Internal USB flash card reader problem

[Sam]

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

 

[Jim Macklin]

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

 

[Sam]

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

 

[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

 

[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

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