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VALIS666 · 03-19-2008, 03:53 AM

I bought a few 16gb CF cards to use with the Iliad that were confirmed working on the Iliad forum. Problem is they're not working for me in the Iliad. No matter what I try, and believe me I tried a lot of different things in 3 hours, I can not get my Iliad to see these CF cards.

An idea popped into my head: What if I plug my USB 5-in-1 card reader into the Iliad USB port and see if I could read the CF card that way? Sure enough, it worked! All the files on the CF card showed up and were ready to go.

So I don't know what to make of this problem. Do I have a bad CF card slot on my Iliad? Does the CF card need a certain file or folder structure to be read by the Iliad directly? Is the Iliad's CF slot finicky and I'll need to jiggle the card around until it shows up?

Any ideas would be appreciated.

I love the device, by the way. It's everything I hoped it would be.

03-19-2008, 03:53 AM	#1
VALIS666 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Iliad rev.2	Strange problem with CF slot and USB I bought a few 16gb CF cards to use with the Iliad that were confirmed working on the Iliad forum. Problem is they're not working for me in the Iliad. No matter what I try, and believe me I tried a lot of different things in 3 hours, I can not get my Iliad to see these CF cards. An idea popped into my head: What if I plug my USB 5-in-1 card reader into the Iliad USB port and see if I could read the CF card that way? Sure enough, it worked! All the files on the CF card showed up and were ready to go. So I don't know what to make of this problem. Do I have a bad CF card slot on my Iliad? Does the CF card need a certain file or folder structure to be read by the Iliad directly? Is the Iliad's CF slot finicky and I'll need to jiggle the card around until it shows up? Any ideas would be appreciated. I love the device, by the way. It's everything I hoped it would be.