My computer won't recognize my card

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  1. wm17959

    wm17959 Member

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    I have a Lenovo 3000J computer and Canon Powershot A460 camera. My memory card recently gave up the ghost so I bought a Lexar 4GB SDHC card, which works fine, but when I put it in the comptuer nothing happens. I can't get the computer to acknowledge that there is even anything in there, but the little green light on the front of the computer comes on. I have to use the transfer chord that came with the camera to download my files, but I would rather just put the card in the computer. is there anything that can be done to fix this?
     
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    rulisky Regular member

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    Sounds like the card reader in your computer does not handle the SDHC format. You might need to buy a new card reader that handles the High Capacity SD card. Check the specs on the reader before you buy; probably not very expensive (?).
     
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    Check the Lenovo website for upgrades to the card reader driver.

    I had an SD reader that couldn't read HSDC cards until I upgraded the firmeare.
     
  4. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    which 3000 j series do you have as it goes from j100 to j205 & what windows?
     

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