Friday, July 22, 2005

Dead XD card

#%$)#(%#.

Just play with the XD card in the new card reader, find it's strange that I can't delete file or format the XD card with the reader. Then I put the card in the F10, the camera just hang and can't 'bootup' and the lens stay extended. Try remove the battery for 5 mins, still not working. Then put the 16MB XD in the camera and it work fine.

So confirm the XD card is dead.

So quick! Have to replace it at the shop tomorrow.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

One should never try to format any flash memory card with card readers.

Toby Chiu said...

Should be no problem with other format, but XD is a very bad format with a poorly designed controller in-card. It is doomed to easy corruption by in-compatible card reader.

That's according to an expert, one of my colleague at work. He is responsible for purchasing of flash memory card, for the HK market and overseas trading.