Installed multi-card reader, Explorer takes forever to identify drives

[pavelb]

Hello,

I've recently installed a multi-card reader / usb bracket that has slots for MicroSD, SD, eSATA, 5V out, & 3 USB2.0 ports. Windows 7 decided to assign all the new SD card slots their own drives and letters (these are all labelled 'Removable Disk'). Now whenever I open My Computer (or WinKey + E) there is a 10-20 second delay before the window is responsive and the loading bar (Windows 7 address bar) takes about a minute to finish (this doesn't seem to affect the responsiveness).

The Windows Disk Management tool is pretty much impossible to operate as it becomes unresponsive on any attempt to resize it or make any changes to any of the drives or removable disks.

The machine has 3 hard drives, 1 DVD drive, and 1 virtual DVD/BD drive (daemon tools). I've attached a couple screenshots.





Any insight appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[tweakboy]

Thanks for the info and pic. Lets sort out your problem now.

Where is the reader plugged in ? In back of comp USB port or in front of case USB ?


Install latest Intel chipset software.

If its in USB on case take it off and put it straight into the back of your computer USB.

After installing chipset drivers and taking out USB and putting in back of comp let us know what happens.

My father has a reader and its same like yours, bunch of them all saying removable disk. if you want you can hide the drives if its bothering you... with tuneup utilities .

Let us know.

 

[pavelb]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Actually, this is an internal 3.5" bracket reader, so it is connected via SATA to the SATA controller, USB to the USB header (both on the motherboard) and via Molex to the PSU.

This is card reader in question:
Rosewill RCR-IM5001 USB2.0 75 in 1 internal Card Reader

This is my motherboard:
asrock p67 extreme4

Here's the Downloads page for the motherboard, none of the downloads seem to be listed specifically as the chipset drivers, could you recommend which one I should be installing?

 

[tweakboy]

Oh that explains it. Your mobo and Roswell arent playing nice with each other. Can you internally connect it USB instead of sata ? ...

 

[corkyg]

Multicard readers are sometimes a convenience, but each card format costs time to examine. Most of us actually use maybe two card formats. What I do is to go into Windows Device Manager (each format becomes a lettered drive) and DISABLE all those formats I don't use. It helps! If necessary, they can always be enabled.

 

[jhansman]

The last multi-card reader I installed up front had a minimum of formats it would read (I mean really, do we need 74-in-1 ?), and the, as corkyg noted, I had to go into DM and disable those I knew I'd never use. Once you have it boiled down to the format you want, things should go faster. As an alternative, I got a Rosewill SD->USB adapter, which I use now almost exclusively; drive letter shows up in Explorer almost immediately. Lastly, Iogear makes a USB 3.0 adapter that takes both standard and micro SDHC cards, so you don't have to use an adapter for you phone's card. Fast little sucker.

 

[Auric]

Yeah, an external USB adapter/reader is less problematic, more practical, and easily replaced for frequently updated card specs.

 

[pavelb]

What I do is to go into Windows Device Manager (each format becomes a lettered drive) and DISABLE all those formats I don't use. It helps!

this helped! thank you.

I only really use the SD and MicroSD slots for camera and phone cards so the others are not necessary.