Lexar Firewire Compactflash reader... problems with WinXP

Roger said:

Is anyone else having trouble with the Firewire reader? I am
running Windows XP Pro, and my first gotcha was that Lexar has not
gotten signoff from Microsoft for the driver for Windows XP. That
is not great, but acceptable, as long as I can get it to work.
Well.. it hangs explorer, and even hangs when I try to shut down.
Lexar support is almost a joke.. they want to tell me I have a
problem with my camera. Um.. it is removable media, I should be
able to write/read form it with a reader even if there are no other
devices involved.

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Roger said:

Is anyone else having trouble with the Firewire reader? I am
running Windows XP Pro, and my first gotcha was that Lexar has not
gotten signoff from Microsoft for the driver for Windows XP. That
is not great, but acceptable, as long as I can get it to work.
Well.. it hangs explorer, and even hangs when I try to shut down.
Lexar support is almost a joke.. they want to tell me I have a
problem with my camera. Um.. it is removable media, I should be
able to write/read form it with a reader even if there are no other
devices involved.

Anyone else having problems with it?

Thanks,
Roger

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Dennis Lathem said:

Roger said:

Is anyone else having trouble with the Firewire reader? I am
running Windows XP Pro, and my first gotcha was that Lexar has not
gotten signoff from Microsoft for the driver for Windows XP. That
is not great, but acceptable, as long as I can get it to work.
Well.. it hangs explorer, and even hangs when I try to shut down.
Lexar support is almost a joke.. they want to tell me I have a
problem with my camera. Um.. it is removable media, I should be
able to write/read form it with a reader even if there are no other
devices involved.

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Datafab makes a CF firewire reader that is sold by Lexar as well as
ADS and perhaps some others. I have the ADS version, but I am not
sure is the same model you have. The CF reader on the LEXAR site
could be a twin for the ADS version I have.

I am also using WIN XP pro, but I did not have to load any drivers
at all. I just plugged it in and it works like a charm. I have
another external hard drive in a firewire case and it plugged in XP
pro with nothing needed.

Perhaps the Lexar software is for other stuff and not really needed
for the device to communicate over the firewwire connections. I
checked around the LEXAR site and they do not even offer drivers
for the firewire CF reader, unless you have a Mac.

Do you have the universal reader perhaps?

--
CDL
D60/BG-ED3/24-85mm Canon
50mm f1.4 Canon/75-300mm IS Canon/550EX
EPSON 2200P

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Dennis Lathem said:

Roger said:

Is anyone else having trouble with the Firewire reader? I am
running Windows XP Pro, and my first gotcha was that Lexar has not
gotten signoff from Microsoft for the driver for Windows XP. That
is not great, but acceptable, as long as I can get it to work.
Well.. it hangs explorer, and even hangs when I try to shut down.
Lexar support is almost a joke.. they want to tell me I have a
problem with my camera. Um.. it is removable media, I should be
able to write/read form it with a reader even if there are no other
devices involved.

Click to expand...

Datafab makes a CF firewire reader that is sold by Lexar as well as
ADS and perhaps some others. I have the ADS version, but I am not
sure is the same model you have. The CF reader on the LEXAR site
could be a twin for the ADS version I have.

I am also using WIN XP pro, but I did not have to load any drivers
at all. I just plugged it in and it works like a charm. I have
another external hard drive in a firewire case and it plugged in XP
pro with nothing needed.

Perhaps the Lexar software is for other stuff and not really needed
for the device to communicate over the firewwire connections. I
checked around the LEXAR site and they do not even offer drivers
for the firewire CF reader, unless you have a Mac.

Do you have the universal reader perhaps?

--
CDL
D60/BG-ED3/24-85mm Canon
50mm f1.4 Canon/75-300mm IS Canon/550EX
EPSON 2200P

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Roger said:

Looks like I paid too much, so this will work out well. Anyone know
where to find it online for a good price?

Thanks,
Roger

Dennis Lathem said:

Roger said:

Is anyone else having trouble with the Firewire reader? I am
running Windows XP Pro, and my first gotcha was that Lexar has not
gotten signoff from Microsoft for the driver for Windows XP. That
is not great, but acceptable, as long as I can get it to work.
Well.. it hangs explorer, and even hangs when I try to shut down.
Lexar support is almost a joke.. they want to tell me I have a
problem with my camera. Um.. it is removable media, I should be
able to write/read form it with a reader even if there are no other
devices involved.

Click to expand...

Datafab makes a CF firewire reader that is sold by Lexar as well as
ADS and perhaps some others. I have the ADS version, but I am not
sure is the same model you have. The CF reader on the LEXAR site
could be a twin for the ADS version I have.

I am also using WIN XP pro, but I did not have to load any drivers
at all. I just plugged it in and it works like a charm. I have
another external hard drive in a firewire case and it plugged in XP
pro with nothing needed.

Perhaps the Lexar software is for other stuff and not really needed
for the device to communicate over the firewwire connections. I
checked around the LEXAR site and they do not even offer drivers
for the firewire CF reader, unless you have a Mac.

Do you have the universal reader perhaps?

--
CDL
D60/BG-ED3/24-85mm Canon
50mm f1.4 Canon/75-300mm IS Canon/550EX
EPSON 2200P

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Roger said:

The tech support all but admitted it is a faulty reader. I am not
going to waste any more time.. I am returning it. The green light
never turns off/flashes, or anything.

Looks like I paid too much, so this will work out well. Anyone know
where to find it online for a good price?

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Roger115791 said:

Thanks,
Roger

Dennis Lathem said:

Roger said:

Is anyone else having trouble with the Firewire reader? I am
running Windows XP Pro, and my first gotcha was that Lexar has not
gotten signoff from Microsoft for the driver for Windows XP. That
is not great, but acceptable, as long as I can get it to work.
Well.. it hangs explorer, and even hangs when I try to shut down.
Lexar support is almost a joke.. they want to tell me I have a
problem with my camera. Um.. it is removable media, I should be
able to write/read form it with a reader even if there are no other
devices involved.

Click to expand...

Datafab makes a CF firewire reader that is sold by Lexar as well as
ADS and perhaps some others. I have the ADS version, but I am not
sure is the same model you have. The CF reader on the LEXAR site
could be a twin for the ADS version I have.

I am also using WIN XP pro, but I did not have to load any drivers
at all. I just plugged it in and it works like a charm. I have
another external hard drive in a firewire case and it plugged in XP
pro with nothing needed.

Perhaps the Lexar software is for other stuff and not really needed
for the device to communicate over the firewwire connections. I
checked around the LEXAR site and they do not even offer drivers
for the firewire CF reader, unless you have a Mac.

Do you have the universal reader perhaps?

--
CDL
D60/BG-ED3/24-85mm Canon
50mm f1.4 Canon/75-300mm IS Canon/550EX
EPSON 2200P

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