Need Help With A Card Reader

[dazz25]

Hi all,

I've recently installed a card reader into a relatives PC. The one below to be exact:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-002-AK

I have plugged it into the USB header on the mobo and the LED's light up when the system is booting but then thats it!

I have no extra drives listed in My Computer and nothing happens when I put a card in.

The PC is running XP SP3. Can anybody help me??

 

[Plec]

Have you got another header on the motherboard you can try? If it doesn't can the reader be connected via a usb port rather than header (some can) - i know this wouldn't be ideal but if it worked through a usb port you would know that your usb header or the usb header cable was broken. And, obviously, vice versa if it didn't work - i.e. the card reader's borked.

Additional: have you tried forcing windows to try and identify it through add hardware?

 

[dazz25]

Good idea. I'll try the other header which powers the front USB ports. I know they work.