I have always used a 2gb Compact Flash card (the old big one) to
transfer files from my camera to the PC, but also to write files from
the PC and put them on my PS3, movie files and music mainly. This has
been trouble free for many months, Then about 6 months ago the PC said
the 2GB card was corrupt, I tried to format, it wouldn’t have it, as the
cards was old I figured it must have died. I got a brand new 4gb card to
replace it, which behaved exactly the same way. Odd I though, to prove
it wasn’t the PC or reader I started using a pair of old 256mb cards I
had which worked fine. So I returned the new 4gb card anyway thinking
it must be DOA. SO i made do with the 256 ones until now. I just got a
brand new 8GB CF card and it not working again. This time I did a more
extensive test. Works fine in camera, works fine in PS3 and an old PC
running XP. SO the card is fine.

With the PC running Vista 64, it will sometimes read data but is
usually is so slow it causes a crash and always crashes or gives an
error message when you try to write to it. Given that is used to work, I
figure perhaps the reader had gone faulty. Is a cheap generic internal
one with USB connections to mother board. So I just got a known working
reader and attached to the PC with a USB cable. Same issue, the 256mb
cards are fine the 2GB and brand new 8Gb cards don’t work. Given it was
such a long time ago I noticed the problem I cant simply roll back the
PC to before it happened I need to find what has gone wrong with Vista
to cause this most frustrating problem.

Any one with any Idea’s I would be very grateful. Also as I am new to
this forum if you could direct me to a different area or other forums if
you believe that would be more productive in getting an answer, that
would be helpful also.




Computer PAUL-PC (Paul-PC)
Generator Paul
Operating System Microsoft Windows
Vista Home Premium 6.0.6001
Date 2009-05-09
Time 22:37


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]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Computer:
Computer Type ACPI x64-based
PC
Operating System Microsoft
Windows Vista Home Premium
OS Service Pack Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18762
DirectX DirectX 10.0
Computer Name PAUL-PC
(Paul-PC)
User Name Paul
SMTP E-mail Address
paul@madunningham.fsnet.co.uk
Logon Domain Paul-PC
Date / Time 2009-05-09 /
22:37

Motherboard:
CPU Type DualCore Intel
Core 2 Duo E6850, 3148 MHz (9 x 350)
Motherboard Name Asus P5N32-E
SLI (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 3 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit
LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce
680i SLI
System Memory 4096 MB
(DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award
(08/22/07)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce
9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ (512 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce
9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ (512 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce
9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ (512 MB)
Monitor Sony SDM-S94
DVI-D [19" LCD] (6240454)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Analog Devices
AD1988B @ nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI (MCP55PXE) - High Definition Audio
Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce
Serial ATA Controller
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce
Serial ATA Controller
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce
Serial ATA Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual
Channel PCI IDE Controller
Storage Controller Microsoft iSCSI
Initiator
Storage Controller SCSI/RAID Host
Controller
Disk Drive USB2.0
CardReader SD RW USB Device
Disk Drive USB2.0
CardReader SM RW USB Device
Disk Drive WDC WD50
00AAKS-00YGA SCSI Disk Device (465 GB)
Disk Drive Generic-
Compact Flash USB Device
Disk Drive Generic-
MS/MS-Pro USB Device
Disk Drive Generic- SD/MMC
USB Device
Disk Drive Generic-
SM/xD-Picture USB Device
Disk Drive Maxtor 6 L250M0
SCSI Disk Device (250 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
Disk Drive USB2.0
CardReader CF RW USB Device (7 GB, USB)
Disk Drive USB2.0
CardReader MS RW USB Device
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST
DVD-RAM GSA-H54L ATA Device (DVD+R9:10x, DVD-R9:10x, DVD+RW:18x/8x,
DVD-RW:18x/6x, DVD-RAM:12x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/32x/48x
DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM)
SMART Hard Disks Status Unknown

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 476937 MB
(94358 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 149997 MB (3199
MB free)
E: (NTFS) 89369 MB (5448
MB free)
Total Size 699.5 GB (100.6
GB free)

Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard
Device
Keyboard HID Keyboard
Device
Keyboard Microsoft USB
Dual Receiver Wireless Keyboard (IntelliType Pro)
Mouse HID-compliant
mouse
Mouse HID-compliant
mouse
Mouse Microsoft USB
Dual Receiver Wireless Mouse (IntelliPoint)
Game Controller Microsoft
PC-joystick driver

Network:
Primary IP Address 192.168.0.2
Primary MAC Address
00-1B-FC-A3-FE-66
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce
10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce
10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet (192.168.0.2)

Peripherals:
Printer Adobe PDF (Copy
1)
Printer Adobe PDF (Copy
2)
Printer Adobe PDF (Copy
3)
Printer Adobe PDF
Printer Microsoft XPS
Document Writer
Printer Samsung
CLX-216x Series
FireWire Controller VIA VT6306/6307
Fire II IEEE1394 Host Controller (PHY: VIA VT6307)
USB1 Controller nVIDIA nForce
680i SLI (MCP55PXE) - OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
USB2 Controller nVIDIA nForce
680i SLI (MCP55PXE) - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
USB Device Habu Mouse
USB Device Logitech
Formula Force EX USB
USB Device Philips SPC
200NC PC Camera
USB Device USB Composite
Device
USB Device USB Composite
Device
USB Device USB Human
Interface Device
USB Device USB Human
Interface Device
USB Device USB Human
Interface Device
USB Device USB Mass
Storage Device
USB Device USB Mass
Storage Device

DMI:
DMI BIOS Vendor Phoenix
Technologies, LTD
DMI BIOS Version ASUS P5N32-E
SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 1205
DMI System Manufacturer System
manufacturer
DMI System Product System Product
Name
DMI System Version System Version
DMI System Serial Number System Serial
Number
DMI System UUID
48E2D83F-5599DB11-9340E2B2-34844A5A
DMI Motherboard Manufacturer ASUSTeK
Computer INC.
DMI Motherboard Product P5N32-E SLI
DMI Motherboard Version 1.XX
DMI Motherboard Serial Number 123456789000
DMI Chassis Manufacturer Chassis
Manufacture
DMI Chassis Version Chassis Version
DMI Chassis Serial Number EVAL
DMI Chassis Asset Tag 123456789000
DMI Chassis Type Desktop Case
DMI Total / Free Memory Sockets 4 / 0


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Paul D Noob

Have you solved this please - I have just got exactly the same problem.
Tried new reader - no difference. Small cards sometimes work - big card
a big no. Vists sits there then crashes.

Cheers


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adrian yallop

I wouldnt say solved, But I have stoped it crashing.

Tried a friends "know good" internal card reader, Still same.

Tried known good external card reader, via usb socket, and it works ok,
is still deffinatly slower than normal USB speed, but it doesn keep
stoping and crashing the machine anymore.

Is obviously some software glitch with Vista 64 and internal memory
card readers that connect to the mother board. For the sake of a
external £4,99 card reader, I couldnt be bothered to look into it any
further.


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Paul D Noob