SanDisk Connect Wifi card operating strangely

[n8a]

I have a SanDisk Connect Wifi card which has traditionally operated well.  However, I haven\'t used it in a while (little reason to), and now when I plug the card in, it is recognized as:

New Card: Anonymous Memory

The card\'s light is solid, and the card heats up quickly.  In addition, if I try to identify the card, I get the following:

Code: [Select]

# cardctl ident

Socket 0:

  no product info available

Socket 1:

  no product info available

#

The card worked plug & play with the Sharp rom 2.38, Sharp rom 3.10, and now seems to not be working with the latest tkcROM (although it may have worked with this rom previously IIRC).  

I really don\'t know how to troubleshoot the Wifi card well, as it\'s always just worked, and I haven\'t found any past threads regarding this particular type of issue.  Can anyone suggest some helpful threads or what might be happening/how I can get the card to be recognizeable again?  Thanks in advance-

N8

[n8a]

As a follow-up to this, when thinking back to when trouble may have started, there is a time when I did a \'cardctl reset\' and my zaurus GUI started to flicker and seemed to react strangely.  I let it go on for a few secs, then it may be that after that point, the card was recognized as \'Anonymous Memory\'.  I don\'t really remember, and didn\'t think much of it since I only did a cardctl reset.  Is it possible that that action messed the card up?

Any help is greatly appreciated-

[n8a]

As a follow up, my card was indeed fried.  The above are all symptoms, but I was in denial   I would *strongly* recommend NOT doing a $ cardctl reset, unless you know that it won\'t fry your card, as I\'m pretty sure that event did the deal for my poor sandisk card...

[abednego]

Hi n8a,

Well it seems you\'re not alone. I had the same problem with 2 SanDisk CFs in my C760 - without \"cardctl reset\" (at least the second one) - I finally sent the zaurus in and got a new one as we figured that this could not be right.

Strange.
Perhaps someone can shed some light on this?

Abed

[n8a]

:shock:

Well, if it\'s truly the Zaurus that\'s at fault, I may be in trouble as I replaced the card with another SanDisk Connect...

I guess I\'ll use it sparingly and hope for the best :?

[fabianE]

Hello,

the same happened to me, it\'s my second card and after 20 Minutes (more or less) the card stops working. First it only gets a slow collection and then it freezes the whole zaurus until I eject the card. The card is warm but that could be normal.

I had a netgear ma701 and now I have a smc 2642w.

@N8a: What happened with your zaurus, is it working now?

Regards,

Fabian

[n8a]

Yes - As I indicated in January, I bought another SanDisk Wifi card since I got a great deal on it.  I\'ve had no problems of the sort since.  Therefore, it must have been the card.

Since you all are having the same issue, I would suggest steering clear of this card!  I\'ll be receiving a c760 very soon, but my 5500 works great after all the probs I had with that card back then.

[Joshp]

N8a where did you order you c760 form?

JP