Hacking Oh Great

[spokenrope]

I've personally used 3 different card readers from R4. My blue case/blue led. my son's blue case/green led. and my son's friend's new black case/green led. No problems with any of them. I wonder how many people use the "safely remove hardware" button to disconnect. The reason I wonder is because I've always just yanked most USB devices(XGFlash 256, Mp3 player, mouse, printer, etc.) with no ill effects. My card reader is the only device I use the button for. Just something about that little blue light being on that makes me safely remove hardware everytime. I have on occasion had my computer freeze up when inserting the reader, but never to the point of having to reboot. It either fixes itself or I just unplug my hub and replace, problem fixed.

EDIT: also the only corruption I've experienced was while using DSFTP. It corrupted some files I uploaded into sub directories. All stuff uploaded to the root is fine, but DSFTP seems to have problems with sub directories for some reason. I formated and everything is fine. I don't use DSFTP anymore.

Without fail, I never use the disconnect hardware button when I remove my USB adapter. With no ill effects.

 

[hidid]

i used that safely remove hardware option... just because i wanted to make sure that everything goes right..
maybe its the cardreader.. maybe the r4.. maybe even my system.. i dont know.. seems to be some kind of mystery regarding the fact that some people got major problem and some dont.. i dont know..

 

[jalaneme]

well when i get my R4 i definitely won't be using that card reader supplied with it, it's going straight in the bin!

 

[iamwhoiam]

To be honest, the "safely remove hardware" only applies if the card's set on "optimize for read performance" rather than "optimize for quick removal" (under the device's properties page)

But seriously, hope you guys have all learnt your lesson! there's quite a bit of info flying around this forum about the bundled card readers

Edit : horrendous typos!