Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/19

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Subject: [Leica] SD card malfunction
From: oliverbryk at comcast.net (Oliver Bryk)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:54:19 -0700
 
I would like to understand what might have caused one of my SD cards - a
SanDisk 4GB SDHC card - to malfunction. I have used it without problems in
my M8 for several months and formatted it in the camera after every 50 or so
exposures. When I attempted to format it today, the formatting process ran
much longer than I was accustomed to, and would not quit until I removed the
battery from the camera. I put the card and the battery back and tried again
with the same result. I put in a fully charged battery; as soon as I turned
the camera on the display read "SD card full". When I tried to format it the
process wouldn't quit. I took the battery and the card out, put both back,
and turned on the camera; the message on the display read "no SD card". In
each of the cases described above the battery status/remaining exposures
display read Zero. 

I tried a different card (SanDisk 8GB SDHC) which formatted quickly (there
was nothing on it) and gave the correct number of remaining exposures.

The 4GB card has apparently failed. What might have caused it to fail?

Oliver
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