Why Are Card Readers Intermittent?
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From: Peter on 12 Feb 2010 20:28 "John Navas" <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in message news:i36bn55328m4h68vdm746hgovj5d6n53ug(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:06:36 -0600, jim evans > <jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)comcast.net> wrote in > <u32bn5tcaqo00f2ahfs7io0j157v48r8ak(a)4ax.com>: > >>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. > > Are you complaining about (1) Autoplay or (2) reading functionality. > 1. Autoplay won't always work depending on a number of factors. > 2. A decent reader should always be able to read decent cards. > I use and recommend genuine SanDisk readers and cards. Never a problem. > I have used one named Dazzle for CF cards, with no issues for over five years. -- Peter
From: Laurence Payne on 13 Feb 2010 08:43 On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:54:39 -0600, Allen <allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote: >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. No. You'll have to pay $5 NOW for one that will.
From: Laurence Payne on 13 Feb 2010 08:44 On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:08:09 GMT, "U. Link" <not.iul(a)telus.net> wrote: >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. Sounds like a very intrusive security program. Why not dump it? Windows Security Essentials is perfectly adequate.
From: Laurence Payne on 13 Feb 2010 08:46 On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:26:30 -0600, jim evans <jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)comcast.net> wrote: >I assume Autoplay is the feature that pops up a window asking what I >want to do after I insert the card. When composing the message I >tried to remember the relationship between Autoplay and card >readability, but I can't remember with certainty. I don't use the >Autoplay feature and always just knock it down. I use a batch file >to copy the pictures to my working folder. However, I also have a >shortcut to the folder on the card that I check if the batch file >doesn't work. Sounds like an unnecessarily complicated procedure! Why not just accept the Autoplay invitation to view the files and drag them to your desired location?
From: Tim Conway on 13 Feb 2010 10:41
"Frank ess" <frank(a)fshe2fs.com> wrote in message news:fIidnVKP6tucYOjWnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > > > 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. > Using that "Eject" feature also prevents the card from being withdrawn while it is still being written to (which might damage it or the data). It's a good habit to get into. |