Memory
Corsair CMD8GX3M4A1600C8 8gb
Graphics Card(s)
Asus EAH5850 DirectCU/2DIS/1GD5
Sound Card
On Board
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster T220 - Panasonic VT30a 50"
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 -
Hard Drives
Corsair Force 3 SSD 120GB x 2 ::
WD VelociRaptor 150GB WD1500HLFS x 2
PSU
Corsair HX-850 Power Supply
Case
Coolmaster HAF 932
Cooling
Corsair H50
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless MK700
Mouse
Logitech Wireless MX620
Internet Speed
Good enough for now
Other Info
Voip. Insanely cheap phone calls.
Don't ask me how, but it's working. I just extracted the files from the zip file to a new folder and now it works. :shock:

Thanks for all replies, much appreciated.
 

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