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Shutterbug2006 wrote:
Without getting too technical, that card reader connects to an independent USB controller chip on the computer motherboard. Some motherboards have more than one spare USB connector that a card reader could plug into. It plugs in via a D-shaped 10-pin plug (with one of the pins missing) and a connector that is designed for easy orientation.
If the card reader is defective, you can replace it with a similar model, or disconnect it and get an external card reader that plugs into a standard USB connector. To see if the card reader is the problem, disconnect it from the motherboard. You can trace the wire inside the computer case.
Getting a blue screen is suspicious, but it could be coincidental. Defective Memory chips and video cards, or PCI cards not fully inserted into their slots can cause blue screens, but so can viruses.
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Thanks for this. I don't think it's a virus - this computer's never been connected to the internet, and the few programs on it that were downloaded the tranferred by thumb drive are also running on another computer without problems. But I'll check the connections - a friend told me he had a similar problem that disappeared when he simply cleaned his RAM connections. Seems a little too optimistic, but I'll try it.
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