Sd card reader not working

[Hamza1121]

sd card driver not downloaded 

[Hawks_Eye]

Hi @Hamza1121 

Welcome to the HP Support Community! 

Thanks for posting your query! We're here to help you get back up and running.

As the drive normally shows up only when the card is inserted into the slot, here's a list of steps you can use to resolve issues with the media card reader: 

Go into device manager and uninstall the card reader, it should be listed as IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers. 
This will uninstall and reinstall the driver for the card reader. 

Here is a link to device manager. 

Check if the problem is caused due to card issue. If the SD card is broken, it won’t be recognized by PC. You can plug the card into another PC to see if it works. If it doesn’t work either, you can try cleaning the card. After cleaning the card, if it still doesn’t work, the card is probably broken, you may need to have your card replaced. 

Check if the card reader works. If the card reader is stuck with dust, it will lead bad contact between the card and the card reader. Try cleaning the card reader slot and see if this solves the problem. 

Check if the card reader is disabled in BIOS settings. At the first screen after a restart, look for a key to press for “BIOS” or “Settings”.  Verify that the card reader has not been disabled in the BIOS settings. 

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