That is a good example of how a universal, open architecture protocol is interpreted by a particular system. It should be as readable there as here.
I think of two solutions here (and trust me, the card manufacturers are right behind you here - their one size fits all approach, sometimes becomes a "One size fits sod all") and the first is to drop an email to the card manufacturer, to see what they say. These things are often guaranteed for life. The second and maybe more fun, knowing that there is no data onboard, is to reformat via the working reader into a different format like NTFS and trhen check that it is readable ny the PC. Then reformat to FAT32 and so on. Hopefully, it will kick the card into compliance somewhere along the route.
If no joy, let me know - I think I could get my teeth into this one :-)
Conan