5308 card reader removable drives support

I have 5308 installed on my laptop and everything was ok until I enabled the internal cardreader in the BIOS.
When enabled:
- Logon takes 4-5 minutes - Desktop background appears almost immediately but it takes 4-5 minutes before the desktop icons and taskbar appear.
- Opening windows explorer initially 2-3 minutes before I can use it.
When the card reader is disabled everything is as responsive as I would expect (fast logon and explorer)
Cary.

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I have 5308 installed on my laptop and everything was ok until I enabled the internal cardreader in the BIOS.
When enabled:
- Logon takes 4-5 minutes - Desktop background appears almost immediately but it takes 4-5 minutes before the desktop icons and taskbar appear.
- Opening windows explorer initially 2-3 minutes before I can use it.
When the card reader is disabled everything is as responsive as I would expect (fast logon and explorer)
Cary.

Generally, card readers are not natively supported by Windows, you probably need to get an update for Windows Vista to fully support your card. Also, could you give us some more specs? Processor Speed, Memory installed, Brand notebook? -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm "Cary Moore" wrote in message

I have 5308 installed on my laptop and everything was ok until I enabled the internal cardreader in the BIOS.
When enabled:
- Logon takes 4-5 minutes - Desktop background appears almost immediately but it takes 4-5 minutes before the desktop icons and taskbar appear.
- Opening windows explorer initially 2-3 minutes before I can use it.
When the card reader is disabled everything is as responsive as I would expect (fast logon and explorer)
Cary.

The laptop is a Rock Direct Xtreme Ti (www.rockdirect.com/notebooks/xtremeti_bus.htm) which I believe is a rebadged Clevo D900T (www.clevo.com.tw/products/D900T.asp).
3.6GHz Intel Pentium 4 1GB RAM ATI Radeon Mobility X800 2*60GB ATA drives RAID 0
As you say, early days yet and no bid deal, I tend to only use the reader to get photos off a CF card or backup my PDAs SD card and I can boot into XP to do that.
Anyway, I'll retest when the next CTP is released.
Thanks, Cary.
Andre Da Costa [Extended64] wrote:

Generally, card readers are not natively supported by Windows, you probably need to get an update for Windows Vista to fully support your card. Also, could you give us some more specs? Processor Speed, Memory installed, Brand notebook?

Sounds like a pretty good laptop! :o) I'm trying to get my notebook bumped up to 2GB, but it means shelling out quite a bit for 2 sets of mini-1GB RAM which will certainly cost quite a bit... I guess I won't be eating anything but Corn Flakes for the next 3 months!
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--- Original message follows --- "Cary Moore" wrote in message

The laptop is a Rock Direct Xtreme Ti (www.rockdirect.com/notebooks/xtremeti_bus.htm) which I believe is a rebadged Clevo D900T (www.clevo.com.tw/products/D900T.asp).
3.6GHz Intel Pentium 4 1GB RAM ATI Radeon Mobility X800 2*60GB ATA drives RAID 0
As you say, early days yet and no bid deal, I tend to only use the reader to get photos off a CF card or backup my PDAs SD card and I can boot into XP to do that.
Anyway, I'll retest when the next CTP is released.
Thanks, Cary.
Andre Da Costa [Extended64] wrote: Generally, card readers are not natively supported by Windows, you probably need to get an update for Windows Vista to fully support your card. Also, could you give us some more specs? Processor Speed, Memory installed, Brand notebook?