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  #31  
Old November 16th 18, 09:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mark Twain
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I'm still not following you,.. with the
4-in-1 card reader?

This is my front panel of the 8500:

ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-produ...nual_en-us.pdf

As I said I use an external USB stick for
the SD but it still doesn't explain the
malwarebytes problem or their explanation
for it.

Robert

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Old November 16th 18, 10:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Mark Twain wrote:
I'm still not following you,.. with the
4-in-1 card reader?

This is my front panel of the 8500:

ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-produ...nual_en-us.pdf

As I said I use an external USB stick for
the SD but it still doesn't explain the
malwarebytes problem or their explanation
for it.

Robert


There is a connector on the motherboard, F_USB1.
You can use your manual, use the Acrobat search
function, and find references to it.

Unplugging the cable (2x5 female) from the F_USB1
male header, will disable the media card reader,
and the four volumes will disappear in File Explorer.
And Malwarebytes will be happy again. I don't
know exactly what the cable looks like, or where
it's tucked in, but the manual has a diagram
showing which connector the Dell assembler plugs
it into. They could use any unused USB2 header
for this if they wanted. But it should be item #19
in this diagram. There's nothing magical about #19,
it's just a USB2 port.

https://i.postimg.cc/GtkL7wP5/card-r...to-disable.gif

If the cable is swinging loose, you can dress the
cable with a twist tie or two, to keep it out
of the way. You can also put a sticky label on
it, identifying what the cable is for, so you'll
know which cable if you need to put it back
for some reason. Dell may have already put
a label on it.

I unplug and disassemble stuff all the time,
to improve airflow, prevent items from being
used, and so on. I have lots of cables dangling
down :-)

Paul
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Old November 17th 18, 02:45 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mark Twain
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Default O.T. Malwarebytes:

I hated opening up the 8500 for this
but I did it and unplugged the F-USB1.

Then I ran malwarebytes and no pop-up!

Thanks!
Robert

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Old November 17th 18, 07:17 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Default O.T. Malwarebytes:

Mark Twain wrote:
I hated opening up the 8500 for this
but I did it and unplugged the F-USB1.

Then I ran malwarebytes and no pop-up!

Thanks!
Robert


You can plug it back in, any time
you actually need it. As long as you label
the cable "card reader - F_USB1" or something,
you'll be able to figure it out later.

I'm glad that Malwarebytes reacted properly and
didn't throw a hissy fit :-) You know how
computers are - so illogical at times.

Paul
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Old November 17th 18, 07:39 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mark Twain
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Default O.T. Malwarebytes:

Thanks again for helping me. Your always there
when I need you and we've gone through some
hairy times together!


Thanks again,
Robert
 




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