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CloakedAlien · 06 November 2013, 20:53

I'll try to boil it down.

Bought an extra CF-card to use for testing a new install on my miggy. Just happend to be a Lexar 4GB x133 card.

I had LOADS of issues with it in my cf-adapter, it even got so far I considered hardware failure before I figured there might even be some problems with the CF card itself.

Switched back to my trusty old Kingston. Fiddled around some more and tried using the Lexar card in the PCMCIA slot as well. Prett much the same problem.

Even tried a smaller Lexar card (512 megs or so I think).

Card(s) were formatted on a PC, both FAT and FAT32. Problems I had were random read errors. It dawned on me once I tried copying my WHDLoad games from my Kingston to my Lexar using DOpus on the miggy. Copied games had missing icons and stuff like that, all random.

Masks and MaxTransfer and the likes were all correctly set.

06 November 2013, 20:53	#238
CloakedAlien Cat Collector Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Sweden Posts: 33	I'll try to boil it down. Bought an extra CF-card to use for testing a new install on my miggy. Just happend to be a Lexar 4GB x133 card. I had LOADS of issues with it in my cf-adapter, it even got so far I considered hardware failure before I figured there might even be some problems with the CF card itself. Switched back to my trusty old Kingston. Fiddled around some more and tried using the Lexar card in the PCMCIA slot as well. Prett much the same problem. Even tried a smaller Lexar card (512 megs or so I think). Card(s) were formatted on a PC, both FAT and FAT32. Problems I had were random read errors. It dawned on me once I tried copying my WHDLoad games from my Kingston to my Lexar using DOpus on the miggy. Copied games had missing icons and stuff like that, all random. Masks and MaxTransfer and the likes were all correctly set.