[bookport] Re: life of a cf card
- From: "Richard Ring" <ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:12:50 -0500
Thanks, Walt. Good info.
I suppose I've been quite fortunate.
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From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Smith
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:11 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: life of a cf card
That's pretty unusual for a Sandisk and as another person mentioned, I'd
definitely look into getting a replacement under their warranty. I'd
contact ZipZoomFly, give them your order number, and explain that the
card has failed.
To respond to Rich Ring, the most common failure that I'm aware of in CF
cards is a failure of the "controller" circuitry that's built into the
card. What normally happens when this occurs is that the card will be
fine for simple data storage, but if it contains any bootable code, the
code won't boot. I've had one card fail in this way and I use cards very
hard at work, copying bootable code to them as often as two or three
times a day. As far as I can tell, it's almost impossible to assign a
real reason for CF card failures; that is, they seem to hagve nothing to
do with how frequently data is written to or erased from the card, etc.
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From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Melissa Tucker
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:40 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] life of a cf card
My 2gb sandisk card is dead, and I want to know what is the usual life
of a cf card, and what can I do to make my next one last longer? I've
looked on froogle for the best prices for a new one, but I'm scared I'll
get the wrong type of 2gb card, so I'm looking for some advice.
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