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moffattm · 03-14-2011, 05:16 PM

Is it possible the SD cards that are failing aren't properly formatted? From what I've read it is best to use a special format program rather than the one built into Windows. See http://www.online-tech-tips.com/free...tting-sd-card/ for more info on why this is so and to get the special formatter program.

Another possibility is that there are lots of fake SD cards floating around, especially on eBay, even for brand-name cards such as Sandisk. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcTYRblCfPg for a video about the fake cards or http://fightflashfraud.wordpress.com...-32gb-sd-card/ for more discussion.

03-14-2011, 05:16 PM	#9
moffattm Addict Posts: 333 Karma: 1440670 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Device: Kobo Original, Kobo Glo	Is it possible the SD cards that are failing aren't properly formatted? From what I've read it is best to use a special format program rather than the one built into Windows. See http://www.online-tech-tips.com/free...tting-sd-card/ for more info on why this is so and to get the special formatter program. Another possibility is that there are lots of fake SD cards floating around, especially on eBay, even for brand-name cards such as Sandisk. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcTYRblCfPg for a video about the fake cards or http://fightflashfraud.wordpress.com...-32gb-sd-card/ for more discussion.