Dimension 5100 Card Reader cards bigger than 4GB
Justin
before the rebuild it was able to do exactly this.
The machine has a license for Windows XP Media Center edition 2005. I
tried the following hitfix:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934428
It said I already have the latest service pack and refuses to install.
Other cards work fine < 4GB.
Other than switching to Mac how do I solve this slight problem? The
client has a bunch of videos from a JVC everio camcorder that need to be
transferred and burned to DVD.
If I have to get a new card reader - how can I get one that has a cable
that will fit the proprietary Dell header on the main board?
Christopher Muto
are you saying that you reloaded windows mce on your dimension 5100 and
are unable to read sdhc cards that are larger than 4gb. my first
question is if you installed the chip set drivers directly after
completing the windows installation. then along with all the other
drivers (video, nice, audio, modem, etc) did you install the media card
driver. and did you then update windows repeatedly until there were no
more windows updates available? that hotfix you mentioned clearly
states that it requires a system with sp2 before it is applied. also,
some older sd card readers are not capable of reading sdhc cards. not
sure if the 5100 falls into that camp but the point here is that you may
want to review your recollection of the large sdhc card previously
working with this system, it may have been a different card that worked,
one that might not have been a sdhc type card.
Justin
Yes, MCE was reloaded onto the machine.
After that point I am unable to read card greater than 4GB whereas
previously I was.
Yes, I ran windows update until all the drivers were installed. SP3 is
confirmed to be installed.
WSZsr
update.
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Ben Myers
I have run into similar limits with various readers. My suggestion is
to get one of the cheap little external USB devices that hold an SD
card. I got one with a SanDisk 8GB SD on eBay, and it works fine for
offloading stuff from my camera... Ben Myers
Ben Myers
Did you install the motherboard chipset driver FIRST after re-installing
MCE, then the driver for the reader??? The order of installation of
drivers is critical to get a fully functioning system... Ben Myers
William R. Walsh
> Yes, I ran windows update until all the drivers were installed.
> SP3 is confirmed to be installed.
SP3 doesn't include every hotfix that Microsoft released prior to the
service pack itself.
You can install older hotfixes by changing the registry key that
reports the Windows service pack version. This approach should be used
with caution, as you can cause problems by using it.
If my memory is correct, look in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows with the
registry editor and change the value of the CSDVersion key from
"300" (indicates SP3) to "200" (indicates SP2).
Then you can install your hotfix and see if it helps. It's quicker
than uninstalling SP3...
William
Father Justin
Father Justin
Oh Jesus Christ...
Yes, the chipset was installed way before I discovered the card reader
wasn't working.
Is it just me of is MCE buggy?
WSZsr
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>
> Did you install the motherboard chipset driver FIRST after re-installing MCE, then the
> driver for the reader??? The order of installation of drivers is critical to get a
> fully functioning system... Ben Myers
May I jump in here?
I am using a similar Dimension.
For a couple of month ago, I had to do a clean install with XP, sp3, and all my
favourite apps.
It was working from start, -so I forgot everything about drivers. besides Nvidia of
course.
Well - there is a minor problem:
From time to time, the flashcard reader is dead: but I can fix that by restarting XP.
My question is: should I reinstall all drivers on top of this system in the right order,
or do I have to do a clean-install again???
Christopher Muto
"one of the first things" was not the question as i stated and that
others also stated since it was ignored in your replies. the question
is if the chipset driver was the first thing that you installed after
windows completed installing. you also ignored several of my other
points. you probably should re-read what i originally wrote. and you
might want to at least pretend to be appreciative to both people that
might potentially give you some guidance or to those that have. i can't
imagine why anyone would bother helping you again.
Father Justin
What do I do with the piece of shit in the PC currently? Just let it
sit there? I don't have a plastic piece to put in there once its
removed - there will be a gaping hole in the front.
My problem is, it was working before the rebuild.
Now it isn't.
Father Justin
What the hell?
Fuck you.
I was being perfectly nice and I don't see the need to say thanks every
other post and kiss ass.
I asked a question and people responded, I certainly didn't act mean or
unappreciative.
