Supercard no longer detects CF card, EDIT: broke again..

Thundrestrike · December 21, 2006, 04:26:46 PM

Today, my supercard started to randomly detect my CF card and most of the time it won't. Its not the CF card because it works in the computer and other machines...

I tried to reupgrade, but that didn't help. I checked for bent prongs, and they were all in order. If I held L+R when turning on supercard, when it says "TEST CF" it results in :

CF error:
error code:05 CF state:50

Where do i report the error codes, and can someone tell me what to do to fix it? Please, please respond... this is urgent. I do not have the money to buy a new SCCF..

Devil_Spawn · December 21, 2006, 04:45:54 PM

that error simply means it cant find a cf card. searching for answers helps :

Quote from: "bitblt"Take a real close look at the pins inside your CF slot. Are any of them bent?

also try searching there were a few posts about this

Thundrestrike · December 21, 2006, 05:08:26 PM

If you read a little closer in my post you would find

QuoteI checked for bent prongs, and they were all in order

I already looked for bent pins. They are fine...

Why can't my Supercard detect the CF card? It does it to both of them which work fine in the computer

Thundrestrike · December 21, 2006, 07:46:14 PM

Comon! I need help!
What can I do? :cry:

rocky · December 21, 2006, 10:20:36 PM

it sounds like your supercard is fried.

Thundrestrike · December 22, 2006, 10:25:18 AM

:cry:
Are you suuuure? This is not good :x
I need help!!

754boy · December 22, 2006, 10:28:37 AM

Quote from: "rocky"it sounds like your supercard is fried.

Man, same thing happened to me last week. And mine is dead. That was my second SCCF. They both lasted me about a year each so I got my money's wothy. I'm moving on to SC DS now. Hopefully I'll still be able to use the dead card as a RAM pack since the tests said the sram and sdram were still fine. :shock:

Thundrestrike · December 22, 2006, 10:44:07 AM

wowowowait!! WOW!!

I looked inside my supercard where the CF card goes in, and there were black smudges on the little chip on the side. I noticed the SAME black smudges on my CF card, so i wiped them off my supercard, and now it works!!!

My supercard WORKS!!! YES!!!

754boy, check for black smudges!

zektor · December 22, 2006, 12:01:33 PM

Yep, they get dirty over time

754boy · December 22, 2006, 06:24:50 PM

Quote from: "Thundrestrike"wowowowait!! WOW!!

I looked inside my supercard where the CF card goes in, and there were black smudges on the little chip on the side. I noticed the SAME black smudges on my CF card, so i wiped them off my supercard, and now it works!!!

My supercard WORKS!!! YES!!!
754boy, check for black smudges!

Really? Will go check for them now!!! :shock:

Gleasonator · December 22, 2006, 07:06:27 PM

Spray 409 on a Q-tip and rub it off with that. It cleans everything off without damaging it. Don't use alchohol because there's an about 10% chance that it'll kill it.

754boy · December 22, 2006, 10:57:15 PM

Quote from: "Gleasonator"Don't use alchohol because there's an about 10% chance that it'll kill it.

OOPS......guess its dead for real now :cry:

Gleasonator · December 23, 2006, 12:40:00 AM

I guess you could try 409 over the alchohol. :lol: Maybe you'll get lucky, but it's never worked before.

zektor · December 23, 2006, 12:52:52 AM

What? Formula 409? Umm...let's just say you got lucky if you use that harse chemical...

No, 91% isopropyl alcohol is what SHOULD be used to clean the contacts/board of the Supercard. Do not use 70%. Clean it with Q-tips. Alternately, you can use an eraser on the contacts, and then use compressed air to blow off the eraser residue. If the pins are in line, a good cleaning should do it. I would also recommend grabbing a cleaning kit that will clean the cart slot on the DS too.

Gleasonator · December 23, 2006, 03:19:09 PM

Quote from: "zektor"What? Formula 409? Umm...let's just say you got lucky if you use that harse chemical...

No, 91% isopropyl alcohol is what SHOULD be used to clean the contacts/board of the Supercard. Do not use 70%. Clean it with Q-tips. Alternately, you can use an eraser on the contacts, and then use compressed air to blow off the eraser residue. If the pins are in line, a good cleaning should do it. I would also recommend grabbing a cleaning kit that will clean the cart slot on the DS too.

Trust me. 409 works great. You can use it to clean off nearly anything with metal pins.