PC/Laptop guru's..........Help!!!

[MattW]

I seem to have a very strange problem with my HP laptop.

Basically, it can "see" my Sony memory stick from my digital camera, however it can't open it. Looking at My Computer/Windows explorer it sits there, however when you try to open it you just get a message as if it was a floppy drive with no disk "Please insert disk into drive F". If you right click and properties, again nothing - says 0 bytes.

I've had another MS from a friends camera and it's exactly the same. I have used the card reader with my own stick a few times, but probably not for a few months i must admit.

HP have suggested Re-flashing BIOS drivers and re-installing the card reader drivers, which on the face of it seems like a good idea. However, didn't make any difference (well apart from the fact that my display got brighter when i flashed the bios!!!)

Anyone got any good ideas?? Laptop is still under warrenty, so i could send it back if i really have to, but that would be a right PITA!!