Great For MOST Media Types

This card reader is really good for the Sandisk Flash cards (which i primarily use), however, I found that I also encountered the problem of reading Lexar brand memory chips. The Zio / Dazzle website does NOT offer the necessary firmware update on their website, but they do offer to have you send in the reader to be updated by them. I recently wrote to the Zio Technical Support and got this in reply:

"We do no release firmware updates to the public, if you run a firmware update on this reader you risk the chance of damaging the reader and voiding the warranty. If you would like us to run the firmware update for you we can have you send in the reader to us and we will update it. Please first just reply back with your full name, address and phone number. Thank you."

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Good with updrade

This unit set up easily in WindowsXP and in Windows 2000 for me. I mostly use Compact Flash cards and have had no problem with that media. No issues with the one time I used it with MMC media either. Using Lexar Memory Sticks, however, was problematic at first - but installing the firmware upgrade from the Dazzle site did the trick.

There are no guides on the device (or much of an manual either) to tell you how to slide in the card so if you don't get a read from the drive at first, try inserting the card another way. Also, by default, the 2 drive letters assigned are not descriptive - i.e., you can't tell which one is for which card type. But after you figure it out, you can change the drive name in Windows.

Quirks aside, this device does the job.

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works flawlessly

i haven't had a problem with this on ME or XP, performs flawlessly. Better than hooking your camera up to your computer using USB - whatever you insert becomes just another device.

it's *cheap* in my opinion, worth every penny. i'm about to buy a new digital camera, and i know this thing will be able to read the cards.

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