Transcend 4GB CF Card died on me :(

jeryltan · 13th April 2006

Was testing my camera earlier when suddenly I see "err cf" on the display and camera freezes.. Swapped to another CF card and everything goes back to normal.. Anybody else had their Transcend CF card die on them? I tried formatting it on my 30D, even 350D and PC.. All cannot, all show error, unable to format

Now the problem is, I bought this CF card along with a whole lot of other things at the recent IT Show, I must have accidentally thrown the receipt away because I cannot find it in my whole stack of receipts I kept from the stuff I bought from IT Show.. Where is the service centre for Transcend anyway, and has anybody tried going down to do a replacement without the receipt successfully?

unseen · 13th April 2006

Sad to hear that bro..
This seems to be the nth CF card died issue i've heard of around.. seems like they die more often than microdrives.
Hope you can get it fixed. 4GB cards are definitely less than 5 years old, so I doubt you have any problems with getting warranty.

jeryltan · 13th April 2006

I've never had a CF card die on me before.. I was using Lexars and Kingstons previously.. This my 1st time also.. Was tempted by the cheap prices at IT Show.. Crap, should've stuck to Kingston

BTW.. Any idea where to go to get it changed? I've no idea 'cos lost the receipt..

Originally Posted by unseen

Sad to hear that bro..
This seems to be the nth CF card died issue i've heard of around.. seems like they die more often than microdrives.
Hope you can get it fixed. 4GB cards are definitely less than 5 years old, so I doubt you have any problems with getting warranty.

jumbocrab · 13th April 2006

Have you tried formatting it on your computer and then try again?

jeryltan · 13th April 2006

You were just 1 step faster than me before I edited my original post.. I've tried formatting it on 2 cameras and even my PC.. Still cannot..

Originally Posted by jumbocrab

Have you tried formatting it on your computer and then try again?

jeryltan · 13th April 2006

Actually, my concern not so much about the warranty period.. But more so about how I am going to prove to them that I bought it in Singapore?

Anybody got a receipt for Transcend 4GB 120x CF card to "lend" me?

Originally Posted by unseen

Sad to hear that bro..
This seems to be the nth CF card died issue i've heard of around.. seems like they die more often than microdrives.
Hope you can get it fixed. 4GB cards are definitely less than 5 years old, so I doubt you have any problems with getting warranty.

jumbocrab · 13th April 2006

Did you try both FAT and FAT32?

jeryltan · 13th April 2006

I can't format using FAT.. Doesn't have that option, because the detected size is 3.38GB.. I think 1 or 2 of the chips inside konked out.. Shouldn't it show something closer to 4GB?

Originally Posted by jumbocrab

Did you try both FAT and FAT32?

EOS10D · 13th April 2006

there have been reports of 4Gb Transcend with problems
Dpreview has them, the guy was also from singapore

do a search there

Lucky for me, i almost bought one,
BestBargain was out of stock

EOS10D · 13th April 2006

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...hread=16800035

EOS10D · 13th April 2006

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...hread=16800035

jeryltan · 13th April 2006

I wonder if I can swap for a 2GB one from the agent instead.. Good deal for them

BTW, nobody has told me who the agent is yet leh.. I don't know where to go..

Originally Posted by EOS10D

there have been reports of 4Gb Transcend with problems
Dpreview has them, the guy was also from singapore

do a search there

Lucky for me, i almost bought one,
BestBargain was out of stock

jeryltan · 13th April 2006

Crap.. Seems Transcend is not reliable.. Even if I did a swap, I would be very wary of using them.. Probably throw away and just get myself another Kingston instead.. Take it as a lesson learnt

The guy mentioned he managed to get a refund.. But I no receipt, want refund also cannot.. Sianz..

Originally Posted by EOS10D

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...hread=16800035

cikgoo · 13th April 2006

this is a good example why most ppl use 4x1GB instead of 1x4GB...
very risky if the card dies on you when you are shooting somethng important.

dEthANGeL · 13th April 2006

Originally Posted by jeryltan

I wonder if I can swap for a 2GB one from the agent instead.. Good deal for them

BTW, nobody has told me who the agent is yet leh.. I don't know where to go..

