Here's the story.

I've owend a memory card reader for about a year. It worked with this
computer when I first bought it, but at some point seemed to stop working.

At the moment, when I plug the card reader in, all of the logical drives
will come up fine, but the computer can't seem to tell when a memory card has
been inserted and so won't read it.

Here are the steps I've taken so far to elucidate the problem:

1. Checked the memory card reader - works fine when plugged into other
computers running XP.
2. Tried a new memory card reader - same problem. Also works when plugged
into another computer.
3. Checked all of the computer's USB ports - all work fine with other
devices - no bad ports among them.
4. Checked all my motherboard drivers are up to date. (They are).
5. Ultimately, upgraded the motherboard/RAM/videocard/hard drive (was going
to do this anyway) but transferred all of my XP OS files and personal files
directly over.

Overall, I'm getting the impression the problem is an XP software driver
problem as opposed to a hardware problem. Has anyone been through similar
problems, and if so, how have they fixed them?

Thanks all in advance.

go to run type in "services.msc" and see if smartcard service is running if
not then start it and try again

"HappyGuy" wrote:

> Here's the story.
>
> I've owend a memory card reader for about a year. It worked with this
> computer when I first bought it, but at some point seemed to stop working.
>
> At the moment, when I plug the card reader in, all of the logical drives
> will come up fine, but the computer can't seem to tell when a memory card has
> been inserted and so won't read it.
>
> Here are the steps I've taken so far to elucidate the problem:
>
> 1. Checked the memory card reader - works fine when plugged into other
> computers running XP.
> 2. Tried a new memory card reader - same problem. Also works when plugged
> into another computer.
> 3. Checked all of the computer's USB ports - all work fine with other
> devices - no bad ports among them.
> 4. Checked all my motherboard drivers are up to date. (They are).
> 5. Ultimately, upgraded the motherboard/RAM/videocard/hard drive (was going
> to do this anyway) but transferred all of my XP OS files and personal files
> directly over.
>
> Overall, I'm getting the impression the problem is an XP software driver
> problem as opposed to a hardware problem. Has anyone been through similar
> problems, and if so, how have they fixed them?
>
> Thanks all in advance.

go to run type in "services.msc" and see if smartcard service is running if
not then start it and try again

"HappyGuy" wrote:

> Here's the story.
>
> I've owend a memory card reader for about a year. It worked with this
> computer when I first bought it, but at some point seemed to stop working.
>
> At the moment, when I plug the card reader in, all of the logical drives
> will come up fine, but the computer can't seem to tell when a memory card has
> been inserted and so won't read it.
>
> Here are the steps I've taken so far to elucidate the problem:
>
> 1. Checked the memory card reader - works fine when plugged into other
> computers running XP.
> 2. Tried a new memory card reader - same problem. Also works when plugged
> into another computer.
> 3. Checked all of the computer's USB ports - all work fine with other
> devices - no bad ports among them.
> 4. Checked all my motherboard drivers are up to date. (They are).
> 5. Ultimately, upgraded the motherboard/RAM/videocard/hard drive (was going
> to do this anyway) but transferred all of my XP OS files and personal files
> directly over.
>
> Overall, I'm getting the impression the problem is an XP software driver
> problem as opposed to a hardware problem. Has anyone been through similar
> problems, and if so, how have they fixed them?
>
> Thanks all in advance.

Thanks Dan.

I should have added this was one of the things that I have checked
previously, so it is currently running. I have just double-checked that its
set to run automatically also - which it is.

Pete

Thanks Dan.

I should have added this was one of the things that I have checked
previously, so it is currently running. I have just double-checked that its
set to run automatically also - which it is.

Pete

Happened to me recently also! My IOGear multi-slot reader completely
stopped working. Fortunately, I got it replaced.

Other things to try:

1) Boot your XP with the reader plugged in. Happens to my PC that sometimes
the XP will not load the drivers after XP has been on.

2) Clear out reader the entries in Disk drives, Storage volumes and Universal
Serial Bus controllers sections.



On 08/12/2006 HappyGuy <HappyGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Thanks Dan.
>
>I should have added this was one of the things that I have checked
>previously, so it is currently running. I have just double-checked that its
>set to run automatically also - which it is.
>
>Pete

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Y.

Do as Yves suggested. While the years Windows collects a large
number of items here, so it may be a lot of work.

A faster way to give the USB storage a new start is Microsoft's
commandline tool DEVCON and and a cleanup script:

DEVCON:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311272

RenewUSB.bat:
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/devcon.html

Create a System Restor point before...


