I have a mini memory card that i have placed in teh slot on the side of my laptop for the first time and it worked,now i try to use it again five minutes later and it doesn't work?i noticed dust in there and cleaned it out and it still doesn't work?why and what can i do to fix this?
2007-01-20 15:09:56 · 5 answers · asked by FabOlouS 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Don't buy Gateway, Dell, or HP computers. They're garbage. You'll always have problems like that. You'll probably have to take the computer back to Gateway to have them look at it.
2007-01-20 15:14:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a similar problem with my Gateway 7426GX laptop a while back. I inserted an SD card into the built-in reader on the side, and it wouldn't even recognize the card's presence. I figured out that if I pulled up on the underside of the card's protruding end, I could make it get a better connection with the contact points in the reader. Now I just use SanDisk's Ultra II SD Plus, since converting it into a USB flash drive allows me to download my photos and videos a lot faster than I can through any SD card reader. CompactFlash uses a pin connection, so that should never be an issue with your laptop, and MMC is basically an old, gimped down version of SD that uses the same reader. I don't believe Gateway laptops ship with readers for any other format right now, so the SD/MMC slot should be your only problem. For getting that to work, I'd guess that the thickness of the card can have an influence, but I couldn't say whether thicker or thinner is more likely to produce a hassle-free connection.
2007-01-20 15:33:15 · answer #2 · answered by the_amazing_purple_dave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in case you have the practise e book on your digital camera it relatively is going to coach you the place the memory card is going. some have a slot interior the battery compartment, some the place you connect the carry approximately load your %. with USB lead. different than that look for a port that has a small icon interior the plastic next to the place you place the memory stick/card. wish this is of help to you.
2016-10-31 21:22:00 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Restart your computer and see if it reads it then...if not it's possible you have some bent pins inside...use a flashlight and look inside to make sure you haven't damaged any...then finally if that doesn't work...go to www.gateway.com and ask their tech support.
2007-01-20 15:28:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
look out behind you.
2007-01-20 15:12:33 · answer #5 · answered by Rashad G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