Solved SD Card Slot on HP Desktop suddenly stopped recognizing cards

[plpelland]

I have an HP desktop running Win 7 Pro. My DSLR uses SD cards, and I have always been able to insert the card into the slot, have a little green light come on, then a few seconds later have the card launch a new instance of Windows Explorer showing the card as Drive G. Suddenly (within the last 48 hours or so), the computer can no longer read a card. I tried disabling and re-enabling the drive letter, tried uninstalling, and rebooted twice. Nothing worked.

When I insert a disk and try to view its contents, I get an error message that says, "Please insert a disk into Removable Disk (G). The drive is identified as "Generic- Compact Flash USB Device", and it says that it is "working properly".

The SD card is fine. I have two different SD cards, and I can open both of them on other computers without any problems, but neither one can be opened on this computer. I have checked for driver updates, and I am told that I am using the current driver. Could the slot have just died?

 

[oscer1]

Hi yes it could have died. but go to hp support site and see if they have an updated driver for the card reader.

 

[plpelland]

HP Update says that there are no new updates or software for my system. This leads me to believe that it is a hardware failure.

 

[oscer1]

i would at least check the connection on the motherboard and reseat the cables

 

[Sky Ranch]

Try rolling back the driver then reinstalling the latest driver.

Or try rolling back the driver and see if it works and then reinstall the latest driver again.

 

[plpelland]

Thanks for the help. I guess I am going to write this off as a hardware failure.

 

[oscer1]

ok your welcome