Uwe



HappyGuy wrote:
> Here's the story.
>
> I've owend a memory card reader for about a year. It worked with this
> computer when I first bought it, but at some point seemed to stop working.
>
> At the moment, when I plug the card reader in, all of the logical drives
> will come up fine, but the computer can't seem to tell when a memory card has
> been inserted and so won't read it.
>
> Here are the steps I've taken so far to elucidate the problem:
>
> 1. Checked the memory card reader - works fine when plugged into other
> computers running XP.
> 2. Tried a new memory card reader - same problem. Also works when plugged
> into another computer.
> 3. Checked all of the computer's USB ports - all work fine with other
> devices - no bad ports among them.
> 4. Checked all my motherboard drivers are up to date. (They are).
> 5. Ultimately, upgraded the motherboard/RAM/videocard/hard drive (was going
> to do this anyway) but transferred all of my XP OS files and personal files
> directly over.
>
> Overall, I'm getting the impression the problem is an XP software driver
> problem as opposed to a hardware problem. Has anyone been through similar
> problems, and if so, how have they fixed them?
>
> Thanks all in advance.

SmartCard and flash cards are completely different devices. There
is no releation between the smartcard service and any kind of USB
storage devices as a Memory Card Reader is.

Uwe


Dan wrote:
> go to run type in "services.msc" and see if smartcard service is running if
> not then start it and try again
>
> "HappyGuy" wrote:
>
>> Here's the story.
>>
>> I've owend a memory card reader for about a year. It worked with this
>> computer when I first bought it, but at some point seemed to stop working.
>>
>> At the moment, when I plug the card reader in, all of the logical drives
>> will come up fine, but the computer can't seem to tell when a memory card has
>> been inserted and so won't read it.
>>
>> Here are the steps I've taken so far to elucidate the problem:
>>
>> 1. Checked the memory card reader - works fine when plugged into other
>> computers running XP.
>> 2. Tried a new memory card reader - same problem. Also works when plugged
>> into another computer.
>> 3. Checked all of the computer's USB ports - all work fine with other
>> devices - no bad ports among them.
>> 4. Checked all my motherboard drivers are up to date. (They are).
>> 5. Ultimately, upgraded the motherboard/RAM/videocard/hard drive (was going
>> to do this anyway) but transferred all of my XP OS files and personal files
>> directly over.
>>
>> Overall, I'm getting the impression the problem is an XP software driver
>> problem as opposed to a hardware problem. Has anyone been through similar
>> problems, and if so, how have they fixed them?
>>
>> Thanks all in advance.

Uwe, thanks for your help.

How on earth do you actually run that batch file? I've downloaded devcon
fine but down't know how to get it to run that file. I've tried simply
cutting and pasting the text from the file into the command line in XP but
I'm pretty sure that's not how i should be done....

Thanks in advance for your help.

Sincerely,
Pete

"Uwe Sieber" wrote:

>
> Do as Yves suggested. While the years Windows collects a large
> number of items here, so it may be a lot of work.
>
> A faster way to give the USB storage a new start is Microsoft's
> commandline tool DEVCON and and a cleanup script:
>
> DEVCON:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311272
>
> RenewUSB.bat:
> http://www.robvanderwoude.com/devcon.html
>
> Create a System Restor point before...
>
>
> Uwe
>
>
>
> HappyGuy wrote:
> > Here's the story.
> >
> > I've owend a memory card reader for about a year. It worked with this
> > computer when I first bought it, but at some point seemed to stop working.
> >
> > At the moment, when I plug the card reader in, all of the logical drives
> > will come up fine, but the computer can't seem to tell when a memory card has
> > been inserted and so won't read it.
> >
> > Here are the steps I've taken so far to elucidate the problem:
> >
> > 1. Checked the memory card reader - works fine when plugged into other
> > computers running XP.
> > 2. Tried a new memory card reader - same problem. Also works when plugged
> > into another computer.
> > 3. Checked all of the computer's USB ports - all work fine with other
> > devices - no bad ports among them.
> > 4. Checked all my motherboard drivers are up to date. (They are).
> > 5. Ultimately, upgraded the motherboard/RAM/videocard/hard drive (was going
> > to do this anyway) but transferred all of my XP OS files and personal files
> > directly over.
> >
> > Overall, I'm getting the impression the problem is an XP software driver
> > problem as opposed to a hardware problem. Has anyone been through similar
> > problems, and if so, how have they fixed them?
> >
> > Thanks all in advance.
>

Uwe, thanks for your help.

