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[Demigod Mac]

So my PSP no longer reads the 256 MB SanDisk memory stick.... reads the 32 MB one just fine, though.

Am I screwed?

 

[rod]

yep.


dont bother buying a pc memory stick reader either. it wont work. if psp cant read it (as in it just blinks the memory stick light forever) your screwed.


let me guess. happened through homebrew?

 

[Demigod Mac]

yup. orange light flickers.

is there any solution?

 

[rod]

if its sandisk and u have proof of purchase you can return it.

 

[ToastyFrog]

Sandisk has a 5-year warranty on its sticks. It replaced my homebrew-killed 512 stick without blinking -- it even paid for FedEx shipping both ways.

Create an account at the company's site, register your stick and open a helpdesk request and you should be back in business within a week.

 

[Demigod Mac]

I don't think I still have the sales receipt. Don't they require one before replacing the stick?

 

[Skin]

I don't think I still have the sales receipt. Don't they require one before replacing the stick?

I'd like to know this as well.

 

[TTP]

I live in Italy and got corrupted sticks from US and Taiwan without receipts. Called local SanDisk customer support and they allowed me to replace both the sticks without asking for anything. I just had to send them to a local SanDisk distributor.

 

[Sho Nuff]

WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE DOING TO YOUR MEMORY STICKS???

Seriously, what makes them die!?

 

[Zaptruder]

Powering off their PSPs while in the homebrew apps?

 

[PanopticBlue]

Yeah, there's warnings on every site, I dunno how people are still frying their sticks.

It's so simple, if the memory stick light is flashing, leave the psp alone. And NEVER put your psp into sleep mode while running homebrew. Follow those 2 simple rules, and your memory stick will be fine.

 

[Stinkles]

One of my 512s is half dead. All PSPs can read it and format it, but no PC or Mac can mount it or read it. And there's no homebrew on it.

 

[Gattsu25]

Powering off their PSPs while in the homebrew apps?

I think it's either that (while accessing stick) or using sleep mode while running Homebrew that causes this to happn...either way it's acceptable use of the memory stick and it should NOT be happening

 

[TTP]

I dunno about the other guys, but in my case I did basically nothing. I just plugged the PSP to the PC. Inserted the MS (1GB) into the PSP. Activated the USB connection. Transferred almost 930MB of MP3s and videos on it. And it worked fine.

Then I put the PSP in Sleep mode and once I woke the system up the day after everything was fucked up. Couldn't read nor format the MS.

This happened to me twice with two different 1GB MS.

I dunno what the reason is. It may be my USB cable or my very same PSP. All I know is that I'm using a card reader now and I'm never gonna plug the PSP into the PC ever again.

Oh, BTW, customer service told me it's better NOT to format the MS via the PSP. They suggested me to format it on PC and create the appropriate folders "by hand".

EDIT: I didnt run any homebrew software. 1.52 here.

 

[ToastyFrog]

Yeah, I have no idea how mine was fried. I have a Japanese 1.000 firmware system, so it's not like I was doing a swap trick. My roommate was testing out homebrew software for an emulation article he was writing and shut down the system (shut down, not sleep). When I turned it back on, no stick. I've heard the 512s are pretty unreliable under any circumstance.

Anyway, no receipt is necessary, I think. You might have to know when and where you bought the stick, but that's all -- registration asks for the serial number on the stick. I registered the free stick I ended up with at E3, and there was no problem.

 

[Wario64]

i've been using homebrew like everyday and still haven't had a problem. in fact, this forum is the only place i've seen with frequent problems concerning memory stick corruption

 

[The Faceless Master]

i've been using homebrew like everyday and still haven't had a problem. in fact, this forum is the only place i've seen with frequent problems concerning memory stick corruption

ditto

 

[tenchir]

i've been using homebrew like everyday and still haven't had a problem. in fact, this forum is the only place i've seen with frequent problems concerning memory stick corruption

What other forums have you went to? Just wondering.

 

[Demigod Mac]

Called SanDisk: they suggested that I ninja a computer at CompUSA or Best Buy and use its memory stick reader to reformat the card.

Did so, and the card works fine.

I'll be more careful from now on with homebrew.

 

[Beer Monkey]

Mine died and I boiled it like a bad Xbox DVD. Didn't work...

 

[Flo_Evans]

well I've only ever had the 32mb stick that came with it running homebrew. I've put it in sleep mode, had the battery run out and powered it completly off while running homebrew with no problems. Guess I am just lucky^^

Nice to hear sandisk will replace fucked up sticks though, I just ordered a 512

On a somewhat related note: are you guys with damaged sticks sure you can't reformat with a PC? I had a CF card for a digital camera stop being recognized, so I formated it on the PC then again on the camera and it worked fine.

 

[TTP]

On a somewhat related note: are you guys with damaged sticks sure you can't reformat with a PC? I had a CF card for a digital camera stop being recognized, so I formated it on the PC then again on the camera and it worked fine.

Yeah, my MSs were so fucked up that both PC and PSP refused to format them. I even tried different wipe/restore programs with no luck. Had to replace them.