HP elitebeook 8470p - SD Card not reading

Hi everyone

I'm using windows to go 8.1 on an HP elitebeook 8470p. It works great out of the box with only one problem. It does not read my SD cards. It will make the typical card inserted sound on putting in the card but the card will not show up

Have checked the card on another laptop and in my camera. I remember i solved it last time by installing some drivers. But the storage drivers from the HP site don't work

download sd card reader drivers and install them.

Tried all 4 drivers listed on the HP site under storage. Noting worked

Tried using a separate card reader? Or inserting a different card?

$hadow said:
Tried using a separate card reader? Or inserting a different card?

OP wants the inbuilt multi-card reader to work, not some usb card reader.

I'm really sick of this. Have a dual boot with win 7 and win 8. It works perfectly in win 7, won't work in win 8. Must have tried a 100 drivers

Worst part is that i had the drivers backed up just for this. And the backup drive crashed

Yup this is for the inbuilt card reader. Not even sure what company it is from. Jmicro is what the drivers say, but they haven't worked yet

izzikio_rage said:
I'm really sick of this. Have a dual boot with win 7 and win 8. It works perfectly in win 7, won't work in win 8. Must have tried a 100 drivers

Worst part is that i had the drivers backed up just for this. And the backup drive crashed

Try installing the driver in compatibility mode.

How do i do that? Waise the drivers are installing perfectly. Just can't get the sd card to work

Is there any way to detect what card reader my system has. Or what drivers the win7 boot is using to make it work

izzikio_rage said:
How do i do that? Waise the drivers are installing perfectly. Just can't get the sd card to work

Is there any way to detect what card reader my system has. Or what drivers the win7 boot is using to make it work

1. Right click on the exe file -> properties -> compatibility tab -> run this program in compatibility mode for Windows 7 SP1

2. Open device manager in windows 7, expand all and whichever shows SD/MMC Host Controller would be the correct driver.

Tried compatability mode, didn't work. Will check out the driver in win 7. It seems that I'm installing an incorrect driver

SaiyanGoku said:
OP wants the inbuilt multi-card reader to work, not some usb card reader.

I understand that. I was just trying to figure out more in depth info on this.

[MENTION=145143]SaiyanGoku[/MENTION]: Checked device manager in the Win7 install where the card reader works. This is what I have, not sure how to get these drivers installed in win8

*i.imgur.com/bQUb8mO.jpg

For windows 8.1 32 bit
Drivers & Software - HP Support Center.

For windows 8.1 64 bit
Drivers & Software - HP Support Center.

First install the required one normally. Use compatibility mode only if that doesn't works.

Cool, will give this a shot a compatability mode

Finally gave up and pulled out the driver files from the Win7 setup. Luckily they were there in the root drive of that installation. Installed with compatibility mode and suddenly the card reader is working.

I hope HP updates the drivers soon or atleast links it to drivers that work

Thank you everyone

izzikio_rage said:
Finally gave up and pulled out the driver files from the Win7 setup. Luckily they were there in the root drive of that installation. Installed with compatibility mode and suddenly the card reader is working.

I hope HP updates the drivers soon or atleast links it to drivers that work

Thank you everyone

Told you compatibility mode should work.

They will update the drivers soon but do not jump on them right from the release. Just give the drivers some time so that others can find the bugs if any. Or else you would end up rolling back to old drivers.