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stwutter · #1 4 Weeks Ago

Hi.

I've just bought a flash card adaptor for my 1gb SD card from my mobile, but no matter what I do, it's not getting recognised.

Help.

zinglebarb · #2 4 Weeks Ago

usb adapter? could be faulty? have you tried different ports?

stwutter · #3 4 Weeks Ago

No, not a USB flash.

It's the memory card slot which users the black adaptor which you put the small SD cards in that go into mobiles.

cyberdyne · #4 4 Weeks Ago

Do you mean it is a 'Micro' SD card - which is a lot smaller than a normal SD card ? Does it slide into an Adapter in order for you to fit it into your phone?

See here: http://www.fahad.com/pics/sandisk_2gb_micro_sd.jpg

stwutter · #5 4 Weeks Ago

Other way round. The Micro card from the phone goes into the adaptor to fit into the PC.

cyberdyne · #6 4 Weeks Ago

Ok.
So, to confirm, you have a 1GB Micro SD card for your phone, which you're putting in an SD adapter - as in my photo - to convert it to the size of a regular SD card, which when inserted, isn't being recognized by your PC?

Zachary · #7 4 Weeks Ago

I had a similar problem with my PCMCIA reader and an SD card. My solution was simple, it seemed that if I inserted the PCMCIA card with the sd card in it, nothing would happen, but when I insert the PCMCIA card empty into the drive and then put the SD card in, it works. You might try putting your adapter in the slot on your PC empty and then slide the SD card into it

stwutter · #8 4 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by cyberdyne

Ok.
So, to confirm, you have a 1GB Micro SD card for your phone, which you're putting in an SD adapter - as in my photo - to convert it to the size of a regular SD card, which when inserted, isn't being recognized by your PC?

Precisely.

stwutter · #9 4 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by Zachary

I had a similar problem with my PCMCIA reader and an SD card. My solution was simple, it seemed that if I inserted the PCMCIA card with the sd card in it, nothing would happen, but when I insert the PCMCIA card empty into the drive and then put the SD card in, it works. You might try putting your adapter in the slot on your PC empty and then slide the SD card into it

Ok - I will try that later. Cheers.

stwutter · #10 3 Weeks Ago

No joy - any other suggestions?

cyberdyne · #11 3 Weeks Ago

I think I'd be tempted to buy (or borrow) another usb card reader to test if yours is faulty

They're really cheap: Amazon.co.uk: Integral USB 2.0 MultiCard Reader - Card reader