Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:54:49 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Compactflash cards dying? |
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Hi!
> > I had compactflash from Apacer (256MB), and it started corrupting data > > in few months, eventually becoming useless and being given back for > > repair. They gave me another one and it is just starting to corrupt > > data. > > last year we had some problems with compactflash. It was only 7bit > clean, not 8bit. However the cards worked fine via usb devices, > but not when used as IDE device. > > test if writing 7bit data is reliable :-)
Ouch... I can't imageine how even VFAT would work on something not 8-bit-clean. I doubt FAT only uses 7bits...
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