4 GB SDHC card not opening in XP with SP3 loaded

Anonymous
2009-12-30T01:47:28+00:00

I have a built in card reader that has always run my SD cards fine - but now it is balky when I try to read a PNY 4GB SDHC card.  I think it read it at one time but not recently.  I have tried to download the hotfixes I found in the knowledge base but 2 of them are apparently older than SP3 and the 3rd doesn't have an English language selection.  In Device Manager, the system says the device is working properly.  I have tried to update the driver but am told there is not a newer driver - I have tried to uninstall and reinstall the driver and that doesn't help either.  Anybody have any other ideas or help??  I am using Windows XP Media Center edition with SP3 loaded in a Gateway desktop computer.

If this is any help - this card also does not open if I connect an external 2.0 USB card reader to this desktop - but this card works fine in my ACER netbook and in my Toshiba Satellite notebook - both running Windows XP.

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Anonymous
2010-01-12T19:41:18+00:00

Everyone!!!

You need to note that both the SD and SDHC "cards" have the exact same physical size but the internal electronics are different.   To read a SDHC card, the reader MUST be able to read the SDHC electronics correctly.  You can not read a SDHC card on a standard SD reader but a SDHC reader can read a SD card.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-01-14T03:18:22+00:00

    If your system does not correctly recognize an inserted SDHC card, please use the procedure below to enable the device driver which supports SDHC cards:

    1. Start Windows XP and log on with a user ID authorized as an administrator.
    2. Click Start and then click Control Panel.
    3. Click Performance and Maintenance.
    4. Click System.
    5. Click the Hardware tab.
    6. Click Device Manager.
    7. Double-click the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller section.
    8. Double-click Ricoh SD Bus Host Adapter.
    9. Click the Driver tab.
    10. Click the Update Driver button.
    11. Select No, not this time and click Next.
    12. Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next.
    13. Select Don't search. I will choose the driver to install and click Next.
    14. Select SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller and click Next.
    15. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete installation.
    16. Restart the computer.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-01-09T17:17:41+00:00

    didn't work with lenovo t61

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-01-08T18:21:46+00:00

    Thanks for the info. However, I do not regard it as acceptable that the system just hangs. When is Microsoft going to solve the problem and give a correct error / incompatibility message. I have exactly the same problem with Vista.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-10-11T00:53:27+00:00

    I think that there are enough problems all over the internet that we ought to start a class action lawsuit to get our hundreds of thousands of dollars back!!!!  There is nothing anywhere on the packaging that I can find that says the 4G Premium SDHC card won't work in an SD reader of any sort.  And of course the guy at best buy tells you they work in anything.  I am now out $25 bucks or so for my two cards that are worthless.

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