SD Card Reader not working in Windows 10

I had the same problem as you while using Windows 10 Pro on Bootcamp (on my MacBook Pro, Mid 2012) and I think I found a solution for you!

I went into Programs & Features in the Control Panel (or just search "programs and features" in the Start menu) and opened it up. Then, in the list of all the programs, I scrolled down towards the bottom where all the Bootcamp drivers are (meaning the Windows Driver Packages). I selected the Apple SD Card Reader driver (if you can't find it, just search "Apple SD" in the search bar at the top right), and then clicked Uninstall/Change. Then I clicked Yes when the confirmation window appeared. Then I tried inserting an SD card into the reader, and it worked! It automatically installed a separate driver called "Broadcom SD SCSI Disk Device.

I hope this helps!

After the firmware update discussed here boot - macOS Startup Manager is very slow and laggy

the issue returns to the sd card issue experienced with bootcamp before the windows 10 anniversary update - SD Card Slot Disappears After Sleep (Gone Until Reboot)

I have posted a bug report to apple but have not heard back for 6 months: https://bugreport.apple.com/web/?problemID=29809345

All,

I was able to get the SD Card Reader in Windows 10 (Bootcamp) to work by installing the card reader driver from this site:

http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=15&PFid=25&Lev el=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

KMN NJ wrote:

All,

I was able to get the SD Card Reader in Windows 10 (Bootcamp) to work by installing the card reader driver from this site:

http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=15&PFid=25&Lev el=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Can you provide the year/model of your Mac and the PID/VID (from About This Mac) or the SD Card vendor?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)

Card Reader:

Product ID: 0x8406

Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)

Version: 8.20

Serial Number: 000000000820

Speed: Up to 5 Gb/sec

Manufacturer: Apple

Location ID: 0x14600000 / 2

Current Available (mA): 900

Current Required (mA): 896

Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

Built-In: Yes

Media:

Hi, I finally resolved issue!

1. Go to disk manager.

2. Right click by SD card partition and select "Change drivers latter and path".

3. Press add and Set driver letter manually.

hi, I tried your way, but it still not wokring , and there is no automaticlly insall for my sd card.

Hmm, I'm sorry about that! I had a feeling it would work.

Have you tried redownloading the Apple BootCamp drivers and installing the drivers manually? (If you haven't and want to know how, I can walk you through it.)

Hello,

Is there any permanent fix for this issue ?

In my MacBook Pro Early 2015 13", Windows 10 is not even showing any SD Card related thing in Device Manager.

Tried almost everything i could, reinstalled Windows, reinstalled Bootcamp drivers, uninstalled Apple SD Card drivers/Broadcom SD Card drivers, tried manual installation of SD Card drivers, but no luck.

Please help, thanks. 😟

There is a long discussion - Re: SD Card Slot Disappears After Sleep (Gone Until Reboot) - that you should take a look at.

You should take a look at that discussion if you're experiencing this issue yes. Previous to windows 10.1 I was experiencing the SD card dropping off after sleep, but after Windows updated I am now experiencing this on every boot:

in device manager I get this every time:

If I uninstall that unknown device, it resintalls just like that again. I've tried updating bootcamp drivers to the latest ones available several times. I've tried the suggestion in the post above to try without the apple SD card driver. None of them work.

Are other people getting the same on Windows 10.1? Read the other discussion you'll see talk of a particular Broadcom chipset...

Please see here for latest: Re: MacBook Pro Retina Bootcamp USB set address failed

Please see here for latest: Re: MacBook Pro Retina Bootcamp USB set address failed

Submitted the bug.

*I thought I'd focus on the latest manifestation of the problems which is in this ticket here with Anniversary Edition

*I made the point that a lot of us have the bug, therefore seeing all these forum posts is more important than my particular hardware spec

* See the bug ID and the text of my bug entry below. I will post updates here and also on the microsoft forum mentioned below

*I haven't replied to MS yet, perhaps I should raise a bug formally with them also? Please do give me suggestions what to reply to them with

If anyone else would care to join me in submitting or resubmitting a bug request, that would help.

Bug ID: 29809345

New Mac Problem

Classification: Serious Bug

Reproducibility: Always

Title: MacBook Pro Retina Bootcamp USB set address failed

Description:

For over three years now (see date of first post on first link below), a wide range of Macbook users have reported severe problems with the bootcamp SD card driver, we think for a particular Broadcom chipset. The issue got progressively worse with the release of Windows 10, and now with the Windows 10 Anniversary Edition (1607 release) the SD Card is inoperable: on boot we receive Set Address Failed (see last link for latest post) and no known workaround exists. Please see the following links for a large variety of users posting detailed reports on this issue:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5408471?answerId=30152035022#30152035022

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7325142?answerId=29396575022#29396575022

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7352538?answerId=31154740022#31154740022

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6459962

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7352538?answerId=31154928022#31154928022&ac_cid=tw123456#31154928

Please see the following link for progression of the issue with Microsoft:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware/sd-card-de tection-issue-in-windows-installed-on/7a2a896a-335f-4504-aa88-952ec8ed2eb3?msgI d =ea9662be-39e4-4121-8706-ab0d49d27d27

Please see the following links for a random selection of non-Apple and non-MS forum posts of users suffering from the issue

http://superuser.com/questions/1129612/unknown-usb-device-set-address-failed-for -apple-sd-card-reader/1159547

https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/4t6aa8/bootcamp_windows_10_doesnt_ recognize_sd_card/

https://www.reddit.com/r/applehelp/comments/3s0g2c/boot_camp_windows_8110_detect ing_sdcard_reader_as/

Steps to reproduce:

Boot into bootcamp on a Macbook pro Retina (other users have found the problem in Macbook Airs also - see posts) which uses the affected broadcom chipset, running Windows 10 Anniversary Edition. Try to access content stored on an SD Card using the inbuilt SD Card reader.

Expected Results:

Device Manager (and an OS-desktop popup) will show "USB Set Address failed" as detailed in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7352538?answerId=31154740022#31154740022 and included in the attached files

On a previous version of Windows you may instead suffer the SD card not resuming from sleep or some lesser issue

Actual Results:

Device manager shows "USB Set Address Failed" and no known workaround is applicable. On older versions of windows you may experience a lesser issue that still renders your SD card unreadable.

Configuration:

See the below configuration of my mac, see also all included forum links for many other hardware configurations where this occurs and the general conclusion that this affects the Broadcom SD-card driver chipset

Hardware Make and Model & OS X Version/Build

Model Name: MacBook Pro

Model Identifier: MacBookPro12,1

Card reader:

Product ID: 0x8406

Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)

Version: 8.20

Serial Number: 000000000820

OS: El Capitan 10.11.6 and Windows 10 Anniversary

Additional notes:

See all the links mentioned. Note the number of users affected, the diversity of their hardware, the amount of time that has expired since reports came in and the perceived lack of faith from users in a resolution due to Apple and Microsoft (for whom users are both paid customers) not seeking to resolve the issue. Hence I would suggest this is very urgent.