Actually, my 2MB is fine, no damage. When I take it out properly using SBM's
eject utility, it's fine. It's when I try to insert the new 20 MB card that
the Newt just freezes. The 20 MB card's supposed to work, but right now,
unless I take it out, and put the 2MB card back in, Newt's not happy (works
fine when I put the 2MB back in).
:(
Dave
On 8/17/01 3:33 PM, "Laurent Daudelin" <laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com>
wrote:
>
> On Friday, August 17, 2001, at 12:02 PM, Dave Abramowitz wrote:
>
>> The Newt just does not seem to want to boot with the 20 MB card in the
>> slot.
>> I anxiously await the brain power of my fellow Newtonians. At this
>> point,
>> I'm stumped.
>
> Unfortunately, it seems that your card is hosed. There were some
> warnings in the Apple documentation about the danger of doing a soft
> reset with a flash RAM card inserted. Very few people are aware of that
> warning. Even myself didn't hear about this until someone on this list
> pointed out the reference. I've never had any problem while doing a soft
> reset and keeping a flash RAM card in the Newton.
>
> That being said, I'm afraid that the content of your card is lost. Your
> only hope is to try to reformat the card. Since the Newton doesn't see
> the card, open the Prefs, then insert the card. If all goes well and the
> card's damages aren't too serious, the Newton should ask you if you
> really want to format the card.
>
> If that doesn't work, well, emmm, you can still try to use the card in a
> laptop... If you have access to a Windozzz laptop, I've read a few times
> that some utilities will allow you to reformat the card, and sometimes
> you can use it again in your Newton. Big caveat: never did it myself.
>
> Good luck!
>
> -Laurent.
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