SD card slot not recognizing SD Card

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SD card slot not recognizing SD Card

Hi,

Im pretty new to Mac and its products and am having a problem. I have a macbook pro, about 6 months old. I have been using the same 16gb Sandisk SDHC card for the entire time Ive owned the computer. Today I inserted it to transfer some photos and nothing happens. Not in Finder and not on the Desktop. I checked my Finder preferences and all looks ok. Most of the time I have found solutions for any problems online but this time I cant find anything that helps.
Any help would be appreciated, Thanks.

Tony

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Apr 12, 2011 12:45 PM

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adistef Author

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Apr 12, 2011 1:02 PM in response to adistef

I just did updated to 10.6.7 and tried a different SD card. Still no response.

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adistef Author

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Apr 12, 2011 2:09 PM in response to adistef

Ive now done an SMC restore and a Permissions repair. I also tried booting up with the SD card in the slot. Absolutely nothing.

It was working completely fine 2 days ago. I didnt do anything I can think of in that time to cause this. I didnt install anything or change any settings.

Any ideas?? Im at a loss here and would love to avoid having to make an appt with the Genius Bar.

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rifle21

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Apr 13, 2011 3:12 AM in response to adistef

I have a 17" 2006 Macbookpro that has a flash card reader in express slot - been using it for sd cards for years - now w 10.6.7 it won't read. I also have brand new 17" Macbookpro, latest version, also will not read sd card with reader installed. Also have two usb card readers, doesn't matter, neither machine will read anything. Automatic ejects, one brief read that I got one file down and then auto eject, now neither machine will recognize any flash media loaded in readers in express slots or loaded in either usb mounted readers - come on apple, get it together

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Apr 13, 2011 3:17 AM in response to adistef

Hi, did you do the delta update or the combo update? you might want to download and install the 10.6.7 combo update. You might also need to look through your user directories Library to see whether there are some stale settings that are causing problems. I've got a MacBook Pro 2.53Ghz Mid 2009 with a built in SDCard slot and no problems so far.

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kisuke3

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Apr 13, 2011 3:57 AM in response to adistef

Do you have another sd card that we can try? When you plugin the sd card is it being detected in system profiler?

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adistef Author

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Apr 13, 2011 7:19 AM in response to rifle21

I get no response at all. Its like there isnt anything in the slot at all. But all my USB slots are working fine.

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adistef Author

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Apr 13, 2011 7:23 AM in response to adistef

@KawaiGardiner how would I know whether I did the combo update? I just searched for updates and clicked install when it asked to. And, again sorry for the ignorance, but where would I check those other things?

@kisuke3 Ive tried about 4 cards. And I dont see why the first card would be the problem, Ive been using it since I get the comp and it worked as recently as Sunday.

Thanks for the help guys.
I have an appt at the Genius bar tomorrow morning. I'll keep this updated.

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