From: harvey50120@micro.net   
      
   On 2/8/26 10:46 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > On 2026/2/8 9:4:29, micky wrote:   
   >> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 7 Feb 2026 17:08:00 -0500, Harvey   
   >> Sanenbum  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2/7/26 2:03 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >>>> Harvey Sanenbum  wrote:   
   >>>>> The one I used to have was Targus brand that lasted for several years,   
   >>>>> then I got another called Digipower DP-MCR4, which was a big mistake   
   >>>>> because it has never worked well with the cards and I often have to   
   >>>>> reformat them.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Suggestions welcome.  I see ones for around $5 all over eBay, but are   
   >>>>> they decent or would I end up with another dud?  Thanks in advance.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>     I would never put any trust in a $5 one, at least not for writing,   
   >>>> formatting, etc..   
   >>>>   
   >>>>     If I were you, I would buy something from a reputable brand - i.e. not   
   >>>> some made-up Chines etc. brand - at a sensible price. Mine, with USB-A   
   >>>> and USB-C plugs was EUR 20, i.e. about $200 in current US currency! :-)   
   >>>   
   >>> Wow, I've never owned an entire PC costing that much since always   
   >>> purchasing them used.  On a used one now that has more or less been   
   >>> fully operational since 2008.  Cost <$50.   
   >>   
   >> I don't understand Frank.  20 Euros is about 24 dollars.   
   >   
   > I think he was allowing for inflation - not his use of the word   
   > "current". Though I think he's over-allowing - if USB-C plugs are   
   > involved, it's not going to be so far back in time that 20 Euros was   
   > equivalent to $200 today.   
   >>>   
   >>> My prior decent media reader was Targus brand costing around $10.  It   
   >>> lasted about a decade and finally simply fell apart.  In fact, I still   
   >>> have the pieces and tried to resuscitate the unit by resoldering some   
   >>> pins, but to no avail.   
   >>>   
   >>> I guess we all have our priorities based on what we can afford.  What   
   >>> brand or model of unit are you using, just out of curiosity?   
   >   
   > I've never had _software_ or speed problems with card readers, either   
   > external USB ones or the ones built into laptops; only mechanical, i. e.   
   > they needed wiggling or fell apart. Aesthetically, for use in a proper   
   > desktop with a case, I rather like the ones that go where a (3.5")   
   > floppy drive went.   
   >   
      
   Actually, this PC I'm on, the Dell XPS 420, has a built in one. which   
   Google says is either a model DM691 or YR887, but it doesn't work.   
   Lights up, in fact lit up now.  I had the PC cover pulled away yesterday   
   and checked the module and it does have the cable intact between it and   
   the motherboard.  I thought the BIOS might have been set incorrectly so,   
   after consulting the 420 manual, changed one of the settings relating to   
   the module.  Still not functional.  Could be drivers.  I use dual boot,   
   either Ubuntu or Win 10 selected at start up.  I went into Win 10   
   yesterday and I believe it might have been showing in system devices but   
   non-functional in Win as well.   
      
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