SD card reader for Inspiron 700m

afaik the limit for the 700m sd reader is 1Gb

bummer!

I heard rumours Dell had plans to develop updated drivers for the SD reader.
Can anyone confirm or deny this?

I got my 4GB 150X SD flash memory card working in my 700m.

Download and install WindowsXP-KB896243-v6-x86-ENU.exe. Available within SP32017.EXE High-Speed Secure Digital(SD)Card Driver update from http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqnk/us/download/23428.html

Download http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqnk/us/download/23750.html and install SP33416.exe. Drivers are installed to C:\SWSetup\SP33416.

Go into device manager. Right click on the mass storage device and choose update driver. Choose 'Install from a list of specific location (Advanced)', hit next. At the bottom, select 'Don't search I will select from a list', then hit next. Select 'Have Disk' and specify C:\SWSetup\SP33416\Base\program files\Texas Instruments Inc\TIPCI and click OK. Choose the PCIxx21 device and click OK.

Have fun !!!

Message Edited by airsickchicken on 08-14-200603:52 PM

Does your hybernate mode still work with this driver? There was a report on another forum of a similar fix using a Packard Bell(?) driver, but that after installing hybernating no longer worked...

Thanks,
xnappo

I tried this fix, and yes, hibernate does become unusable. I am running Vista Beta2 for whatever that is worth.

I heard from another user that he was given an updated chipset driver by Dell support. I no longer have support on my 700m, but perhaps someone else could point us towards the download?

I would also appreciate anyone under warranty pointing to an updated driver.

I'd like information about that update as well. 

Earlier sneogeo mentioned the updated driver that airsickchicken mentioned causes the hybernate becomes unstable.  Describe "unstable".

I said unusable. Basically it will let your computer hibernate and power down, but when it powers up, it tries to resume from hibernation but then says it can't. I don't know what exactly the problem is.

Well i just lucked out and found a workaround for myself. I just noticed when I went to look at Device Manager that my Canon printer has a card reader. And sure enough it too reads it and so I can do it from there, at least when i'm not traveling.

Ah, spoke to soon re my workaround since my printer apparently doesn't support writing to SD cards, only reading.

So I tried installing the updated driver as mentioned in l2techinarizona's post. I checked device manager and it said i had version 1.0.2.3 where the driver was showing 1.0.2.3 A01 so I thought it was worth a try. It was a very weird setup. When I ran it the first time all it did was uninstall the driver completely. After I rebooted i installed it again but I'm now just back where i started. This driver does not fix the problem. Nor was Windows device manager's Update Driver wizard able to find a more current driver on the web. Anyway, thought i'd post this so other's don't waste time on this.

Thank you airsickchicken.  This works well for me and since I disable the hibernate feature anyway, I shouldn't have any side affects......here's hoping!

I've been trying to use an A-Data "My Flash" 150X Turbo 4 GB SD card in my Inspiron 700m with no success.  Even many external card readers have trouble digesting this size of SD card.  I followed your instructions, popped in the card and voilla...the computer recognized it and would even transfer files to it.  Now I can use my 700m to load up these mega SD cards with movies and files to greatly increase the productivity of my iPaq 4150.  

I just placed an order for more 4 GB cards....now that they work!

Thanks again!!!!!!

Martian