Laptop isnt reading SD card. Help?

My new laptop (windows 8.1) will not read my sd card. I looked under device manager and the sd card was not listed. Any suggestions?
I turned off my laptop and back on and tried again but nothing.
Do i need a driver? I have a Dell Inspiron

?2015-04-30T18:50:13Z

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run troubleshooting in the control panel. hardware and sound, hardware and devices and follow through

Anonymous2015-04-30T18:37:58Z

It should automatically read the card. Have you tried clicking on File Explorer and manually checking to see if the card is readablle. Might be the card.