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innerimager · Apr 26, 2003, 04:10 AM

I'm a digital photographer who puts lots of CF and Micro drive cards in the slot on my 1Ghz Tibook, 10.2.4 In the past few weeks, any of my 5 512MB ridata cards or 2 1 gig Microdrives cause the same thing, it takes forever to get them recognized. If I try and remove the card before it gets recognized, I get a kernel panic. Any thoughts? Much thanks....Peter

ChrisF · Apr 26, 2003, 08:15 AM

Originally posted by innerimager:
I'm a digital photographer who puts lots of CF and Micro drive cards in the slot on my 1Ghz Tibook, 10.2.4 In the past few weeks, any of my 5 512MB ridata cards or 2 1 gig Microdrives cause the same thing, it takes forever to get them recognized. If I try and remove the card before it gets recognized, I get a kernel panic. Any thoughts? Much thanks....Peter

No thoughts, really, but I'm having the same problem- I've had to wait up to 5 minutes. You could get hold of a Microtech Zio USB CF reader- those work fine for me.
Chris

CyberPet · Apr 26, 2003, 09:34 AM

I only had Kernel Panics when I put in the PCMCIA-adapter in the computer if the screen saver was on or if the computer was in sleep. But now something physical has struck too, I can't even insert the whole adapter, it lacks about 4-5 mm. So I rushed out to buy me a card reader that can read any media. It's worht the money and they are small enough to travel with. Get a firewire version and you'll thank me extra much. Faster!

vdrummer · Apr 27, 2003, 05:48 PM

I have the same problem with my Sandisk 512 ultra CF and Lexar 256Mb 24x CF. Seems to work best if I eject the empty PCMCIA first (since I use it a lot, I usually just leave the PCMCIA in all the time), insert the CF, then insert the PCMCIA into the TiBook.

If I insert the CF into the PCMCIA while the PCMCIA is already in the TiBook, then the machine hangs up - or maybe I think it's hung, cuz I don't think I've been patient enough to wait 5 minutes.

innerimager · Apr 28, 2003, 07:58 PM

Petra- You have a good point. I'd rather buy a firewire card reader than send the tibook in...but....the slot was working fine the first few months. Thanks for the suggestion.....Peter

CyberPet · Apr 28, 2003, 08:25 PM

I've reported the problem now with my "local" Apple Center, I've said it's no rush to get it fixed but I *DO* want to get it fixed. So if they have a date where they can take it in and perhaps replace the PC-card slot over the day, I'll go with it... otherwise I'll wait.

innerimager · May 1, 2003, 09:33 PM

Upgrading to 10.2.5 fixed the problem! I hoped, but didn't expect it. after cloning my 10.2.4 as back up, I upgraded, and, presto chango, the card slot is working normally. Give it a try, hope it works for you guys.....Peter

Eug · May 1, 2003, 10:21 PM

The first time this happened was after I upgraded to X.2.5.

Rebooted again and the problem went away.

Sean Li · May 1, 2003, 10:35 PM

Seems to be an OS problem rather than a hardware problem; I have the same issue with a 17" PowerBook with 10.2.5.

The only pattern I've noticed is that it occurs after the PowerBook has been in sleep for a while. If it's right after a reboot, or even after a short sleep period, there's no problem.

I've tried different PCMCIA adapters, different cards, but it makes no difference.

schwank · May 1, 2003, 10:37 PM

Mine's been doing this too.... I dont think it did it when I first got my Ti.... but afrter an update (its a giga-ti so whatever it shipped with was ok, but not now)

innerimager · May 1, 2003, 10:40 PM

Eud and Sean- Interesting. Certainly I rebooted after upgrading. I'll keep an eye on this pattern, but, I have tried rebooting while I was in 10.2.4 and it didn't fix it. Probably several issues with the OS and the reader....Peter

Macola · May 2, 2003, 09:20 AM

Same problem here with a MacAlly card reader on a 12" AlBook, after upgrading to 10.2.5. Rebooting helped.

Eug · May 2, 2003, 10:05 AM

Originally posted by innerimager:
Eud and Sean- Interesting. Certainly I rebooted after upgrading. I'll keep an eye on this pattern, but, I have tried rebooting while I was in 10.2.4 and it didn't fix it. Probably several issues with the OS and the reader....Peter

Actually I meant that it happened in X.2.5, but long after I installed X.2.5 with several reboots before this happened.

I was just saying that when I got the hung OS and removed the CF card, I got a kernel panic. Rebooting at that point solved my CF card issue and it worked fine after that.