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Camera God · Oct 22, 2002, 08:31 PM

So, I have this 340mb microdrive. I can take pics with my Dimage 7, view them on the camera great.

/Enter Problem
Then, I put the drive into a sandisk USB CF card reader that can read the type II CF cards. I plug it in, and it comes up with a error that still makes my heart skip a beat. I believe it is something like "The disk you have inserted cannot be read" and then it gives me a couple options: Eject, ignore, and format I think. The thing is that it works on my buddy's Win2k box. I have tried formating the card in the camera numerous time. Is there something that I am missing, some magical trick? Pease help, I feel like a moron here.

Setup:
Powerbook G4 800 with 10.1.5
Dimage 7
First generation 340mb microdrive

Deal · Oct 22, 2002, 11:42 PM

Have you tried to download the images with the drive in the camera?

Camera God · Oct 23, 2002, 12:20 PM

That would be too easy

Anyway, I don't have the cable. I personally think those cables are useless anyway.

icruise · Oct 23, 2002, 06:18 PM

I use a 340mb microdrive on my powerbook just fine, but I use a CF adapter and plug the MD into the PC card slot. Have you tried that? My hunch is that the problem is with the CF reacher, not with the MD>\.

vmarks · Oct 26, 2002, 08:57 PM

have you got a smaller CF card you can try in the reader?

Have you got a different reader? I'm using a Kodak reader with OS X 10.2.1 and having good experiences but not with a microdrive- I don't have one of those

zonetuke · Nov 5, 2002, 01:54 AM

Originally posted by Camera God:
So, I have this 340mb microdrive. I can take pics with my Dimage 7, view them on the camera great.

/Enter Problem
Then, I put the drive into a sandisk USB CF card reader that can read the type II CF cards. I plug it in, and it comes up with a error that still makes my heart skip a beat. I believe it is something like "The disk you have inserted cannot be read" and then it gives me a couple options: Eject, ignore, and format I think. The thing is that it works on my buddy's Win2k box. I have tried formating the card in the camera numerous time. Is there something that I am missing, some magical trick? Pease help, I feel like a moron here.

I have a 128 MB CF card that 10.2.1 no longer likes in my SanDisk USB reader. I get the same eject, ignore, erase message you get. This really sucks. I do have the USB direct connect cable, but that is much slower than the card reader. There is nothing on the SanDisk site about 10.2.x

matthew

G4ME · Nov 5, 2002, 11:02 AM

from multipule reports saying that the sandisk is not reading their CF I think its a problem with the reader and 10.2 I sugest you invest in a Fire Wire CF reader, I got a Lexar and its about twice as fast with my CF type 1 card, try that BH products company thats where I got mine from.

ids · Nov 20, 2002, 05:41 PM

I am seeing a similar problem with a 1GB Microdrive and a Imagemate USB reader...There are a couple of reports of the same thing in the Apple Discussions, and in there I found a workaround (far from a good solution)

Reboot the Mac with the Microdrive in the reader and it should mount just fine.

I also found that it would mount just fine if I rebooted into OS 9.. not really a solution as all the apps I want to use are in OS X now.

zonetuke · Nov 30, 2002, 09:37 AM

Originally posted by ids:
Reboot the Mac with the Microdrive in the reader and it should mount just fine.

Thanks ids, that worked perfectly. So much better than using the usb cable!

matthew

aaanorton · Nov 30, 2002, 11:37 AM

Originally posted by zonetuke:

So much better than using the usb cable!

I don't get it. You're still using USB, just a different cable, and you need to reboot, right? I'd stick to plugging the camera in.

zonetuke · Nov 30, 2002, 10:40 PM

heh, I wasn't clear. I meant so much faster using the SanDisk usb card reader than using the usb camera to mac cable.