SD card reader/Laptop

[shelborg]

I have a gateway laptop with a built in SD card reader. When I ran XP I could insert the SD card and browse the contents and such w/o having to install any additional drivers. Now that I have Win7 this is not the case. Nothing I insert in the SD slot reads. The card continues to work just fine in my camera and phone.

Any advice on how to find what driver(s) I might need?



(the SD card I used to have was a 512mb by SanDisk and I have a 2Gb by Patriot right now, neither work).

 

[jimbo45]

Ho there
I can't remember where I downloaded it from but the O2 drivers seem to work

this one might work. Unfortunately I can't remember where I downloaded my working driver from.

O2Micro Flash Memory Card Driver 3.00.zip - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com

If this doesn't work try googling on O2micro or looking for their drivers directly.

My one however is called MS1_MPI_OZ128_FlashMemoryCard_Reader_Driver_v2.

(from O2micro).

Works on x-86 and x-64 (Vista too and XP pro 64 bit)

Cheers
jimbo

 

[shelborg]

Thanks Jimbo.

I was able to find the drivers through the Gateway site. only problem... my computer wants to format it when I insert the SDcard and then when I put it in my camera it wants to reformat it differently, thus I lose all my pictures. When it is formatted by the camera it works in my cell phone (palm pilot Treo)


Any ideas? At this point I'm totally stuck.

 

[echrada]

As a last resort can you connect your camera to the laptop and import the pictures like that?

 

[shelborg]

connect camera alternatives

I don't have the proper usb connecting cord. I can put the SD card in my roommates computer (as my SD card works just fine in it) and save it to a thumb drive.

It's not the end of the world, but I'd like to have the capabilities I had before I installed 7.

thanks though!

 

[bjs53]

Hi,
I have the same problem with sd built in card reader,
in XP it works.
O2Micro Flash Memory Card Driver is installed in win7, however card is not visible - no reaction when I insert it. I tried to install driver from cd delivered with my laptop (it is driver for xp) but it removed my wifi driver - card reader did not work anyway. I could not reinstall wifi card (linksys) and the only way was to restore system. Now wifi works but still no solution for sd card (driver O2 in manager looks OK).

Would appreciate any hints.
thanks!

 

[jimbo45]

Hi all
If there is an "Upload" area on this site I could upload the generic SD card driver that seems to work with several different laptops I've tried.

The file is too big to attach to the post however

Cheers
jimbo

 

[bjs53]

thx,
It is not a very problematic issue - I can use any usb reader (or connect my camera through usb), however it would be good to know how to solve that problem.
regards,
bjs

 

[timber]

I'm having the same sort of SD card problem on my laptop. I have it set up as dual boot XP / Win7. SD card is read fine under XP, but not seen at all in Win7. I notice under device manager there is an "unknown device" under "other devices". Perhaps this is the SD Card. Anyway, I tried updating the drivers to that device and Win7 could not find any. Still searching for a solution...

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there
This site seems to have a good number of "Generic" laptop drivers - I obtained another SD reader and a webcam driver that both work on W7 x-64.

Twinhead GmbH

Select a model that looks something like your laptop -- if its not there the H12Y modules seem to work pretty well in a lot of laptops.

Don't worry about the german site - its pretty obvious what to download even if you don't speak German.

If this model doesn't work try others -- you'll have to experiment but I haven't yet found a laptop that doesn't work with ONE of these drivers.

A bit of a pain but "Trial and Error" is your best bet here.

cheers
jimbo

 

[timber]

Thanks Jimbo - I'll check it out!

 

[shumilica]

I registered especially to thank you, Jimbo45. I installed the recommended driver from the list and it works. Before I had the official driver from LG for windows vista for o2micro flash card reader from LG.
Thank you!

 

[sparkyuiop]

Card Reader Display Issues

It seems Win 7 turns off the display of empty card readers. If you want to see them go to control panel / folder options. Click view and click 'Show hidden files, folders and drives'. This will then display your card drives.

 

[bjs53]

Hi,
I will try - thanks for advise,
bjs

 

[lm303]

I am having this same issue with my Dell Studio XPS SD card reader. I have tried the above suggestions and it still doesn't work. Any ideas?

 

[thefabe]

Welcome to seven forums lm303: If you would please post the model # of your Studio XPS also the version of seven 32 or 64 bit. This will make it easier to find a driver. Also if the card reader shows up in device manager you can click on it>properties>details tab> drop down menu>hardware id. copy and paste the code. This Will also help identify the maker of the card reader. It's most likely a Ricoh or Texas instuments and a driver from somewhere else might work. Thanks.

 

[Mitka27]

I thank you for this thread. I dont have a problem with a laptop but with my desktop. I installed Windows 7 Ultimate 86 yesterday and all my Generic USB CF, MS, SD and SM card reader slots are showing up greyed out. I didnt have this problem in Vista 32. I have a two-year old HP Pavilion V Series desktop and have been over to HP's site here in Japan but they do not provide any support for Windows 7 - or at least for my specific PC. Can anybody please suggest a solution to my problem? I have tried inserting my SD cards but like you others, it wont read them. I have followed up in the Device Manager and there doesnt seem to be any problem there.

Thanking you.

 

[thefabe]

@ Mitka27 If it shows up in device manager you can go to device manager>the device>right click on properties>detials tab>drop down menu>hardware id. Copy and Paste the string and we can find a compatiblile driver for your reader. thanks. Fabe

 

[pebbly]

90% of the time with dell laptops the culprit is the ricoh card controller ,visit dells support site and download the correct(vista) driver for your model and run in vista compatability mode

 

[computersplus]

Card Reader Driver

Try this driver it's a J Micron driver but has worked with many card readers on Windows 7

Download Acer Aspire 8930G Notebook JMicron Card Reader Driver 1.00.12.07 for Win7 Driver for Windows 7 - Softpedia