How on earth do you actually run that batch file? I've downloaded devcon
fine but down't know how to get it to run that file. I've tried simply
cutting and pasting the text from the file into the command line in XP but
I'm pretty sure that's not how i should be done....

Thanks in advance for your help.

Sincerely,
Pete

"Uwe Sieber" wrote:

>
> Do as Yves suggested. While the years Windows collects a large
> number of items here, so it may be a lot of work.
>
> A faster way to give the USB storage a new start is Microsoft's
> commandline tool DEVCON and and a cleanup script:
>
> DEVCON:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311272
>
> RenewUSB.bat:
> http://www.robvanderwoude.com/devcon.html
>
> Create a System Restor point before...
>
>
> Uwe
>
>
>
> HappyGuy wrote:
> > Here's the story.
> >
> > I've owend a memory card reader for about a year. It worked with this
> > computer when I first bought it, but at some point seemed to stop working.
> >
> > At the moment, when I plug the card reader in, all of the logical drives
> > will come up fine, but the computer can't seem to tell when a memory card has
> > been inserted and so won't read it.
> >
> > Here are the steps I've taken so far to elucidate the problem:
> >
> > 1. Checked the memory card reader - works fine when plugged into other
> > computers running XP.
> > 2. Tried a new memory card reader - same problem. Also works when plugged
> > into another computer.
> > 3. Checked all of the computer's USB ports - all work fine with other
> > devices - no bad ports among them.
> > 4. Checked all my motherboard drivers are up to date. (They are).
> > 5. Ultimately, upgraded the motherboard/RAM/videocard/hard drive (was going
> > to do this anyway) but transferred all of my XP OS files and personal files
> > directly over.
> >
> > Overall, I'm getting the impression the problem is an XP software driver
> > problem as opposed to a hardware problem. Has anyone been through similar
> > problems, and if so, how have they fixed them?
> >
> > Thanks all in advance.
>

Managed to do it.

Didn't run the batch file - ended up just using the devcon command line
('devcon remove @usb\*' 'devcon rescan'). This scrubbed all my USB ports and
rescanned them - and now the memory card reader works perfectly. Thanks
everybody for your help.

Sincerely,
Pete

"HappyGuy" wrote:

> Uwe, thanks for your help.
>
> How on earth do you actually run that batch file? I've downloaded devcon
> fine but down't know how to get it to run that file. I've tried simply
> cutting and pasting the text from the file into the command line in XP but
> I'm pretty sure that's not how i should be done....
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Sincerely,
> Pete
>
> "Uwe Sieber" wrote:
>
> >
> > Do as Yves suggested. While the years Windows collects a large
> > number of items here, so it may be a lot of work.
> >
> > A faster way to give the USB storage a new start is Microsoft's
> > commandline tool DEVCON and and a cleanup script:
> >
> > DEVCON:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311272
> >
> > RenewUSB.bat:
> > http://www.robvanderwoude.com/devcon.html
> >
> > Create a System Restor point before...
> >
> >
> > Uwe
> >
> >
> >
> > HappyGuy wrote:
> > > Here's the story.
> > >
> > > I've owend a memory card reader for about a year. It worked with this
> > > computer when I first bought it, but at some point seemed to stop working.
> > >
> > > At the moment, when I plug the card reader in, all of the logical drives
> > > will come up fine, but the computer can't seem to tell when a memory card has
> > > been inserted and so won't read it.
> > >
> > > Here are the steps I've taken so far to elucidate the problem:
> > >
> > > 1. Checked the memory card reader - works fine when plugged into other
> > > computers running XP.
> > > 2. Tried a new memory card reader - same problem. Also works when plugged
> > > into another computer.
> > > 3. Checked all of the computer's USB ports - all work fine with other
> > > devices - no bad ports among them.
> > > 4. Checked all my motherboard drivers are up to date. (They are).
> > > 5. Ultimately, upgraded the motherboard/RAM/videocard/hard drive (was going
> > > to do this anyway) but transferred all of my XP OS files and personal files
> > > directly over.
> > >
> > > Overall, I'm getting the impression the problem is an XP software driver
> > > problem as opposed to a hardware problem. Has anyone been through similar
> > > problems, and if so, how have they fixed them?
> > >
> > > Thanks all in advance.
> >