Hi,
Have a 6 in 1 USB 2.0 Internal Media Card Reader on an old eMachine
(D2266) that ran and worked on Win XP Pro x32. There is no
Manufacturer's ID Tag anywhere on this unit.

I installed this card reader into my Vista Home Premium x64 machine.
Then plugged into an available motherboard USB port and turned on
computer. The power light on the media reader lit indicating power, and
Vista claimed "device successfully installed". Inserted a SD media card
and device is not working. A check of device manager reveals an 'Unknown
Device" on the roothub a check on the 'Drivers Tab' reveals "There are
no installed drivers for this device" or something to that effect.

What I have tried:
Uninstalling 'Unknown Device" & rebooting with same results.

Any ideas on this one?
Jakeman97


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Jakeman97 wrote:


Hi,
Have a 6 in 1 USB 2.0 Internal Media Card Reader on an old eMachine
(D2266) that ran and worked on Win XP Pro x32. There is no
Manufacturer's ID Tag anywhere on this unit.

I installed this card reader into my Vista Home Premium x64 machine.
Then plugged into an available motherboard USB port and turned on
computer. The power light on the media reader lit indicating power, and
Vista claimed "device successfully installed". Inserted a SD media card
and device is not working. A check of device manager reveals an 'Unknown
Device" on the roothub a check on the 'Drivers Tab' reveals "There are
no installed drivers for this device" or something to that effect.

What I have tried:
Uninstalling 'Unknown Device" & rebooting with same results.

You need drivers for the card reader for Vista. Look on Gateway's site for
drivers for it. They are usually called something like "Ricoh". Because
you are running Vista 64, you would need 64-bit signed drivers. I really
doubt that Gateway will have them but you could search for 64-bit drivers
for your device on their site from more current Gateway models. Or get
yourself a new card reader that comes with Vista 64-bit drivers.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Hi Malke,
Thanks for the quick reply and info. The computer with Vista on it is
not a Gateway or an eMachine; but a complete custom home build by
myself. I was hoping that Vista Home Premium SP1 x64 would have come
with some type of a generic Multimedia Card Reader driver in it. As long
as it's a USB 2.0 compliant device (it is) it should work. I just can't
believe Billy Boy's crew missed the x64 drivers for a generic 2.0 card
reader. Then again, why am I not surprised.
Thanks for the help, it's greatly appreciated.
Jakeman97


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Jakeman97 wrote:


Hi Malke,
Thanks for the quick reply and info. The computer with Vista on it is
not a Gateway or an eMachine; but a complete custom home build by
myself. I was hoping that Vista Home Premium SP1 x64 would have come
with some type of a generic Multimedia Card Reader driver in it. As long
as it's a USB 2.0 compliant device (it is) it should work. I just can't
believe Billy Boy's crew missed the x64 drivers for a generic 2.0 card
reader. Then again, why am I not surprised.
Thanks for the help, it's greatly appreciated.
Jakeman97

I understood that the new machine isn't a Gateway but the hardware came out
of your Gateway. While Vista does come with a ton of drivers, the 64-bit
version is more restricted. On all the OEM machines I work on that have
built-in card readers, drivers are required. As I mentioned, I usually find
them on the OEM's site listed as Ricoh drivers. You might try some drivers
that I found using this Google search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...earch&aq=f&oq=

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Hi again and thank you so much. I will take a look at these Ricoh 64
drivers you provided. I'm actually thinking at this time of purchasing a
new Card Reader and am looking at a SiiG model JU-MR0012-S1 System
Requirements: Windows 2000 SP4 / XP (32- / 64-bit) / Server 2003 (32- /
64-bit) / Vista (32- / 64-bit) Pentium or equivalent PC with an
available 3.5” device bay An available internal USB port (USB 2.0
recommended).
I believe this should work for me and it won't break the bank. I was
just trying to get by with what I had. Oh well, another piece of
hardware for the scrap pile.
Thanks again,
Jakeman97


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I was unable to get Vista HP SP1 x64 to install a driver for my internal
USB Media Card Reader that I took from my old XP machine
PROBLEM SOLVED:
Perhaps this was an unconventional way to do it but this is what I did.

Vista x64 Computer: opened
C:\\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository

Chose the most recent usbstor.inf file Xcopy

opened C:\\Windows\Inf
pasted the usbstor.inf file into this folder (On my system there was no
usb.stor.inf file in this folder).

Shutdown and disconnected Power Cord...Plugged in my USB Media Card
Reader to a motherboard USB connection....Booted up and day of Joy

"Windows has successfully updated your driver software"

Windows Vista is calling my device a 'Storage Device'....I don't really
care, it works, and I don't have to purchase more hardware. I was unable
to find any reference to a Multimedia Card Reader in any of the Vista
Files. Oh yes the drive MS installed is
Microsoft 6/21/2006 6.0.6001.18000
Thanks again for you help Malke
Jakeman97


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Jakeman97

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amd phenom 9950 2.6ghz socket am2+125w quad-core
ultra x3 1000-watt psu g.skill 4gb ddr2 800

Jakeman97 wrote:


I was unable to get Vista HP SP1 x64 to install a driver for my internal
USB Media Card Reader that I took from my old XP machine
PROBLEM SOLVED:
Perhaps this was an unconventional way to do it but this is what I did.

Vista x64 Computer: opened
C:\\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository

Chose the most recent usbstor.inf file Xcopy

opened C:\\Windows\Inf
pasted the usbstor.inf file into this folder (On my system there was no
usb.stor.inf file in this folder).

Shutdown and disconnected Power Cord...Plugged in my USB Media Card
Reader to a motherboard USB connection....Booted up and day of Joy

"Windows has successfully updated your driver software"

Windows Vista is calling my device a 'Storage Device'....I don't really
care, it works, and I don't have to purchase more hardware. I was unable
to find any reference to a Multimedia Card Reader in any of the Vista
Files. Oh yes the drive MS installed is
Microsoft 6/21/2006 6.0.6001.18000

Very clever and inventive! I'm glad you figured it out. Thanks so much for
sharing your method.

Cheers,

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Hi all,
The 'fix' I described in my last post did work. However each time the
computer was booted up in the morning Vista would find an 'unknown
device' and install the only driver it could find the 'usbstor' driver.
This was a PIA so I continued to search and found this site [clicky]
'Y-E DATA | Support | Internal 6 in 1 Drive Driver Download'
(http://www.yedata.com/support/internal_6_in_1.shtml)
with exactly the driver I had been searching for the 'usbstvs100'
driver. My 6 in 1 device is now called a 'Media Reader' in the System
Device Manager. This driver is compatible with all the Windows Venues
including Vista x64.
Jakeman97


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