Why Are Card Readers Intermittent?
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From: Allen on 13 Feb 2010 10:55 On 2/13/2010 7:43 AM, Laurence Payne wrote: > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:54:39 -0600, Allen<allent(a)austin.rr.com> > wrote: > >> My experience is the same as Gary's. I paid about $5 for my famous "Made >> in China" brand reader four or five years ago and it has performed very >> well on 3 different computers, reading both CF and SD cards. Won't read >> SDHC, of course. > > No. You'll have to pay $5 NOW for one that will. As my current computer has a slot that will read SDHC, I can save the $5. All I need is a flashlight to see it in the back of the dark cave in which it resides. No joke--I keep a small AAA-powered flashlight near my computer just for that purpose. Allen
From: John Navas on 13 Feb 2010 12:31 On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:41:12 -0500, "Tim Conway" <tconway_113(a)comcast.net> wrote in <hl6h6r$37k$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>: >"Frank ess" <frank(a)fshe2fs.com> wrote in message >news:fIidnVKP6tucYOjWnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> I made it a habit to use the "Eject" feature in the windows directory >> display, and since then, the >> "Doesn't Answer" occurs once in a hundred or so instances. >> >Using that "Eject" feature also prevents the card from being withdrawn while >it is still being written to (which might damage it or the data). It's a >good habit to get into. Might well damage the data, but won't damage the card. -- Best regards, John Buying a dSLR doesn't make you a photographer, it makes you a dSLR owner. "The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it." -Ansel Adams
From: Frank ess on 13 Feb 2010 14:22 Allen wrote: > On 2/13/2010 7:43 AM, Laurence Payne wrote: >> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:54:39 -0600, Allen<allent(a)austin.rr.com> >> wrote: >> >>> My experience is the same as Gary's. I paid about $5 for my >>> famous "Made in China" brand reader four or five years ago and it >>> has performed very well on 3 different computers, reading both CF >>> and SD cards. Won't read SDHC, of course. >> >> No. You'll have to pay $5 NOW for one that will. > As my current computer has a slot that will read SDHC, I can save > the $5. All I need is a flashlight to see it in the back of the > dark cave in which it resides. No joke--I keep a small AAA-powered > flashlight near my computer just for that purpose. > Allen I'd like to know where you will find a large AAA-powered flashlight (torch). -- Frank ess
From: Peter on 13 Feb 2010 14:41 "Frank ess" <frank(a)fshe2fs.com> wrote in message news:WsOdnUd--JZBZuvWnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > > >> As my current computer has a slot that will read SDHC, I can save >> the $5. All I need is a flashlight to see it in the back of the >> dark cave in which it resides. No joke--I keep a small AAA-powered >> flashlight near my computer just for that purpose. >> Allen > > I'd like to know where you will find a large AAA-powered flashlight > (torch). > Why are you torchuring us? -- Peter
From: Allen on 13 Feb 2010 21:06
On 2/13/2010 1:41 PM, Peter wrote: > "Frank ess" <frank(a)fshe2fs.com> wrote in message > news:WsOdnUd--JZBZuvWnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> >> > > >>> As my current computer has a slot that will read SDHC, I can save >>> the $5. All I need is a flashlight to see it in the back of the >>> dark cave in which it resides. No joke--I keep a small AAA-powered >>> flashlight near my computer just for that purpose. >>> Allen >> >> I'd like to know where you will find a large AAA-powered flashlight >> (torch). >> > > Why are you torchuring us? > > > Any more remarks like that and I'll send my dog to byte you. Allen |