Or you could follow "The McCorkle method".... Step 1 --- destroy instruction sheet
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 21:02:24 -0400, L.D. Best wrote: > 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. > ==== > 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) > -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/