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SD card reader blind
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:50 am
by surg
I cannot get my X60s to recognize any SD card i put in. The green light does some blinking when a card is inserted, then goes black again. No additional volume is displayed in My Computer, nothing happens in device manager.
RE: miniSD (with adapter)
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:23 am
by andrzej
no problems were noted
also with 64 MB miniSD (with adapter) from my mobile
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:25 am
by jon
Just had the same problem with a 16Mb card that came with a Canon camera. Not recognised, no activity.
Then I tried a 1Gb card I'd bought separately and that one works fine.
No idea why!
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:33 am
by GomJabbar
Perhaps the following is the problem?
Wikipedia wrote:It is also important to note, that unlike for the data storage (which typically works everywhere where SD slot is present), the SDIO device must be supported and equipped with drivers and applications for the host system and usually doesn't work outside of manufacturer's scope (which means, for example, that an HP SDIO camera usually does not work in PDAs for which it is not listed as an accessory). This behavior is often not expected by end users (who expect that only the SD slot is required) and is similar to compatibility problems among Bluetooth devices.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD_Card
Perhaps CPRM is coming into play?
http://www.sdcard.org/sd_memorycard/index.html
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:15 am
by surg
I found the solution. I had my network drive mapped to D: . When I changed drive letter for volume D: the SD card appeared in My Computer. Very strange behavior indeed.
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:15 am
by jon
I have C through H mapped and the SD card that worked showed up at I.
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:35 am
by jon
Just tried both of my SD cards under Linux and they both work fine.
Went back into Windows and the 16mb card again fails to show up.
Wrong Format?
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:14 am
by BigWarpGuy
jon wrote:Just tried both of my SD cards under Linux and they both work fine.
Went back into Windows and the 16mb card again fails to show up.
Perhaps it is in a format that Windows can not see? I have an USB wrist band drive . My Win PC can see the files that I put onto it from the Win PC. My eComStation PC can see the files that I put on it from my eCS PC. The strange part is that eCS does not see the Win installed files and Win does not see the eCS installed files.
I still have not figured it out. It is a 256 meg drive (IIRC).
Re: Wrong Format?
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 8:38 pm
by jon
BigWarpGuy wrote:Perhaps it is in a format that Windows can not see?
Hadn't thought of that. But it's just a standard vfat filesystem. Not a big deal though; can't do much with a 16mb card
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:38 am
by dmdsoftware
Someone told me the SD reader is likely not a SDIO since it doesn't work with his SDIO cards. Is this true?
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:36 pm
by tomh009
SDIO uses the same interface, but you will need a specific driver for whatever card you are using. What type of SDIO card do you have?
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:22 pm
by thibouille27
An updated driver to support SDHC would be cool....
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:08 am
by tourist.Tam
I had the same problem recently. SD card coming from a Canon digital camera. Note recognized at first. The machine eventually saw it after a reboot... -_-"
Tam