compact flash

[dominiek]

I hope somebody can help ???

I bought a sandisk compact flash (64mb)
when I inserted this compact flash, on the screen appeared "disk corrupt".
I tried to format, to rename, ... nothing worked.
I went to the shop to complain. They checked ... everything OK.
They formated the compact flash for me : at least now, I can see how much memory is available on this compact flash, ... but stil no possibility to rename, to store a new file, ....
Is this a hardware or software problem ? What can I do ?

Dominic

[MikeMcC]

"Sandisk" CF disks are usually very reliable but occasionally a particular card and Psion just don't work together. See if you can get the card exchanged and, ideally, take your Psion with you to make sure a new card works properly.

[brianh]

Try removing the card from the D drive. Then use EPOC to format the D drive (sometimes 2 times until a gprint box pops up in the upper right corner stating "Disk Not Present"). It seems straightens out its thinking. I have had problems with this and after doing that it works again.

Hope this helps.

[dominiek]

Thank you very much, Brian, but your solution didn't work out.

I tried to format the cf-card and now I even can't acces it and see how much memory is available... .... corrupt ......
This is already my second cf-card, ... the first one I turned in because I got this message "corrupt".
As I already mentioned, in the shop they tested the cf-card and formated it ... but the only result was that I could see the available memory.
As I want to format the cf-card "format disk D" and I touch OK, then two messages appear very fast one after another. I have no possibility to read the first one, ... the second one is "information timed out <continue>"...

I think I have to go back to the shop and let them try, ...
I'm really dissapointed about my psion..

[netBookBabe]

Dominic

I recommend you take Mike's good advice and return to the shop along with your Psion to demonstrate the problem.

Be assertive and tell them that most of your Psion-owning friends ;) are using CFs without problem, so there's no reason why you should not. I think it would be highly unreasonable if they were to refuse to exchange the card - so stick out!

Julie

[diem]

It might also be worth doing a soft reset, and also ensuring that the card is pushed firmly (but carefully!) into the slot.

[dominiek]

dear netbookbabe,

I took your advice
I went to the shop and tried out several CF-cards, even different brands, but my psion kept displaying "card corrupt" ... no possibility to format...
In the shop they said I had to have my psion repaired.....
I'm affraid this will cost me a lot...


Thanks for your advice,

[cslim]

Hi Dominiek,
Don't give up.
Could you try a cold reset after backing up your Psion?
Make sure that you push the CF right in.
CS lim

[jpop]

Did you try formatting the CF disk while plugged into mains power? Maybe the batteries couldn't handle the load??

[noelt]

hi!

check the pins inside, maybe one or more pins is bend and the cf card does not fit properly.



hope this helps!

~noelt.