ssiu
07-01-2006, 11:13 AM
I had been using a Sandisk 512MB Memory Stick Pro on Sony DSC-P73 for about 2 years, and never had a memory card problem (not even once).
Recently I bought a Panasonic TZ1. I used a Sandisk 1GB Ultra II USBplus SD for about 2 weeks without any problem. Then I switched to an OCZ 2GB 133x SD. About 1 week into it, I got a "memory card write error" from my camera while recording video clips. Now one more week has passed and I haven't seen the problem again (yet?).
The card has a lifetime warranty. OCZ is very new to flash memory, but is an established niche computer memory company that caters to the "overclocking" crowd. The OCZ is about 1/3 cheaper than Sandisk Ultra II 2GB, which is the reason I bought it.
Should I
-- try to exchange it because: the card is obviously defective, even if you only hit the problem once so far; so you *will* hit the problem again sooner or later, why live with the threats that 3 minutes into your next most important video clip you may hit the problem and lose the clip ...
or
-- do nothing unless you hit the problem again because: no memory cards are perfect, no matter what brand; it is inevitable that you hit an error sooner or later; if it only happened once it may be a "fluke", don't worry about it unless/until there is further evidence that it is bad (i.e. if I hit the problem again); an exchanged card may be even worse
Thank you.
Recently I bought a Panasonic TZ1. I used a Sandisk 1GB Ultra II USBplus SD for about 2 weeks without any problem. Then I switched to an OCZ 2GB 133x SD. About 1 week into it, I got a "memory card write error" from my camera while recording video clips. Now one more week has passed and I haven't seen the problem again (yet?).
The card has a lifetime warranty. OCZ is very new to flash memory, but is an established niche computer memory company that caters to the "overclocking" crowd. The OCZ is about 1/3 cheaper than Sandisk Ultra II 2GB, which is the reason I bought it.
Should I
-- try to exchange it because: the card is obviously defective, even if you only hit the problem once so far; so you *will* hit the problem again sooner or later, why live with the threats that 3 minutes into your next most important video clip you may hit the problem and lose the clip ...
or
-- do nothing unless you hit the problem again because: no memory cards are perfect, no matter what brand; it is inevitable that you hit an error sooner or later; if it only happened once it may be a "fluke", don't worry about it unless/until there is further evidence that it is bad (i.e. if I hit the problem again); an exchanged card may be even worse
Thank you.