Internal USB flash card reader problem

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Sometime in the last month or 6 weeks (I didn't notice exactly when it
happened) I lost the function of my internal USB flash 9-1 card reader.
Windows sort-of recognizes that it's there, and if I unplug it and replug
in the USB cable, I can hear and see it trying to recognize it. The unit
itself is OK, since I can plug it into another computer and it works
perfectly. Another wrinkle is that I can plug in a SANDisk external USB
flash compact flash card reader (single card type of device) and it sees
this device just fine.

I tried another internal flash card reader and it does the same thing... so
at least it's being consistent. In the Device Manager I can see the items
in the Human Interface Devices section (HID-compliant consumer control
device). Even with a flash card inserted, there's nothing in the My
Computer / Removal Storage area (or anywhere else). I've installed any
drivers, but it doesn't make any difference. I also tried removing a number
of other USB devices to see if that would make a difference, in case of a
conflict... so far nothing works. There's a long stretch of unused drive
letters from E through L for the item to use (it used to show 4 separate
drive letters).

I assume that I installed something that's hosed this device... but I don't
have a clue as to what it could be.

Here's my system:
Asus A7N8XE Deluxe (BIOS 1013) with AMD Athlon XP 3200+ and 1 gig RAM.
ATI Radeon X800pro video card
1 Seagate 200gig SATA hard-drive
1 Maxtor OneTouch II external hard-drive via firewire connection
1 Sony DRU 720A DVD-RW player

I have all the current nVidia motherboard drivers and ATI video drivers
installed. Everything else is working just fine.

Thanks.

Sam
 
Open device manager and remove ALL the USB ports, hubs and
devices, check for hidden devices. Then reinstall each
device, one at a time.


| Sometime in the last month or 6 weeks (I didn't notice
exactly when it
| happened) I lost the function of my internal USB flash 9-1
card reader.
| Windows sort-of recognizes that it's there, and if I
unplug it and replug
| in the USB cable, I can hear and see it trying to
recognize it. The unit
| itself is OK, since I can plug it into another computer
and it works
| perfectly. Another wrinkle is that I can plug in a SANDisk
external USB
| flash compact flash card reader (single card type of
device) and it sees
| this device just fine.
|
| I tried another internal flash card reader and it does the
same thing... so
| at least it's being consistent. In the Device Manager I
can see the items
| in the Human Interface Devices section (HID-compliant
consumer control
| device). Even with a flash card inserted, there's nothing
in the My
| Computer / Removal Storage area (or anywhere else). I've
installed any
| drivers, but it doesn't make any difference. I also tried
removing a number
| of other USB devices to see if that would make a
difference, in case of a
| conflict... so far nothing works. There's a long stretch
of unused drive
| letters from E through L for the item to use (it used to
show 4 separate
| drive letters).
|
| I assume that I installed something that's hosed this
device... but I don't
| have a clue as to what it could be.
|
| Here's my system:
| Asus A7N8XE Deluxe (BIOS 1013) with AMD Athlon XP 3200+
and 1 gig RAM.
| ATI Radeon X800pro video card
| 1 Seagate 200gig SATA hard-drive
| 1 Maxtor OneTouch II external hard-drive via firewire
connection
| 1 Sony DRU 720A DVD-RW player
|
| I have all the current nVidia motherboard drivers and ATI
video drivers
| installed. Everything else is working just fine.
|
| Thanks.
|
| Sam
| --
| To email me, please get rid of the BS first
 
Sometime in the last month or 6 weeks (I didn't notice exactly when it
happened) I lost the function of my internal USB flash 9-1 card reader.
Windows sort-of recognizes that it's there, and if I unplug it and replug
in the USB cable, I can hear and see it trying to recognize it. The unit
itself is OK, since I can plug it into another computer and it works
perfectly. Another wrinkle is that I can plug in a SANDisk external USB
flash compact flash card reader (single card type of device) and it sees
this device just fine.

I tried another internal flash card reader and it does the same thing... so
at least it's being consistent. In the Device Manager I can see the items
in the Human Interface Devices section (HID-compliant consumer control
device). Even with a flash card inserted, there's nothing in the My
Computer / Removal Storage area (or anywhere else). I've installed any
drivers, but it doesn't make any difference. I also tried removing a number
of other USB devices to see if that would make a difference, in case of a
conflict... so far nothing works. There's a long stretch of unused drive
letters from E through L for the item to use (it used to show 4 separate
drive letters).

I assume that I installed something that's hosed this device... but I don't
have a clue as to what it could be.

Here's my system:
Asus A7N8XE Deluxe (BIOS 1013) with AMD Athlon XP 3200+ and 1 gig RAM.
ATI Radeon X800pro video card
1 Seagate 200gig SATA hard-drive
1 Maxtor OneTouch II external hard-drive via firewire connection
1 Sony DRU 720A DVD-RW player

I have all the current nVidia motherboard drivers and ATI video drivers
installed. Everything else is working just fine.

Thanks.

Sam
Click to expand...

Just a follow up of a few things I've tried. I deleted all of the USB
listings in Device Manager and rebooted to let it rebuild everything. I
also made sure the Removable Storage Service was set to Automatic and had
been started. No luck so far. I may have to resort to doing a Repair
installation of XP to see if that helps... hate to do that if I don't have
to, though.

Sam
 
<I'm resending this, since the first one got sort of messed up>

Sometime in the last month or 6 weeks (I didn't notice exactly when it
happened) I lost the function of my internal USB flash 9-1 card reader.
Windows sort-of recognizes that it's there, and if I unplug it and replug
in the USB cable, I can hear and see it trying to recognize it. The unit
itself is OK, since I can plug it into another computer and it works
perfectly. Another wrinkle is that I can plug in a SANDisk external USB
flash compact flash card reader (single card type of device) and it sees
this device just fine.

I tried another internal flash card reader and it does the same thing... so
at least it's being consistent. In the Device Manager I can see the items
in the Human Interface Devices section (HID-compliant consumer control
device). Even with a flash card inserted, there's nothing in the My
Computer / Removal Storage area (or anywhere else). I've installed any
drivers, but it doesn't make any difference. I also tried removing a number
of other USB devices to see if that would make a difference, in case of a
conflict... so far nothing works. There's a long stretch of unused drive
letters from E through L for the item to use (it used to show 4 separate
drive letters).

I assume that I installed something that's hosed this device... but I don't
have a clue as to what it could be.

Here's my system: Asus A7N8XE Deluxe (BIOS 1013) with AMD Athlon XP 3200+
and 1 gig RAM. ATI Radeon X800pro video card 1 Seagate 200gig SATA
hard-drive 1 Maxtor OneTouch II external hard-drive via firewire connection
1 Sony DRU 720A DVD-RW player

I have all the current nVidia motherboard drivers and ATI video drivers
installed. Everything else is working just fine.

Thanks.

Sam
 
Just a follow up of a few things I've tried. I deleted all of the USB
listings in Device Manager and rebooted to let it rebuild everything. I
also made sure the Removable Storage Service was set to Automatic and had
been started. No luck so far. I may have to resort to doing a Repair
installation of XP to see if that helps... hate to do that if I don't have
to, though.

Sam
Click to expand...

I figured this one out finally! I noticed a USB driver called USBHS DFU
Adapter. I wasn't sure what it was so I did a web search for it. I located
an article that said that a update to this driver had hosed his flash card
reader. I rolled it back to the native Windows driver and guess what?
Everything works now.

The bad driver is: "USBHS DFU Adapter SCM Microsystems Inc. usb software
update released on February 18 2005". Not sure where this update came from,
but it's gone now.

Sam
 
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