SD Memory Card Reader not working on HP Compaq Presario CQ57

[Wayne]

Yes. That worked for the guy with the Dell Inspiron. Not working on my HP. Also checked BIOS settings... to no avail.

[oshunluvr]

I'm not sure why we're looking at USB readouts if it's not a USB device. How about the output of: lspci

[oshunluvr]

Also: the ouput of dmesg after a card is inserted.

[vinnywright]

I'm not sure why we're looking at USB readouts if it's not a USB device. How about the output of: lspci

well I thought his HP might act like mine .
@hear when I do lsusb with no sd card it looks like this,,,

vinny@Vinnys-HP-G62:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 064e:f203 Suyin Corp.

then after inserting a sd card in the malty card reader ,,

vinny@Vinnys-HP-G62:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 multicard reader
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 064e:f203 Suyin Corp.

and a look at parted will show,,,,,

vinny@Vinnys-HP-G62:~$ sudo parted -l
[sudo] password for vinny:
Model: ATA WDC WD5000BEVT-6 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 4195MB 4195MB primary linux-swap(v1)
2 4195MB 26.0GB 21.8GB primary ext4 boot
3 26.0GB 237GB 210GB primary ext4
4 237GB 500GB 264GB extended
5 237GB 268GB 31.6GB logical ext4
6 268GB 300GB 32.0GB logical ext4
7 300GB 500GB 200GB logical ext4


Model: Generic- Multi-Card (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 999MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 66.0kB 999MB 999MB primary fat16 boot

this was with out the card being mounted!!

so I will assume ether some hardware difference in the OP's box ,,,,or something is amiss in his system IDK

VINNY

[oshunluvr]

Oh, I see. I had no idea that some card readers drop completely off the USB list when not in use. Mine is always present - but then I'm using a desktop computer so maybe that's part of the reason for the difference.

The web searches I did on that model HP came up with some Ricoh pci connected card readers that have problems. Likely when the OP returns to the thread that's what we'll find to be the case.

[vinnywright]

The web searches I did on that model HP came up with some Ricoh pci connected card readers that have problems. Likely when the OP returns to the thread that's what we'll find to be the case.

that dose sound likely ,,,,,

VINNY