Klaus,
Please don't feel stupid! I was so proud I bought 128Mb SmartCard
add-in for my digital camera, but I knew from nothing so I very VERY
carefully read the instruction book that came with the camera, and then
I read it again, and checked the diagrams. I then installed the card
per instructions in the book ... with the little arrow showing when the
card & camera were in a certain position. But the card cover wouldn't
close, because the card wouldn't go in all the way! So I pushed harder
and finally got the cover to close. But then the camera wouldn't work
at all, let alone get me to the point of formatting the card. I did
another RTFM, and yet another ... and decided I'd have to take the card
out and see if the camera worked without it.
Well ... I broke two fingernals, the push-extrude botton couldn't be
made to work worth a golly gee willikers, and it finally took a good
nail file and a pair of needlenose pliers to get that damn card out!!
The camera worked fine. I did yet ANOTHER RTFM, and then decided to heck
with the instructions and pictures ... turned the card over, slid it
quite easily into the camera, turned on the camera and formatted the
card, and awaaaaay we go.
So, I have written a
NEW LAW OF MICROCOMPUTING
If it doesn't work the way they tell you it should, Turn The Mother
Over And Try It That Way!!
l.d.
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On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 10:59:12 -0500 (EST), Klaus Hameyer wrote:
> Oh, how true is the addage that if all else fails, read the directions!
> I did read the QuickStart directions, but did not plow through the
> long PDF file till later. It EMPHASIZED that the metal strips of the
> SmartMedia should be facing down when the metal top of the FlashPath
> adapter is up.
> The picture in the QuickStart instructions is correct but they
> do NOT emphasize that one should do the counterintuitive thing.
> Sorry to have bothered y'all.
> The LINUX works fine also.
> Klaus Hameyer
> Burlington, VT (USA)
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