Keep a close eye on your SD Cards!!!

MrFocker · 02-01-05, 08:24 PM

This weekend I dropped my X50V :-( The Rhino Skin case did a wonderful job of protecting it, not a scrtch on it. BUT apparently my SD (1GB Sandisk) flew out and I didn't realize till I tried to use it and found my programs missing the next day... So I warn you all out there, keep an eye on those cards..

02-01-05, 08:33 PM

Ouch! My condolences...

02-01-05, 08:39 PM

mine flew out when i dropped mine too. plus the fact that they are nice and slippery plastic doesn't help when they fly out on a hard tile floor. they can go quite a ways that way.

02-01-05, 08:41 PM

Yikes!

Thank goodness it costs less to replace the SD card than the X50!

02-01-05, 09:14 PM

I had fairly similar experience - it was my x30h instead. the card fell out (probably in a bus) after a violent drop, and i didn;t know until the next day. It's only a 256Mb card, fortunately.

ant1832 · 02-01-05, 09:17 PM

wow,sorry to hear this. Those cards are so tiny I'm not surprised didn't notice.

That70sGAdawg · 02-01-05, 09:34 PM

A good suggestion.

Is anyone besides me concerned that when you have an SD and CF in the x50v, there is quite a gap betwwen them for dust etc....?

JoeQFlyer · 02-01-05, 09:53 PM

A type 1 CF card will leave a gap. A type 2 CF card will not.

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TMann · 02-01-05, 09:55 PM

Hmm...maybe some black electrical tape across the top of my Axim is in order.

TMann

That70sGAdawg · 02-01-05, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by JoeQFlyer

A type 1 CF card will leave a gap. A type 2 CF card will not.

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I have a new Sandisk Ultra II 2GB CF, I assumed that it was type 2?

miami2110 · 02-03-05, 07:33 PM

lol i was in my physics class and was playing around with my x50v. when i arrived at my next class, which was way across campus, i realized my 1 gb SD card was missing. i panicked and quickly went back to my physics classroom. luckily i found it on the ground to where i sat. thank goodness no one found it or maybe they didnt even know what it was? =)

MikeReed · 02-03-05, 07:47 PM

I don't worry about the gap because I keep a SD card and CF card in it all times which means the connectors are covered and protected.. So the dust can't really get into anything and a bit of Duster will get it out if I ever feel the need.

axim1910 · 02-03-05, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by That70sGAdawg

A good suggestion.

Is anyone besides me concerned that when you have an SD and CF in the x50v, there is quite a gap betwwen them for dust etc....?

I was bothered by this gap too.
Here's what I did about it.
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=63274

I think a strip of black electrical tape on the top of the Axim is a pretty good idea. I may do this... but probably not until AFTER I lose my card