HELP!! Card reader won't work.


  1. Posts : 3
    windows 7 home premium
       #1

    HELP!! Card reader won't work.


    I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. The card reader is a samsung sema card reader 3.5 (SFD-321F/T4XU). And I bought it new.
    When I click onto the computer icon in the main window. It shows all of the slots as "removable disk" plus a letter.
    When I insert a card into the reader. Windows 7 can't read the card. I have used the card in another reader and it works fine. So it is not the card itself.
    Before I installed Windows 7, I had vista home premium 64 on the same computer, and that OS had no problem reading the card slots. So I'm thinking it has to be a software issue.
    So when I go into the device manager, the drivers for the reader are in a folder called: Human interface devices. And the drivers read as HID-compliant device.
    I have tried to change the driver(s), but all I get is USB drivers for everything but a card reader.
    I have searched the web for a card reader driver for this model, but unable to find one.
    So my question is how the HELL!! do I get this card reader to work again. Thanks
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  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #2

    hartengel said:
    I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. The card reader is a samsung sema card reader 3.5 (SFD-321F/T4XU). And I bought it new.
    When I click onto the computer icon in the main window. It shows all of the slots as "removable disk" plus a letter.
    When I insert a card into the reader. Windows 7 can't read the card. I have used the card in another reader and it works fine. So it is not the card itself.
    Before I installed Windows 7, I had vista home premium 64 on the same computer, and that OS had no problem reading the card slots. So I'm thinking it has to be a software issue.
    So when I go into the device manager, the drivers for the reader are in a folder called: Human interface devices. And the drivers read as HID-compliant device.
    I have tried to change the driver(s), but all I get is USB drivers for everything but a card reader.
    I have searched the web for a card reader driver for this model, but unable to find one.
    So my question is how the HELL!! do I get this card reader to work again. Thanks

    You can take the vista driver that worked and install it in compatibility mode. right click the installer>properties>compatibility mode>vista.

    Let us know if you need help

    Ken
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  3. Posts : 3
    windows 7 home premium
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Ken.
    I can't get the driver from vista. I have removed it and I'm now using win 7 instead.
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  4. Posts : 189
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
       #4

    most likely just a defective card reader, i bought a card reader didnt work, bought a different brand...didnt work and the 3rd one i bought another brand and it finally worked. lots of manufactures have poor quality control for card readers
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