Feel free to piss off.
and fuck you again. You're the kind of person who ruined usenet. At
one point in time people on here used to help each other and that was
that. You however expect everyone to kiss your sorry fat ass.
Just shut up and stop posting, I don't need your help.
This only applies to the almighty master of everything "Chris Muto."
Are you related to Kuato?
Father Justin
Interesting.
So installing SP3 could actually prevent the installation of the hotfix
that would potentially solve the problem.
I had to give the machine back to the client... I will probably ask the
client o uninstall SP3 and then install the hotfix - it would be easier
for him to do that than trudge through the registry editor.
Since Chris bit my head off for bnot being nice, I would like to thank
you, your family and bless you in the name of Father, son and holy
binary spirit. May the yEnc Lord be with you.
So say we all.
Christopher Muto
plonk!
William R. Walsh
> So installing SP3 could actually prevent the installation of the
> hotfix that would potentially solve the problem.
Yep. And Microsoft may or may not issue an updated hotfix for any
issue not corrected in SP3.
I'd been there with the UAA/HD audio stuff, which came in the form of
a hotfix for XP SP2 only. This creates an "interesting" situation, and
that is where I learned of the trick to make Windows temporarily
report the "wrong" version number to let hotfixes install. (There are
people who claim the UAA audio bus stuff comes with SP3, but I don't
think it does.)
Microsoft has since released a hotfix for UAA on SP3.
> May the yEnc Lord be with you.
That's a new one on me! :-)
I hope it works out one way or another. Since the computer obviously
could read those cards at one time, it should be able to read them
again. Anyway, have a happy new year. I would like to know if you get
it fixed, so post back here with the results.
William
Father Justin
Good.
I don't need your help anyway.
The others who responded seem to know what they're doing alot better
than you.
You're the kind ofperson who make people hate IT.
Christopher Muto
can you dig yourself down any deeper into that hole? i bet you can.
Father Justin
I thought you plonked me?
You dug your own hole, jackass. Are you one of those people who thinks
everyone likes him?
Christopher Muto
you had two ways you could have gone with this and you chose the wrong
one, repeatedly.
RnR
Justin, I'm not going to use the same words to describe Chris but some
of what you said I have to agree with, with respect to him. He
doesn't have much use for me either because we have a long standing
disagreement about cross posting. Ok, I'll shut up since I'm not
helping you on this thread but I couldn't help but laugh a little when
you got annoyed with his attitude. I prefer tho not to use as strong
of words as you. I will not defend Chris's actions here but I will
say tho, whether I like him or not, he has helped many... even tho I
dislike some of his attitude.
Father Justin
sometimes my temper gets the better of me.
But I have been in the IT bis since 2000 - and its people like him that
give us a bad name. Because of him, nobody wants to call IT because of
reactions just like that.
Father Justin
You need to check your killfile capability. I can help you fix it, if
you like.
I chose the wrong way *towards you* - everyone else in this thread
behaved like an adult.
Now killfile me and be done wit it.
C'mon! plonk... plonk! PLONK!
WSZsr
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>>>>>> plonk!
>>>>>
>>>>> Good.
>>>>> I don't need your help anyway.
>>>>> The others who responded seem to know what they're doing alot better
>>>>> than you.
>>>>> You're the kind ofperson who make people hate IT.
You're really a piece of work....... We don't need your kind of trash here.
Father Justin
Yeah, telling off an asshole - boy I'm evil.
You need me more than I need you.
Enlighten me, what did I do to piss off that jackass?
Usually people like him don't have the skillset needed to accell at
their jobs - so they make up for it by being a jerk.
Christopher Muto
there is a homeless man in my neighborhood that you remind me of. he
asks for help with his hand out but no matter what you do, give him a
dollar, look him in the eye and say 'sorry', or simply try to ignore him
altogether, the result it the same. he spews a string of illogical
obscenities. he probably has some metal and emotional problems. and he
clearly doesn't have a whole lot to be thankful for so i have sympathy
for him.
ps. if you could stick to one name then i could block you, but you
started this thread with one name and added to it with another. another
example of your inconsistent and irrational behaviour.
