Inserted cards don't update in USB card reader

[tfboy]

I have one of those USB card readers that plugs directly onto one of the USB2 port headers on my motherboard.

When I plug it in, it works fine: I insert a card in the reader and it picks it up (the "What do you want to do" menu).

However, after a while, it doesn't. If I go to my drive listing, the multiple removable drives are listed (one for each card type), but when I double click, it just opens a blank window, as if there are no files on the card.

The only way to fix is to unplug the USB header (drives go away) then plug it back it. A Refresh or F5 doesn't work.

Any ideas? It's a bit of a pain to have to reboot / open the case each time I want to do something

Edit: I'm using XP Pro SP2

[tfboy]

Bump. I still have this problem

[Funkstar]

sounds like a flakey card reader. Might be faulty, or just not very good.

[tfboy]

Hmm. I suppose it could be. Bought it off scan a little while ago.

[ikonia]

could be as its a usb mass storage device, if your not stopping the device before ejecting the media its handing the device.

[wmsteele]

I have this problem as well, its one of those floppy drives that Scan sell with the card reader built in. I have never found a solution. It normally works for a few inserts & removes before it can’t see an inserted card anymore. The reader will sort its self out only after a reboot, which isn't ideal.

[tfboy]

My one isn't the one with the 3.5 floppy integrated, it's a standalone reader that fits in a 3.5inch slot.

Whether I eject the card or not has no impact (I didn't think you needed to in XP unlike 2k which complains if you remove before stopping). Whilst it's "working", I can insert and remove various cards as many times as a like. After a while (a day or two) it stops recognising the fact that a card has been put in.

Each slot has a little green LED next to it that lights up when a card is inserted. This still lights up even after I can no longer read the card in Windows.

[ikonia]

that sort of backs up my theory of your not stopping the device before removing it so windows is confused about the status.