Why Are Card Readers Intermittent?
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From: ray on 12 Feb 2010 15:17 On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:06:36 -0600, jim evans wrote: > I have owned about 5 different memory card readers used with 4 computers > and 6 reinstalls of XP Pro and a dozen+ memory cards. All of these > combinations have been intermittent. That is, sometimes when you put > the card in the reader the pictures don't appear. I remove the card > and reinsert it and usually the pictures are there this second time. > > Why is this? It's very annoying. My first guess would be that the problem is MS. It would be very easy for you to boot a Linux Live CD - it won't do anything to your current setup - it will boot and run from the CD (or DVD). If the same problem persists, then it's most likely a hardware issue - if not . . .
From: thepixelfreak on 12 Feb 2010 17:30 On 2010-02-12 09:06:36 -0800, jim evans <jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)comcast.net> said: > > I have owned about 5 different memory card readers used with 4 > computers and 6 reinstalls of XP Pro and a dozen+ memory cards. All > of these combinations have been intermittent. That is, sometimes when > you put the card in the reader the pictures don't appear. I remove > the card and reinsert it and usually the pictures are there this > second time. > > Why is this? It's very annoying. You might want to look at the computer. There's not much inside a card reader. -- thepixelfreak
From: N on 12 Feb 2010 18:34 "jim evans" <jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:vebbn55ulrhafcjgm8qjjdafp3s0kd8cun(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:20:32 +0000, Wolfgang Weisselberg > <ozcvgtt02(a)sneakemail.com> wrote: > >>Of course, it *could* be a bad USB-cable ... > > Hmm. . . I hadn't considered that possibility. I know I've used at > least two different cables but . . . You said you've done lots of reinstalls of the OS. How old is the hardware? Have reseated the internal USB cables on the motherboard?
From: Frank ess on 12 Feb 2010 20:14 thepixelfreak wrote: > On 2010-02-12 09:06:36 -0800, jim evans > <jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)comcast.net> said: >> >> I have owned about 5 different memory card readers used with 4 >> computers and 6 reinstalls of XP Pro and a dozen+ memory cards. >> All of these combinations have been intermittent. That is, >> sometimes when you put the card in the reader the pictures don't >> appear. I remove the card and reinsert it and usually the >> pictures are there this second time. >> >> Why is this? It's very annoying. > > You might want to look at the computer. There's not much inside a > card reader. I have a firewire card reader that once in twenty tries didn't seem to notify the computer a card had been inserted. Of those "didn't answer" episodes, reinserting the card almost always woke it up. A few times it required disconnecting the data cable and letting Windows re-install it. I made it a habit to use the "Eject" feature in the windows directory display, and since then, the "Doesn't Answer" occurs once in a hundred or so instances. -- Frank ess
From: Peter on 12 Feb 2010 20:27
"U. Link" <not.iul(a)telus.net> wrote in message news:dOgdn.63552$Db2.50274(a)edtnps83... > > "Allen" <allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote in message > news:B56dna3VxoZ9COjWnZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> On 2/12/2010 11:19 AM, Gary Edstrom wrote: >>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:06:36 -0600, jim evans >>> <jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I have owned about 5 different memory card readers used with 4 >>>> computers and 6 reinstalls of XP Pro and a dozen+ memory cards. All >>>> of these combinations have been intermittent. That is, sometimes when >>>> you put the card in the reader the pictures don't appear. I remove >>>> the card and reinsert it and usually the pictures are there this >>>> second time. >>>> >>>> Why is this? It's very annoying. >>> >>> Sorry I can't help. I have had just the opposite experience. Several >>> different card readers on 3 different computers and never a problem. >>> >>> Gary >> My experience is the same as Gary's. I paid about $5 for my famous "Made >> in China" brand reader four or five years ago and it has performed very >> well on 3 different computers, reading both CF and SD cards. Won't read >> SDHC, of course. >> Allen > > The security sevices provided by my isp make my card readers work > intermittently only and prevent the autorun on CDs and DVDs > from functioning most of the time. > Fortunately that is not too much of a problem because I rarely use my > photo computer on the internet. > Just as an aside; my slide scanner does not work properly either when the > security program is running. > Some programs, especially those of the Norton ilk, interfere with many programs and devices. Which one is it? I use AVG with no such issues. -- Peter |