ExpressCard problem

Hi all,

Just got my new (late 2008) MacBook Pro yesterday, but am concerned that I might've found a problem with it. In my previous MacBook Pro (mid-2007 model), I used a Griffin card reader in the ExpressCard slot, and it worked perfectly. However, today I tried putting that card reader in to my new MBP, and it completely fails to recognise it; it doesn't even appear under the USB bus in system profiler. This then of course means that if I insert a memory card nothing happens. I've tried rebooting, inserting the reader while the laptop's off, inserting the reader + memoy card while the laptop's off, and various other combinations, but nothing seems to work. Problem is, it's my only ExpressCard, so I've no idea if it's a strange incompatibility between the card and the laptop or, in fact, a faulty ExpressCard slot.

So I'd like to ask: has anyone tried the Griffin card reader in their ExpressCard slot (and if so how did it work), and has anyone else had problems getting any kind of ExpressCard to work in the new MBP, where the card used to work in a previous laptop?

Thanks in advance for any help offered.

Anyone? I'm trying to ascertain if I need to get Apple to replace the laptop... preferably without going to a genius bar as my nearest Apple Store is, well, not very near.

Hmm, thanks for that... sounds like my laptop really might have a problem then.

I could, but I don't fancy wasting money on something I shouldn't need to buy (I'm a student so I like to save my pennies where possible). Getting an exchange is looking increasingly like the most viable option now tbh.

Just in case it's useful to anyone with a similar problem who comes across this thread, I asked Apple to send me a replacement laptop which I received today, and the Griffin SD reader ExpressCard works perfectly in it. How Apple managed to ship a laptop with a completely inoperational ExpressCard slot I do not know, but they did.