Wet CF card... can it work?

N707JT · 1st May 2006

Hey guys,

Ok, I accidentally washed my CF card because i left it in my pocket. Thank God there's no pictures in it. Is there anyway I can revive it? It was detactable in windows but somehow i can seem to format it. Please suggest!

redstorm · 1st May 2006

The CF card is very robust. I have heard of stories of ppl whose cards went thru the washing cycles lin the washing machine and it still worked fine after it had been dried. In your instance, you should dry it up and trying using it again. I am sure it will work fine again.

haagen_dazs · 2nd May 2006

as mentioned it is very robust.
dry it well. leave it alone for a week or two to play safe..
and then you should be able to use it.

HLL · 2nd May 2006

Yep, dry it.

a few weeks is best.

jOhO · 2nd May 2006

just dun put it in the clothes dryer..

smtan24 · 2nd May 2006

As long as you dry it throughly it should give you problems. Just to be safe test it in on a card reader.

yowch · 2nd May 2006

Dry it well, but NOT using heat dryer. The card is quite sealed. I have a friend, who washed the card in the washing machine, dried it first with tissue, blow the contacts with a blower, then into my dry cabinet for further few hours. Retrieved ALL images normally and still using card. From washing to image retrieval only 24 hours.

1st May 2006	#1
N707JT Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 171	Wet CF card... can it work? Hey guys, Ok, I accidentally washed my CF card because i left it in my pocket. Thank God there's no pictures in it. Is there anyway I can revive it? It was detactable in windows but somehow i can seem to format it. Please suggest!

1st May 2006	#2
redstorm Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hougang Posts: 396	Re: Wet CF card... can it work? The CF card is very robust. I have heard of stories of ppl whose cards went thru the washing cycles lin the washing machine and it still worked fine after it had been dried. In your instance, you should dry it up and trying using it again. I am sure it will work fine again.

2nd May 2006	#3
haagen_dazs Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: New YorkNew JerseyBoston Posts: 1,074	Re: Wet CF card... can it work? as mentioned it is very robust. dry it well. leave it alone for a week or two to play safe.. and then you should be able to use it. __________________ Regards, Mark Pang www.markpangphotography.com

2nd May 2006	#4
HLL Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,086	Re: Wet CF card... can it work? Yep, dry it. a few weeks is best.

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jOhO Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,455	Re: Wet CF card... can it work? just dun put it in the clothes dryer.. __________________ web www.expressivelyjoho.com \| blog www.expressivelyjoho.com/blog \| WPN www.wpn.sg

2nd May 2006	#6
smtan24 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tampines Posts: 1,482	Re: Wet CF card... can it work? As long as you dry it throughly it should give you problems. Just to be safe test it in on a card reader.

2nd May 2006	#7
yowch Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Singapore, Redhill Posts: 1,063	Re: Wet CF card... can it work? Dry it well, but NOT using heat dryer. The card is quite sealed. I have a friend, who washed the card in the washing machine, dried it first with tissue, blow the contacts with a blower, then into my dry cabinet for further few hours. Retrieved ALL images normally and still using card. From washing to image retrieval only 24 hours.