Portege A600-175 - Card reader device cannot start

I got a Portege A600-175 running windows XP SP3 with a problem in the card reader device. Inserting a SD it makes the sound that usually USB devices make when inserted ( and also when it is removed) bur it doesnt appear on my computer. Getting to device manager It appears as a disk with an exclamation point over it and in properties I see the error This device cannot start. (Code 10)
Ive already removed the device and let windows look for it and install it again but the problem continues.
Thanks in advance for looking into it.

Thanks Xardas for the fast reply,
As I'm in Potugal some terms appearing blow are in Portuguese. So I've download the driver (carc-20081103175358 - Card Reader Ricoh) uninstall "Ricoh- Controladores anfitres digitais seguros", run the setup in the downloaded driver folder.
Restart the machine (prompt by the setup) as the restart takes place I got the balloon "new pci device found". After the complete install the problem continues
By the way in the properties tab of "Ricoh- Controladores anfitres digitais seguros" I still got under detailes Publisher(fornecedor) Microsoft corporation Version 6.0.4069.5512 xpsp0850413-2111
Thanks again

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