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Old 10-12-2007, 11:30 AM
Barb Bowman
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Re: SD (Secure Digital) Causes Blue Screen in Vista x64

not sure this will help, but see
ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/vista_64bit/

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:41:49 -0500, coljohnhannibalsmith
<coljohnhannibalsmith.2yct51@no-mx.forums.net> wrote:

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>To whom it may concern:
>
>I have an Acer 5102 WLMi Notebook, which came with an
>(ENE CB 712/714/810) “5-in-1” Memory Card Reader. The
>important identifying information is provided below:
>
>Acer Aspire 5102WLMi (w/o Bluetooth, Orbicam, or TV Tuner)
>Model No: BL51
>AS5102WLMI-MCEEN-TL50/15.4
>ACB/512M/100G US
>S/N: LXABH0J0116380F0B41601
>
>The system came with Windows XP Media Center Edition loaded and I have
>upgraded the OS to Vista x64, thereby voiding the warranty. Vista x64
>works very well; but when I try to install an SD card, Windows
>“Plug & Play” will reach various stages of installing the
>driver software before crashing with a Blue Screen, where the video is
>also scrambled, so it’s impossible to read the error message. This
>looks a lot like a "short-circuit" to me. My card reader was only
>designed to support SDA 1.1, which supports SD Cards up to 2GB. I used
>the correct card. I used a "SanDisk Extreme III 2GB SD Card," which
>I’m reasonably confident is not SDHC, so my unit, which was
>manufactured in November 2006, should be able to read it. I’ve
>read several online Blogs regarding SD cards causing BSODs in Vista. The
>articles point to 1.8v & 3.3v being activated when SD cards only use
>3.3v. The symptoms are looking an awful lot to me like one of the
>system’s logic voltages is being pulled low, causing the OS Kernel
>to stop working. I have the related Hotfix from Microsoft installed; but
>I’m still having problems. It’s possible my Card Reader is
>bad, or perhaps I purchased a defective SD card. These are also
>possibilities. I would like to get this unit functioning properly under
>Vista x64, preferably with SDHC support. I have the correct drivers
>installed for this OS and Device Manager states “the device is
>working properly.” If I cannot get the device working properly, I
>would like to upgrade the internal Memory Card reader with one that is
>known to be compatible with Vista x64. I realize this will probably
>involve making changes to the motherboard; but I'm sure there is a
>vendor out there somewhere knowledgeable enough and willing to do this.
>
>
>Thanks, John

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Old 10-12-2007, 02:20 PM
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Re: SD (Secure Digital) Causes Blue Screen in Vista x64

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

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