Media Card Reader disappears. Question

Unfortunately unless your Vostro interfaces differently with these drivers and firmware than an XPS-420 its a case of "been there, done that" - if you're lucky (or is that unlucky) you may see a temporary change in the behaviour of your device but I can assure you it will not last - sooner or later you will loose the icons again. There is no fix for this problem, period, I'm afraid. Dell are not going to fix it.

Bernard

I must agree Bernard.  I have had this issue a few times and tried everything to resolve it.  Finding, downloading, unzipping, installing and rebooting only wastes time.  I didn't know this was such an issue because I hadn't tried to use the card reader until recently (XPS 420, Vista, 19 in 1 reader with integrated bluetooth).  It is a terrible disappointment.

Once I ran a grounding wire from the card reader to the chassis, I have never lost the reader or its icons.

Thank you Chris.  I have been rubbing my cards against the tip of the connecting cable for my iPod before inserting them.  Most of the time this works.  Some people who posted on this topic had talked about static issues.  Your solution will probably be better and I will try it.  Jack

Chris, isn't the card reader already screwed/attached to the chassis?

I had to repost this because the Dell Community Forum obviously does not like Latin words, even when used in the common English usage! Talk about over-sensitive!

With the XPS420 the media reader / bluetooth hub (CAB-200 manufactured by TEAC) slides into the chasis - it is not screwed in per se. So you find its actually somewhat loose and can be wobbled about quite easily. Pushing in a media card could easily break electrical contact. I'm not sure how it is attached to your machine, but it only a 'soft' attach in the XPS420. Bernard