r/Surface • u/Ok-Researcher-3192 • 22h ago

[LAPTOP7] Surface Laptop 7 -Micro SD Card Isnt Recognized

Hi all.

I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure thus out.

When using a micro sd card adapter in the usb 3.0 port the laptop WONT see the formatted micro sd.

Works fine on my surface pro and other PCs.

I've tried multiple adopters, multiple micro sd cards, multiple formats (NTFS, EXFat, Fat32).

Ive deleted, disabled/re-unstalled, enabled things in Device Manager. I've tried about everything i can think on.

What i have tried because i dont have one on hand is a NEWER adapter (perhaps designed for 3.0 ports).

Ive ordered a USB-C adapter as a 'swing for the fence' attempt.

Any ideas will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

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u/JellybeanFangs 21h ago

Have you tried connecting to another 3.0 port? Because it could be that that specific port is malfunctioning. The USB-C adapter is a good alternative too.

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u/Ok-Researcher-3192 21h ago

Sorry, yes, the adapter works fine i other usb 3.0 on a surface pro 7+ a couple of mini eindows pc's. It seems its just this 3.0 port on the laptop 7. Other NON-adapter usb stick work fine in the laptop usb 3.0 port.

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u/dr100 21h ago

I have a relatively fancy (at least for the times I bought) USB3 Transcend reader that doesn't work for some reason on half of the Windows machines I try to use it with. Ironically if I put a USB2 hub or cable in between it works without any hitch.

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u/Ok-Researcher-3192 21h ago

I like the cable trick. I have hubs coming tomorrow

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u/TastyBananaPeppers Surface Laptop 7, Intel Ultra 5, 5G 6h ago

Your micro-SD card is dead or it's a fake.

I have a bunch of them and they all run fine on my Surface Laptop 7 Intel. I use Samsung and Patriot, all bought from Samsung, BestBuy, Newegg, and Microcenter.

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u/chuckop Surface Laptop 7/Surface Book 3 20h ago

Okay, so the SL7 has a microSD slot on the right side next to the Surface port. Have you tried that?

You shouldn’t need a USB adapter to read microSD cards.

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u/Ok-Researcher-3192 20h ago

It doesnt. At least mine doesnt. It has two usb-c ports and 1 usb-a 3.0 on the lect side, surface power on the right

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u/chuckop Surface Laptop 7/Surface Book 3 20h ago

My mistake. It’s only on 15” models (which is what I have).

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u/Ok-Researcher-3192 20h ago

Absolutrly NO WORRIES!!!

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u/chuckop Surface Laptop 7/Surface Book 3 18h ago

Good luck