Rider memory card failed

exportman · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject: Rider memory card failed

Out and about today in the car and suddenly my TT rider shut down.

Pressed the start up button and got the reboot start screen. That was it stuck like that for 10 mins then I turned it off again.

Put the memory card in my computer and it found lots of errors. So I deleted everything and tried to restore from a backup on my hard drive.

Got lots of file copy errors. Binned the card (4gb) and put my files on to a spare 2gb card all is well again. ( apart from Ive only got half of Europe now but I can change that when I get a new card).

Was quite supprised the card failed its less than 12 months old

My phone worked well with the android speed camera app data-base

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:36 pm Post subject:

I recently read an article about the comparative life expectancy of various media for archiving (CD, CD-R, Analogue tape, Digital tape, DVD, Flash memory etc.).

Surprisingly, flash memory cards came out as one of the WORST, with the shortest average time before failure.

exportman · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:32 pm Post subject:

I have older cards that are fine, but I think it must be something to do with the number of read/write cycles.

Tried to format the card from windows and it showed the full allocation of space but could not write more than 1gb to it before errors started and its a 4 gb card.

Not worth keeping I had spare cards so just sorted it and move on, gladd I keep regular backups though, would have been really Censored

if I had lost everything. Exclamation

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harley-noj · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:09 pm Post subject:

OK I'm baffled, I believed the Rider all versions could only handle SD cards up to 2 GB. My Rider will not even recognise a SDHC card 4GB.
Or have I got this wrong?
Noj Question

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:29 am Post subject:

exportman · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:02 pm Post subject:

Hi

It was not Secure digital high capacity, it was a standard secure digital card. you can still find them but they are a difficult to locate.

But cards do fail I guess and I use mine a lot on a bike with more vibration etc I would expect they are more vulnerable.

Yesterday one of the pins broke on my headset so I lost the voice instructions to my helmet, guess it just not my week.

Out of interest mine will work with a SHDC card I have tried it with a spare 4gb micro sd in a carrier and everything worked fine, it won't recognise a 8gb one though. I am looking for a standard SD 4gb to replace the broken one.

Guivre46 · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:39 pm Post subject:

If you can, get one with a lifetime guarantee, bit more expensive but they do seem to last better than the shorter guarantees.
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harley-noj · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:23 pm Post subject:

Well you live and learn. I didn't know you could get 4GB SD cards. I beleived that SD was limited to 2GB.
Now all I have to do is find a good 4GB SD card Question

Thanks
Noj

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:45 pm Post subject:

Officially, the SD standard does specify 2GB max. (see http://www.sdcard.org/developers/tech/sdcard/ so making 4GB ones pushes the boundaries a bit.
They usually work fine, but I wouldn't use one in "mission critical" situations.

In just the same way, SDHC cards often work "sort of" in SD slots, but are likely to fail when you least expect it.

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