Father Justin
> Father Justin wrote:
>> WSZsr wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Father Justin" <jus...@nobecauseihatespam.va> wrote in message
>>> news:hhj2is$ptt$2...@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>>>>>> plonk!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Good.
>>>>>>>> I don't need your help anyway.
>>>>>>>> The others who responded seem to know what they're doing alot
>>>>>>>> better than you.
>>>>>>>> You're the kind ofperson who make people hate IT.
>>>
>>> You're really a piece of work....... We don't need your kind of
>>> trash here.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, telling off an asshole - boy I'm evil.
>> You need me more than I need you.
>> Enlighten me, what did I do to piss off that jackass?
>> Usually people like him don't have the skillset needed to accell at
>> their jobs - so they make up for it by being a jerk.
>
> there is a homeless man in my neighborhood that you remind me of. he
> asks for help with his hand out but no matter what you do, give him a
> dollar, look him in the eye and say 'sorry', or simply try to ignore him
The truth is, you know you're a jerk and I called you on it.
Not PLONK me and shut up.
Christopher Muto
the truth is that you are just mad at yourself for braking your
customers computer and you are taking it out on anyone you can.
Father Justin
Still can't PLONK me?
I use a Mac - so I don't have to worry. The fact is, Dell didn't
provide a recovery partition or recovery DVDs.
I know more about this than you ever will, so don't pretend you're some
"expert."
Father Justin
Satan has infested the MCE world.
I'm probably going to have to go get the PC next weekens and work on it
here.
The license sticker on the machine says MCE 2005, I think I may have
installed 2002. Would that make a difference?
Ben Myers
I have installed and used MCE a fair amount. It is, more or less, XP
Home with Service Pack 2 plus all the media gobbledygook software. If
you ignore the media software, it works and plays just like XP Home with
SP2. Honestly, I do not think there is much of a case to blame MCE.
Unfortunately, I cannot explain why the card reader does not work. If
you want to blame someone or something, blame Microsoft in general for
designing the most complicated operating system known to man (and
probably to extraterrestrials.) I have clients with two similar
maladies on their laptops, I cannot fix the problem. On one guy's
system, USB memory sticks simply stopped working. On another's system,
SP 3 simply will not install, and gives no coherent explanation why.
All the other Windows updates installed just fine. Just no SP3. And
then you have all the stupid BSOD stop codes, in effect Microsoft
admitting it has no real clue what went wrong with the hardware in
99.99% of the cases... Ben Myers
William R. Walsh
> Satan has infested the MCE world.
True enough. Windows XP MCE is a "unique" version of Windows. It's based on
XP Pro, and can do many of the things that an XP Pro system can--but it
cannot join a domain (akin to XP Home in that one regard). I've heard
various people say that few third party applications are supported by their
vendors when run on XP MCE. Some applications don't run as they should on
it, possibly because of the "interesting" balance of features.
To date I've seen only *two* systems that shipped with XP MCE when they were
new. They don't appear to have been popular in this part of the world.
Going to SP2 is said to bring you to the MCE 2004 release level. (I couldn't
find anything about what moving to SP3 on an MCE installation would do.) MCE
2005 is presumably a separate release?
> The license sticker on the machine says MCE 2005, I think I may have
> installed 2002. Would that make a difference?
I'd say it could, but who knows? It's hard to tell. Surely there were
improvements--but was support for 4GB or bigger memory cards when used with
a card reader one of those fixes? I don't know...
William
Father Justin
Would uninstalling SP3 - installing that hotfix and then reinstalling
SP3 make any sense at all?
That's pretty much my only option at this point.
Ben Myers
I have no idea whether uninstalling SP3, installing the hotfix then
putting SP3 back will work. It's one of those wonderful mysteries of
Windows life for which nobody knows the answer, not even Micro$oft.
You have nothing to lose except your valuable time by trying it... Ben Myers
Father Justin
Thats why I use a Mac!
Yeah, I'll try it. Thanks.
I'm guessing it probably won't work.