internal memory card readers

[Phisherman]

I'd like to add an internal memory card reader, 3.5" or 5.25" is
better. I'd like to be able to read/write a variety of cards
including Secure Digital and all types of Compact Flash cards. It
would be nice to have a IEEE1394 firewire port and audio connectors.
It must be able to reliably connect to a MSI K8N Neo4 mobo.

Which brands are good? Brands to avoid? If anyone can point me to
some comparison reviews I'd greatly appreciate it. I've already been
googling for an hour and got mostly vendor sites. Thanks!

 

[JAD]

I'd like to add an internal memory card reader, 3.5" or 5.25" is
better. I'd like to be able to read/write a variety of cards
including Secure Digital and all types of Compact Flash cards. It
would be nice to have a IEEE1394 firewire port and audio connectors.
It must be able to reliably connect to a MSI K8N Neo4 mobo.

Which brands are good? Brands to avoid? If anyone can point me to
some comparison reviews I'd greatly appreciate it. I've already been
googling for an hour and got mostly vendor sites. Thanks!

Stay away from the ones that are 20 in 1 and drop 20 drives/letters in "My
Computer"

 

[nobody]

Stay away from the ones that are 20 in 1 and drop 20 drives/letters in "My
Computer"

Most these days have a drive letter per physical slot on the reader.
I've got a 12 in one that has four slots and uses 4 drive letters.

 

[Phisherman]

Stay away from the ones that are 20 in 1 and drop 20 drives/letters in "My
Computer"

Why? Are there issues initializing USB devices on startup? Which
ones don't drop multiple drive letters? I'd guess this is in the USB
driver software. So then is it better to get an external unit?

 

[Tomcat (Tom)]

Why? Are there issues initializing USB devices on startup? Which
ones don't drop multiple drive letters? I'd guess this is in the USB
driver software.

It probably isn't in the driver software. I would imagine a universal
card drive is nothing more than a USB hub with a bunch of USB drives so
when the computer starts up it will naturally try to map them all. I
think what is needed is an on/off switch in the card reader so it only
makes a USB connection to the computer when you are ready to use it.

 

[JAD]

Why? Are there issues initializing USB devices on startup? Which
ones don't drop multiple drive letters? I'd guess this is in the USB
driver software. So then is it better to get an external unit?

There is no problem really, just very annoying when trying to find the
proper drive letter that has the memory stick in it and clutters the file
manager.

 

[Rod Speed]

Phisherman wrote

It probably isn't in the driver software. I would imagine a universal
card drive is nothing more than a USB hub with a bunch of USB drives
so when the computer starts up it will naturally try to map them all.

It shouldnt do that if there are no cards plugged into the reader.

I think what is needed is an on/off switch in the card reader so it only
makes a USB connection to the computer when you are ready to use it.

No need with a properly implemented card reader that should only
see a drive letter allocated to a particular card when its been inserted.

 

[Uwe Sieber]

It shouldnt do that if there are no cards plugged into the reader.


No need with a properly implemented card reader that should only
see a drive letter allocated to a particular card when its been inserted.

Under XP this can be done by the right software:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html


Uwe

 

[Rod Speed]

Rod Speed wrote

Under XP this can be done by the right software:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html

You dont need any software to do that with XP.

 

[Uwe Sieber]

You dont need any software to do that with XP.

Correct, if you have a cardreader which behaves that way. Most
card readers assign one drive per slot. XP cannot assign a drive
letter when the user inserts a media and remove the drive letter
when the media is removed.


Uwe

 

[Rod Speed]

Rod Speed wrote

Correct, if you have a cardreader which behaves that way. Most card readers assign one drive per
slot.

Thats nothing like the one letter per card type he claimed.

XP cannot assign a drive letter when the user inserts a media and remove the drive letter when the
media is removed.

Corse it can and does.

That software you posted the url for handles a different
problem, allowing you to specify what letter the freshly
inserted card gets, when you dont have admin priviledges.

 

[JAD]

inserted.


Thats nothing like the one letter per card type he claimed.

not a claim....an exageration....worse case scenario i've seen- 20 in 1=10
drives,,,,,9 too many

 

[Rod Speed]

not a claim....an exageration....worse case scenario
i've seen- 20 in 1=10 drives,,,,,9 too many

Thats STILL nothing like what he was talking about, one PER SLOT.

 

[JAD]

inserted.


Thats STILL nothing like what he was talking about, one PER SLOT.

wasn't that me? Me be the he?

 

[Rod Speed]

wasn't that me?

Nope, that was clearly Uwe from the quoting.

Me be the he?

Pathetic, really.

 

[Uwe Sieber]

Thats nothing like the one letter per card type he claimed.


Corse it can and does.

That software you posted the url for handles a different
problem, allowing you to specify what letter the freshly
inserted card gets, when you dont have admin priviledges.

That's its primary purpose. Since V3.0 it can remove the
drive letters of removable USB drives when no media is
present and assing the first availlable or a configured
letter when a media is inserted. That emulates the behaviour
of new card readers often found in notebook.


Uwe

 

[JAD]

reader.


Nope, that was clearly Uwe from the quoting.

strange UWe? don't see his posts...just the quotes. and the KF on this
rig is empty. Oh well I retreat...

 

[Rod Speed]

strange UWe? don't see his posts...just the quotes.
and the KF on this rig is empty.

Presumably just the usual vagerys of usenet post propagation.

Oh well I retreat...

A Jap would at least have the decency to disembowel itself.

Dont make a mess of the carpet.

 

[Rod Speed]

Rod Speed wrote

That's its primary purpose. Since V3.0 it can remove the
drive letters of removable USB drives when no media is
present and assing the first availlable or a configured
letter when a media is inserted. That emulates the behaviour of new card readers often found in
notebook.

Irrelevant to the original silly claim that with a 20 in 1
card reader 'drop 20 drives/letters in "My Computer"'

You dont even end up with one drive/letter in My Computer
for each slot, let alone each possible card type.

 

[Uwe Sieber]

Irrelevant to the original silly claim that with a 20 in 1
card reader 'drop 20 drives/letters in "My Computer"'

I've never said that it's relevant to the 20 letter claim.

Getting one letter per slot meaning usually four letters
is hard enough and USBDLM gives you no letter when no media
is present and one letter when one media is present.


Uwe