Dell u2410 card reader

timbo2410 · 23 May 2012 at 14:39

Hi all, I've never used the card reader on my monitor before. I thought it would be a case of just plugging in the usb cable, pushing in the card and see it come up as a seperate drive ... but I get nothing at all. Anybody know how to set this up properly :confused:

craarc · 23 May 2012 at 14:44

not used mine either tbh is there anything that came on the disc with the monitor ? will have to look when home from work

timbo2410 · 23 May 2012 at 16:10

I installed all the Dell software ages ago but I cannot see anywhere an application for the USB or card reader .. I thought it would just show up in "My Computer" as a drive .. but nope nothing ..

Admiral Huddy · 23 May 2012 at 16:14

Same here, I've never got it working on my 2407WFP. Annoying and never got to the bottom of it?

timbo2410 · 23 May 2012 at 16:51

I checked out the driver and it is up to date. There is no seperate driver for the card reader either. I've looked at Dell's help page and both cables need to be plugged in ... now I've just bought two new USB cables just for this card reader and now I'm thinking that the cables need to be of a certain type as quoted in the help section ie: plug in both the "uplink" and "downlink" cables as provided with your monitor ... I can't find mine.
I then read a reply from a Dell support team that the cables are not standard USB ..... hence not being able to read from the card reader !!!!

craarc · 23 May 2012 at 16:58

ok just popped mine in picked it up instantly registered within a second on the my pc drives screen.

showed all files etc as it should

make sure the contacts face the back of the screen

timbo2410 · 23 May 2012 at 18:55

are you using the usb cables that came with the monitor?

craarc · 23 May 2012 at 22:00

timbo2410 said:
are you using the usb cables that came with the monitor?

yes mate i am all the original ones in the box

contacts face away from you so facing same way as back of screen if u see what i mean on the card