zio card reader/pny smartmedia card compatibilty?

i have an olympus d-340r digital camera. i used a zio dazzle card
reader with it and everything was fine.

then the card that came with it seemed to lose most of it's capacity.

so, i bought a pny 64mb smartmedia card to replace it. now i cannot
get the zio card reader to read the new card. when i insert the card,
the volume doesn't mount on my desktop.

any suggestions on this? thanks for any help you can offer.

 

Have you cleaned the contacts on the reader? I do this by putting some
cleaning solvent on the card contacts and pushing it in and out a few
times. You might also be sure the contacts on the USB connection are
clean. Presumably your camera is seeing the card perfectly????

 

I don't know if it's relevant to your situation, but my understanding
(from the manual) is that the D-340R only accepts up to a 16MB
Smartmedia card and can be upgraded to handle a 32MB card (from
Olympus website). I've used both my Dazzle reader (on the road) and
my trusty Flashgate (at home) with the 16MB cards I use in my D-340R
with no problems to this point. Hope this helps.

Ron

 

I used a 64meg SmartMedia and Zio with my d-340r quite successfully. I
don't recall doing any upgrades.

 

Thanks, Ron. That's welcome news to me. I'll be getting some larger
capacity cards for mine then.

Ron