Faster card reader -- USB 3 rocks

Just a heads-up for those interested. I got a USB 3 card reader yesterday (SanDisk ImageMate All-in-one, from B&H). It seems to be much faster than my old Lexar FireWire card reader. USB 3 has almost completely superceded FireWire in my practice.
The SanDisk reader is petite -- 1 x 4 x 12 cm. That's without the USB 3 cable, which is long enough for desk use but gargantuan for portability. I'll look for a smaller cable.
I selected the ImageMate because I needed a reader that accepts Memory Stick, SDHC, and Compact Flash. It also accepts Micro cards.

I could take it to an Apple store. Maybe I will do that.
Good to be sure of simple stuff. Yes. I connected this to a windows PC and it works -- at least as a USB 2 device.
Yes, the blue light does come on.
BUT, you gave me a big clue here ..... This is a USB issue. I just plugged it NOT into the USB 3 port on the mini but a USB 2 port on my monitor -- that is connected to the mini. BINGO. It works.
So, something with USB 3 is not supported here ...

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Quote from: DonDodge on 13-February-08, 22:03:03
I think I fixed it last night. Not sure exactly how it happened but I did another cmos clear with a CF card in the HP, left it unplugged for quite some time and disabled quick booting. After that, POST quit looking for the HP. Now it is doing as it should and not finding or even looking for a printer as a potential boot drive when starting up. It does appear in Windows exactly as it's supposed to and occupying one of my drive but I'm going to leave it alone now.
Changing legacy support had no effect on anything. I tried that last night. It returned to its default of Auto with reset of the cmos. That's where it is now.
Quote from: DonDodge on 13-February-08, 23:43:41
Hi Svet,
I ran the HP USB disk tool on my Corsair flash drive and installed the MSIHQ BIOS tool on it with the v. 1.5 update. It worked like a champ. I had to jump through some hoops again to make the bios quit looking for the HP card reader at the POST but got it done. Everything is currently working just as it should.
With the new bios, I have the option to change the multiplier. I'll probably wait a while before I start goofing with that but I just wanted to let you know that everything appears to be good with my new computer.
Thank you so much for all your help with this.
Best,
Don
Hi Don,
Nice You are done well
Thanks for your feedback as well :smiley:

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