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Prograde CF Express Type B Card reader issues SOLVED

Hi All,

This came up on a previous thread and I have got a solution that works and its a simple one.

Firstly some of the back story, ProGrade make fast memory cards for cameras, most popular are their SD and CF Express type B cards, they also sell a very good (well built and fast transfer speeds) card reader that does both types. The card reader works via USB-C.

Some users have had trouble getting the card reader and cards to come up in Win10. The reader doesn't show up when plugged into a USB 3.0 type A slot. I had this issue on my desktop and it wasn't/isn't the cards or the reader itself as I could read the cards on my laptop.

Problem was the cable.

I put a USB-C to USB-A cable into my desktop via the A slot, (the cable came with some headphones I think, it was just lying there. And nothing worked, nothing showed up either SD or CF Express..

I swapped to a proper cable that came with a fast external ssd and used its own supplied USB-C to A adapter and bingo... everything came up, put two cards in at once and moved files around no problem.

So I'd say keep the correct USB-C cables with the correct devices and in my case it solved the issue instantly.

I run a Dell XPS 8930 desktop with USB-C front and back, both running Gen 3.2

My laptop is a Dell XPS 7590 with 1 USB-C port running 3.2 that now runs Win11.

Steve

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Ha! I literally just plugged it in and didn't hear a ding and Windows did NOTHING. I was searching for drivers, if there are any and saw this first. I guess I'll use my phone cord, although the blue light is on... thanks for putting this out there!

Edit: So I used a C to C and it worked fine. I found an article that said to insert the card, go to device manager, it's under "portable drives". I shows up for me as Sony. You update the driver and let Windows find it for you, take the card out... wait a bit, then re-insert and it should work. I think it worked before the driver install because my AV scanned it as an external drive. It must not like slow! :)

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