USB MultiFlash SD card reader won't install
I have a MultiFlash USB SD CHip reader writer, that I've used with MANY XP and 2000 and ME machines.
But on this particular XP Home PC it will not install.
I know it's something to do with the Vids/Pids in the registry but I don't know how to get rid of what is in there so I can start over & install it.
I tired getting rid of some of the ones in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\
But that didn't help.
I deleted the entries in the device manager, that didn't help.
Can you help?
But on this particular XP Home PC it will not install.
I know it's something to do with the Vids/Pids in the registry but I don't know how to get rid of what is in there so I can start over & install it.
I tired getting rid of some of the ones in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\
But that didn't help.
I deleted the entries in the device manager, that didn't help.
Can you help?
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I really need an answer quick n this if possible you guys...
It's 3 am here and I need to take this PC back tomorrow morning, I don't want to be upp all night long.....
Is there an easy way to reset the system so it sees this device like it's never ever seen it before, that way I know it will install it fine like it has on many other PC's.
It's 3 am here and I need to take this PC back tomorrow morning, I don't want to be upp all night long.....
Is there an easy way to reset the system so it sees this device like it's never ever seen it before, that way I know it will install it fine like it has on many other PC's.
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It's no good I need sleep, I'll check again in the morning, or delete the question if I don't get an answer :¬(
DaveEE, take it easy :-)
I am not really sure what you meant by MultiFlash USB SD Chip reader / writer. I guess what you meant is a card reader writer which supports many differcent types of flash cards (SD, miniSD, MicroSD, blah blah blah), which you connect it to USB port, no?
The device maybe USB 2.0, also when you said "it will not install", what exactly do you see on the screen? Install as in when you plug it in, then nothing happens? (Sometimes if you just go into My Computer the drive letters will show up and you're not notified, so go in there and look).
Vid / Pid?
You went into Device Manager and deleted an entry, what entry? You've got to be more specific!
How about going into Device Manager and "Uninstall" USB drivers, reboot, then install USB drivers, reboot again if it asks you to, then once everything is loaded, plug the thing into the port again.
Or if your card reader comes with a disk, install the software from the disk / CD, likely to be USB drivers on there.
I am not really sure what you meant by MultiFlash USB SD Chip reader / writer. I guess what you meant is a card reader writer which supports many differcent types of flash cards (SD, miniSD, MicroSD, blah blah blah), which you connect it to USB port, no?
The device maybe USB 2.0, also when you said "it will not install", what exactly do you see on the screen? Install as in when you plug it in, then nothing happens? (Sometimes if you just go into My Computer the drive letters will show up and you're not notified, so go in there and look).
Vid / Pid?
You went into Device Manager and deleted an entry, what entry? You've got to be more specific!
How about going into Device Manager and "Uninstall" USB drivers, reboot, then install USB drivers, reboot again if it asks you to, then once everything is loaded, plug the thing into the port again.
Or if your card reader comes with a disk, install the software from the disk / CD, likely to be USB drivers on there.
Also, have you tried another USB port? I had the same issue a long time ago, ended up fiddling with the software for days, before I realised the port was stuffed.
Make sure your PC has all the current mainboard drivers and utitlites installed. Download them from the manufacturer. And then do as suggested above, uninstall everything USB (make sure you don't have anything attached to the ports when you do that). Reboot and let the system reinstall the system drivers.
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Thanks DCreature, but It seems I probably know more about this than you if what I said didn't make sense to you.
The device is NOT a multi card reader writer, it only read/writes SD type cards, and is not much bigger than a couple of SD cards put end to end. One end holds the Chip, the other is the Male USB connector.
Another thing I said is that all 2000, ME, XP operating systems SHOULD automatically install this device without ANY special software.
For that reason, no software comes with it and for that reason, on every other (perhaps 10 to 15 PC's) I've simply plugged it in, the system sees 'new mass storage device' sets it up, and away we go.
I have already done all the obvious things, and I repeat I have deleted the usb devices in the device manager and allowed them to re-install, this didn't help.
In the past I had very similar problems with a different USB device and the solution - which I can't 100% remember - was to change the vid/pid entries in the registry. Every USB device installed has a set of keys/values in the registry telling the system about it's characteristics & it's drivers etc. The guy that halped me a long time ago, went straight to these vid/pid (Vendor ID and Product ID) entries.
I am 100% certain it is help with those that I need, but you obviously haven't heard of them. Google USB Vid Pid to find out more.
So am I in the wrong place to find someone who knows about this stuff?
The device is NOT a multi card reader writer, it only read/writes SD type cards, and is not much bigger than a couple of SD cards put end to end. One end holds the Chip, the other is the Male USB connector.
Another thing I said is that all 2000, ME, XP operating systems SHOULD automatically install this device without ANY special software.
For that reason, no software comes with it and for that reason, on every other (perhaps 10 to 15 PC's) I've simply plugged it in, the system sees 'new mass storage device' sets it up, and away we go.
I have already done all the obvious things, and I repeat I have deleted the usb devices in the device manager and allowed them to re-install, this didn't help.
In the past I had very similar problems with a different USB device and the solution - which I can't 100% remember - was to change the vid/pid entries in the registry. Every USB device installed has a set of keys/values in the registry telling the system about it's characteristics & it's drivers etc. The guy that halped me a long time ago, went straight to these vid/pid (Vendor ID and Product ID) entries.
I am 100% certain it is help with those that I need, but you obviously haven't heard of them. Google USB Vid Pid to find out more.
So am I in the wrong place to find someone who knows about this stuff?
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I solved it myself.
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