Call me Mr Buttinsku Jr: You should add that this kind of physical damage should not occur except in unusual cases because the 'cave' has runners down the side which site the card in the correct alignment - all things going to plan...
Also when inserting the card if the device is powered up you could possibly get a power surge which I suppose might cause damage. Removing the card while data is still in the process of being written could also cause problems. On windoze (and prob macs I dunno) even when you think the write to a card is finished, if may still have part of that write in buffer I am told, and you need to use proper disconnect to flush the buffer to the card before disconnecting. > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 April 2004 13:22 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Battery drain-ONE Card? > > > I'll elucidate, if you don't mind my buttinski attitude... <g> > > Some cameras that take CF cards will take both the type I and > type II cards. Those cards have different thicknesses. In > order to accomodate both designs, the rectangular "cave" into which > the card is slipped is made wider than need be for the > thinner one. So, when you intall the thinner CF card you > might have cocked it > slightly just as the connectors are mating, and dislodge a connector > contact or two, creating all sort of problems. Like take it > back to the > camera store sort of problems... > > Removing problems? I don't know of any of those, just installing. > > HTH, keith > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 4/4/2004 11:00:23 AM Pacific Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > the most risky time for a card is removing it and inserting it. > > > > Herb... > > ----------------- > > Thoughts on that? Please elucidate, Herb. About safety precautions, > > that is. > > > > Marnie aka Doe > > > > > > > >
