Apart from what Joseph is talking about, the first sort of small thing I'd check out is possible oxidisation on the actual surface of the card.
Just try rubbing it's conductive surface on a roughish surface (not hard or anything, just want to double check that it, for example, doesn't just have a form of oxidisation built up on it's surface. This is something I've heard about for a while, but, FWIW, on my spare cellphone, which is around 4 years old, around every 2 weeks, I have to take the Sim card out, and I then just lightly rub a penknife on both the surface thereof, and on the actual contacts inside the back panel of the cellphone, and then it works fine immediately. Might also just be something small that ended up inside the slot as well, and I find on my one laptop, that when it doesn't recognise things like my USB flash drive, I normally just tap that thing (the drive, not the laptop), on the desk, then when I put it back in, it starts working again. You can also try using something like a very flat, but not loose earbud to make sure that the actual slot is clean/empty (funny enough my sisters one friend reckons she's apparently got a whole colony of very small ants that seem to spend some time inside her laptop, but it's the very first time I've ever heard of anything like that, and told her to try out some sort of sonic effect to get rid of them). Lastly, I'll just say don't be rough in any way when trying out these things, and Joseph might be more accurate, but it is just another side of things I'd consider possible. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Bugella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "computing" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:11 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] FlashCard Reader not recognizing card > Hi: > > I have a friend with a Del computer. It was working fine before, but now > her computer is not recognizing the FlashCard reader. It asks for a disk > to be inserted into Drive E. I don't have a card reader so don't know > where to begin to trouble shoot the problem. Any help would be > appreciated, thanks, Deb. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
