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Card Reader
The card reader on my PC no longer operates I guess because of dust and dog hair, can I clean it and if so will switch cleaner be ok?
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If dust is the problem then I think the first thing I'd try is a couple of shots from a can of compressed air (with some you can fit a narrow straw over the nozzle to focus the blast).
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Even gentlly with a vacum cleaner perhaps?
If it doesn't work after that they are fairly cheap online a few quid
If it doesn't work after that they are fairly cheap online a few quid
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Have tried the vac, will try some air and see if that helps. As it is built into my PC I would need to make sure any replacement would also fit or I would be back on here asking what I could do about that 
Will have a grovel at the insides of the box and find out the make etc. glad I asked because I had not thought of replacing it unit. Been using a cable but if you could see my cable draw
Will have a grovel at the insides of the box and find out the make etc. glad I asked because I had not thought of replacing it unit. Been using a cable but if you could see my cable draw
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The other thing is it might be worth re-installing the drivers, just in case they've gone missing or got corrupted
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The other thing is it might be worth re-installing the drivers, just in case they've gone missing or got corrupted
Like the new avatar by the way the old one caught me out every time as I always thought it someone naked from the, ahem, private bits down second glance always reassured me it was a candle but I am too old for this sort of stimulation.
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I have recently bought a second card reader for my other computer. Bit of a job finding one as the computers sit on the floor under the office desk. It had to have a longish lead which most don't have nowadays, but i did get one eventually and it is a Kingston card reader, comes with a 3 mtr cord so the reader can sit on the desk. Not over expensive.
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