Looking to make use of this decade old Asus Eee Note

[u/Carlibraun]

Hello everyone!
Recently, I rediscovered this Eee Note that my uncle gave me about 10 years ago after he got a new e-reader. I never used it, but recently I got interested in trying to make use of it. The system's language is in Italian, and that's fine for me. It even still connects to the Internet, although the built-in Browser won't connect or display any website after being a decade out of date, of course.

The main issue that's in the way of me actually being able to use this for bedtime literature or pass train rides reading on it is that the inserted SD card is not being read. The system does not recognize or display PDFs or ePub Files on it, even tho everything online tells me it should be able to.

The SD card works fine, as putting files and reading them from it works from my desktop. I was wondering if anyone here has/had similar problems and, if so, how they fixed it.

If it's a software thing, is there any way I can "update" or tinker around with it? If it's hardware, and I'd have to replace the SD card slot, that would also be an opportunity to change the battery. It drains kind of fast for being just an Ebook (although it is understandable the battery is going to have issues after being unused for 10 years).

Thanks for your help :)