Re: [NTLK] pretec 32 meg card dies mysteriously--film at 11!

On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 11:49 -0400, Dan wrote:
> On 8/16/2009 4:25 AM, James Wages wrote:
> > My 32MB linear card died after I did a hardware reset by pushing the button
> > on the back (because that was the only thing I could go at the time). As I
> > recall, it took multiple presses of that button to initiate the boot
> > sequence too.
> >
> > But I still don't know the technical reasons why this should fry a card. To
> > me, having to eject the card is about as silly as a statement like
> > "disconnect your external SCSI drive before you cold boot your SE/30." I
> > would think the Newton should have been built better to avoid destruction to
> > valuable cards in the PCMCIA slots. Indeed, the loss of my 32MB card cost
> > me about $70. I have a new 32MB card now that is working fine, but I am
> > still quite disturbed about why my other card was destroyed. Indeed, that
> > is the only major complaint I have in my years of using the Newton.
> >
> > --James Wages
> >
> Ah I thought that might have been the case. I agree that it should be,
> and apparently Pretec cards are really susceptible for some reason. I
> have not heard of other cards getting fried in this way. And if I
> remember correctly they had (perhaps still do) have a warning on their
> website about this. Pressing the reset button on the back does more
> than a software reset. I am not 100% of the details but I do know it
> resets the power system as well. Perhaps this is what can damage a
> Pretec card (or possibly other cards).
>
> You can pull the power if everything is locked up rather than hitting
> the reset (and then remove the card if you are still concerned before
> reinstalling the batteries).
>
> -Dan
>
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