Faulty CF Reader? (1 Viewer)

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Mar 21, 2003

• #1

Recently I bought a Jessop's USB Compact Flash card reader. Having got Windows ME it should be a case of plug and play. However, when I booted up my computer a few times the drive (F) didn't even show and the USB symbol in the bottom right menu bar didn't show either.

I resorted to loading the USB driver which should be uneccessary and this seemed to fix it but the problem is cropping up again. Some times the drive is there but a lot of the time it doesn't even exist.

Is it a faulty card reader, USB cable or something I need to do?

 

T0ny

Okillre Member

• Mar 21, 2003

• #2

I sometimes get the same problem - I just plug / unplug until the thing is recognised.

Tony

 

robinm

Registered User

• Mar 21, 2003

• #3

I am a Win 98 and Win 2000 user and I get the same thing sometimes. I blame Bill Gates.

Robin

 

Reader

Well-known member

• Mar 21, 2003

• #4

I have Windows XP and sometimes I have to unplug the USB and replug it back in before it recognises that it is there.

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Mar 21, 2003

• #5

Thank goodness, it not just me then. I have to do the same thing too. Bill Gates has a lot to answer for, always promising the complete and perfect package only for us to find all the glitches. Especially crashes!!

 

digi-birder

Well-known member

• Mar 22, 2003

• #6

Andrew said:

Having got Windows ME it should be a case of plug and play.

Click to expand...

Should be 'plug and pray', Andrew!!

 

T0ny

Okillre Member

• Mar 22, 2003

• #7

Isn't it more like 'socket and see' ?

Tony

 

digi-birder

Well-known member

• Mar 22, 2003

• #8

Could be anything where computers are concerned! You have to show them who's boss - then they seem to behave. They smell fear!

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Mar 22, 2003

• #9

That's why I keep a cup of acid on top of it!!!
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robinm

Registered User

• Mar 23, 2003

• #10

Just a further comment. I work in IT and it is because of this sort of problem multiplied a thousand times that most large organisations require huge IT support desks. Most of the time they just switch the PC off and on and the damn thing works.

Robin

 

digi-birder

Well-known member

• Mar 23, 2003

• #11

Too true Robin.

Having worked in technical support myself, it's amazing what a reboot can do!! Some people think you are sending magic vibes over the telephone line.

Then again, there are the mystery problems you can never solve. All due to the fact that computers are a little like fingerprints - hardly any two are exactly alike in terms of hardware and software installed. So when something goes wrong, finding out what's conflicting with what is a definite challenge!

 

T0ny

Okillre Member

• Mar 23, 2003

• #12

Perhaps someone could start a thread in 'Ruffled Feathers' covering the many and varied calls made to IT support ? My current favourite is the coffee cup holder.

Tony

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Mar 23, 2003

• #13

Forgetting to switch the plug on!

OK, OK, I did it once, folks!