Well, the fact is that any SD card has two pins placed higher than the rest. And he is not actually a friend of mine but someone who earns his live fixing broken storage devices...but hey, if St. Google doesn't confirm it, it must be a mistake ;-)
Anyway, he was probably biased since he only sees disaster after disaster, and there must be very non-careful users out there...My experience and what you all have answered doesn't indicate that there is a significant risk in this operation. Regards, Jaume ----- Mensaje original ---- > De: Charles Robinson <[email protected]> > Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Enviado: sáb,16 octubre, 2010 15:46 > Asunto: Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card? > > On Oct 16, 2010, at 7:37, eckinator wrote: > > > 2010/10/15 Jaume Lahuerta <[email protected]>: > >> > >> Actually he referred to SD specifically. He showed me that there are two >longer > >> pins that must enter first since they are used to power the card. If for >any > >> reason another pin reaches the contact first, the card is broken (or >something > >> like this). > > > > To be honest the "two specific pins first" bit sounds like your friend > > was mislead. Google can't seem to find anything to corroborate it. > > > > The "two pins first for power" is for USB, not SD. > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - [email protected] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow >the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
