thanks for the update.

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:43:13 -0500, coljohnhannibalsmith
<coljohnhannibalsmith.2ycypc@no-mx.forums.net> wrote:
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>Barb,
>
>
>Thanks, for the reply. I checked out the ftp site. None of the
>folders listed my system and most were empty; however, undetered I
>checked each folder's contents individually and found the following file
>"CardReader_ENE_v3.00.04.zip," in one of the folders near the very
>bottom. This is the same Card Reader I use on my machine and looks like
>the same file that's on the "AcerPanAm" site, listed under the Aspire
>5100 drivers folder simply as "Vista," not Vista x64; however I have
>verified that the extracted files from the AcerPamAm site do have x64
>folders.
>
>But the installer doesn't work in Vista x64. I had to drill down
>alternatively to either the "x64 Cardbus," or "x64 Card Reader" folders
>and install the drivers from Device Manager. When I did this they
>installed correctly and Device Manager reports all the various
>components of the device as working properly; but it still doesn't work.
>It may not be a problem with the drivers, it could be with Vista
>itself.
>
>I am going to copy the extracted files to my flash drive and compare
>them to what I have at home. If the drivers are different, I'll try
>installing them and let you know what happened.
>
>Nice detective work!
>
>
>Thanks, John[/color]
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