Agent is Memoryworld. http://www.memoryworld.com.sg/contact.htm

Good luck.

jeryltan · 14th April 2006

Tks bro.. I've emailed them.. See how they respond..

Originally Posted by dEthANGeL

Agent is Memoryworld. http://www.memoryworld.com.sg/contact.htm

Good luck.

Denosha · 14th April 2006

Stuff like this can happen to any card. A very similar problem occured to my 2gb lexar 80x CF only a few days after I got it from the CS MO way back then. But Convergent (the distributor) did a 1-1 exchange for me, no questions asked (din even need to show the receipt). So i guess it's up to the luck of the draw sometimes. Even established brands/products can suffer from lemons.

jeryltan · 14th April 2006

Well hopefully Memory World does an exchange for me even though I don't have the receipt.. But from the DPReview thread, seems a lot of pple facing problems with Transcend leh.. Anyway in the future, I will stick to Kingston, have been serving me well and never failed on me before.. Imagine going on tour and all my photos wiped out

Originally Posted by Denosha

Stuff like this can happen to any card. A very similar problem occured to my 2gb lexar 80x CF only a few days after I got it from the CS MO way back then. But Convergent (the distributor) did a 1-1 exchange for me, no questions asked (din even need to show the receipt). So i guess it's up to the luck of the draw sometimes. Even established brands/products can suffer from lemons.

donchua · 17th April 2006

Did you bought from Best Bargain?
If Best Bargain, think not cover by Memory World.

jeryltan · 17th April 2006

Oops.. I think so leh.. nevermind try 1st see how lor..

Originally Posted by donchua

Did you bought from Best Bargain?
If Best Bargain, think not cover by Memory World.

13th April 2006	#1
jeryltan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,314	Transcend 4GB CF Card died on me :( Was testing my camera earlier when suddenly I see "err cf" on the display and camera freezes.. Swapped to another CF card and everything goes back to normal.. Anybody else had their Transcend CF card die on them? I tried formatting it on my 30D, even 350D and PC.. All cannot, all show error, unable to format Now the problem is, I bought this CF card along with a whole lot of other things at the recent IT Show, I must have accidentally thrown the receipt away because I cannot find it in my whole stack of receipts I kept from the stuff I bought from IT Show.. Where is the service centre for Transcend anyway, and has anybody tried going down to do a replacement without the receipt successfully? Last edited by jeryltan; 13th April 2006 at 08:27 PM.

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unseen Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NTU and Wdls Posts: 2,608	Re: Transcend 4GB CF Card died on me :( Sad to hear that bro.. This seems to be the nth CF card died issue i've heard of around.. seems like they die more often than microdrives. Hope you can get it fixed. 4GB cards are definitely less than 5 years old, so I doubt you have any problems with getting warranty.

13th April 2006	#4
jumbocrab Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 410	Re: Transcend 4GB CF Card died on me :( Have you tried formatting it on your computer and then try again?

13th April 2006	#7
jumbocrab Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 410	Re: Transcend 4GB CF Card died on me :( Did you try both FAT and FAT32?

13th April 2006	#9
EOS10D Deregistered Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 187	Re: Transcend 4GB CF Card died on me :( there have been reports of 4Gb Transcend with problems Dpreview has them, the guy was also from singapore do a search there Lucky for me, i almost bought one, BestBargain was out of stock

13th April 2006	#14
cikgoo Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 295	Re: Transcend 4GB CF Card died on me :( this is a good example why most ppl use 4x1GB instead of 1x4GB... very risky if the card dies on you when you are shooting somethng important.

14th April 2006	#17
Denosha Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bukit Timah Posts: 1,298	Re: Transcend 4GB CF Card died on me :( Stuff like this can happen to any card. A very similar problem occured to my 2gb lexar 80x CF only a few days after I got it from the CS MO way back then. But Convergent (the distributor) did a 1-1 exchange for me, no questions asked (din even need to show the receipt). So i guess it's up to the luck of the draw sometimes. Even established brands/products can suffer from lemons.

17th April 2006	#19
donchua Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tampines Posts: 7,814	Re: Transcend 4GB CF Card died on me :( Did you bought from Best Bargain? If Best Bargain, think not cover by Memory World.