Vista Tutorial - 2 Gig SD card issue resolved?

Greetings.
I'm using Vista Ultimate 64 bit, SP1, and my multi SD card reader can't
read 2 gig cards. It can read other cards with less than 2 gig. With the 2
gig card it just sits and tries to read it, doing nothing at all, no offer
to format or even open a window to view. I've seen many others that have
this issue. Has this been fixed to anyone's knowledge? Thanks in advance.
-Mark

Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card
and read "Compatibility issues with 2 GB and larger cards".
Your issue is due to your hardware limitation and not
with Windows Vista. You'll need to purchase a more
up-to-date memory card reader.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"Mark C" <NOSPAM@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OF4mmpY8IHA.1192@xxxxxx
Greetings.
I'm using Vista Ultimate 64 bit, SP1, and my multi SD card reader can't
read 2 gig cards. It can read other cards with less than 2 gig. With the 2
gig card it just sits and tries to read it, doing nothing at all, no offer
to format or even open a window to view. I've seen many others that have
this issue. Has this been fixed to anyone's knowledge? Thanks in advance.
-Mark

Carey, thank you for the response and the link. The link was unhelpful, my
card reader is a new model, and works in Windows XP but not Vista. Many
other people have reported this issue in many other forums.



"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OI8jJuY8IHA.3648@xxxxxx

I use 2GB and 4GB SD cards in my cheapo $5.00 memory card reader just fine.
What model of reader are you using? Does the memory card read fine in other
readers on other computers (Vista or otherwise)?

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Dustin Harper
dharper@xxxxxx
http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page



"Mark C" <NOSPAM@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Mark,

I was having a similar issue with my 2GB card using Vista Business 32bit on an HP NC6400 laptop w/built-in card reader. I would get the "You Must Format This Volume" message, & when I tried, it would say that "Windows was unable to format this volume"
I could boot into linux & use the card no problem! It also worked in XP on other PCs.

After much hunting, I found this thread regarding a 4GB card:
Integrated Card Reader 4GB SD Success - Notebooks - PC Hardware - Whirlpool Broadband Forums
None of the new drivers made a difference, but making the following change to the registry key worked (as in above post)!
Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\tifm21\Parameters
change the "SDParam" dword value from decimal "16" to decimal "1" & reboot.

Hope this helps!
-Mooch

I am having the same problem. I have a Lexar 9-in-1 reader that will read my
2gb SD card on XP desktop but not on my Vista 64-bit laptop. I checked the
Lexar site and my reader has the necessary drivers for Vista. I also checked
the Panasonic site for 2gb compatibility with my camera and all is well.
Vista will recognize every other SD card less than 2 gb. If someone has a fix
please let me know.

"Mark C" wrote: