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How do i uninstall Realtek PCIE Card Reader

Anonymous
2013-06-06T03:32:40+00:00

Hello i am currently running on windows 7, i am  trying yo upgrade to 8 but it says i have to uninstall Realtek PCIE Card Reader. but i cant find it to uninstall it. i checked the driver manager i still couldn't find it

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-06-06T04:23:36+00:00

    Why do you have to uninstall the card reader? You can upgrade to Windows 8 without uninstalling the card reader also.

    If you need to uninstall the card reader, go to start->type devmgmt.msc->press enter. Expand IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller->look for Realtek PCIE Card Reader. Double click on it->go to Driver tab. Click Uninstall (select Delete the software for this device to uninstall the device completely) to uninstall the device.

    Note: Multiple drivers may be present (like SD controller, xD controller, MemoryStick controller). Uninstall them individually.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-11-05T17:40:22+00:00

    You are somewhat correct, but mostly wrong.

     

    1.  "Why do you have to uninstall the card reader?  You can upgrade to Windows 8 without uninstalling the card reader also."  Wrong.  You cannot not.  The upgrade will fail prompting one to uninstall the card reader.

     

    2.  "If you need to uninstall the card reader, go to start->type devmgmt.msc->press enter. Expand IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller->look for Realtek PCIE Card Reader. Double click on it->go to Driver tab. Click Uninstall (select Delete the software for this device to uninstall the device completely) to uninstall the device."  This may possibly work, if the card reader is present there.  nine times out of ten, it is not.

     

    3.  To proceed with the Win8 Upgrade do the following:

         A.  Uninstall the device from the "Uninstall a program" applet within Control Panel.

         B.  Once uninstalled, delete the following registry entry:

     

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\RSPCIESTOR

     

    **** C.  Right click on RSPCIESTOR and choose delete.

     

    No need to restart at this point, proceed with Win8 Upgrade.

    This is the correct answer right here. Thanks dude.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-07-08T15:07:09+00:00

    You are somewhat correct, but mostly wrong.

    1.  "Why do you have to uninstall the card reader?  You can upgrade to Windows 8 without uninstalling the card reader also."  Wrong.  You cannot not.  The upgrade will fail prompting one to uninstall the card reader.

    2.  "If you need to uninstall the card reader, go to start->type devmgmt.msc->press enter. Expand IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller->look for Realtek PCIE Card Reader. Double click on it->go to Driver tab. Click Uninstall (select Delete the software for this device to uninstall the device completely) to uninstall the device."  This may possibly work, if the card reader is present there.  nine times out of ten, it is not.

    3.  To proceed with the Win8 Upgrade do the following:

         A.  Uninstall the device from the "Uninstall a program" applet within Control Panel.

         B.  Once uninstalled, delete the following registry entry:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\RSPCIESTOR

    **** C.  Right click on RSPCIESTOR and choose delete.

    No need to restart at this point, proceed with Win8 Upgrade.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-10-27T19:43:35+00:00

    I just tried this and the upgrade still prompted me to restart the computer before I continued and then upon restart the driver immediately re installed....Im not sure what to do at this point

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-10-27T21:21:14+00:00

    I just tried this and the upgrade still prompted me to restart the computer before I continued and then upon restart the driver immediately re installed

    "No need to restart at this point, proceed with Win8 Upgrade."

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