sd cards... falling apart?

[Kamel]

alright, i thought maybe this was a fluke. i got a 1gb a-data turbo sd sd card from newegg some time ago (lets say 2 years). it started literally falling apart. i eventually accidentally broke it by putting it in an incompatible device (oh great, how can flash memory be "incompatible"? sounds like a bunch of BS to me). when i sent it in, the thing was literally almost in pieces (thanks newegg for honoring my warranty). soo, i got the new sd card and everything's been fine (this was right around when i got my axim, which was roughly 3 months ago). now, this one has been _rapidly_ deteriorating. today, the thing completely broke in half (the plastic, not the internals). so, i tried electrical tape, no go. the only thing left was a little super glue. i decided to do that, and it seems to have worked very well, but the thing is still falling apart at an alarming rate. the corners and the tip of it are going to be gone very soon.

since i got 2 cards that did the exact same thing, now i pretty-much am certain that it's the particular sd card. the problem is, the first one took a year to start falling apart. my question is, who has sd cards that have broken in similar ways? what have you done to fix them? what brand/capacity/model number was it?

i would like to use this thread to build a database of "stay away from" sd cards, and a database of "these are good quality cards" kinda thing.

just so you know, i have a 128mb lexar card which i've had since the dawn of time, and you can tell by holding it, looking at it, etc that it's a FAR superior build quality of the a-data card. it's strong, stuff, no flexing at all. never had anything ever "flake off" of it. i am almost convinced to start purchasing lexar cards despite the price/performance difference but i dunno =\

[Truth]

I've always used Sandisk and have never had a problem, though I'm sure others will express different opinions.

[aximbigfan]

lexar 256mb sd card complety unscaved very fast & reliable...

chris

[darkdestroyer]

Sandisk since the dawn of SD. I did just get that 9.99 Ultra SD, we will see how that turns out.

[kerunt]

I've never had problems with SD cards.

I had a 256MB Kingston - no problems.
I had a 512MB Sandisc - no problems.
I have a 2GB Transcend - no problems.

[mtgeorge]

I've been using a Kingston 1GB and have not had any problems at all.

[kor]

I have many Sd cards without any problems except for a 2gb PQ1 SD card. That card also fell apart physically piece by piece and is now held together by some tape.

andy

[Kenban]

OLD Sandisk that almost never got used (Got it for free with the purchase of my first Pocket PC). Ended up trying to use it about a month ago (was sitting on a shelf collecting dust) and the two pieces of plastic (top and bottom) just split apart. It was only 128MB so it just hit the trash.

It does sound like you have had bad luck.

[ksong12]

I like Sandisk! Lexar too.

[meanstreak]

i use sandisk memory card on every possible application.

[PocketBrain]

Sandisk, Lexar. Did have a brain dump on the Lexar, but that's attributable to the betaware I was running.

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[wannabesean]

I also have an A-DATA 1 GB SD card which was their fastest speed model ( Something like 150x) and it fell apart on me. I bought it off of buyaib.com. Do you think they will replace it for me if it is still under warantee?

[ppt]

the only problem i had with my mmc & rs-mmc is that i tend to scratch the end of the cards with my fingernails bcso thats how i pull it out of the axim...otherwise physically they are all ok

[Kamel]

wannabesean -- i really don't know, the first thing you should try is going to the actual retailer that you purchased it from. they are definitely not obligated, but sometimes they will be nice enough to replace it themselves.

after that, contact A-DATA though. unfortunately, when i contacted them they gave me so much trouble that i ended up complaining to newegg and got newegg themselves to replace it for me.

a-data suggested to me that the problem with my card was its firmware and i needed to mail it taiwan in order to reflash it. mailing it to taiwan would cost me as much as a new card would, and not to mention how long it would take... besides the fact that it was physically falling apart.

just so you know, after my card completely fell into 2 pieces i put superglue in it. it worked for the first day or 2, but for some reason it randomly died on me. i would definitely suspect the super glue, but i can't figure out how that would harm the internals of the components. it's non-conductive... but then again, maybe it somehow pulled a lead off of the PCB or something. i really don't know, but i do know that superglue atleast for me did not work.