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Re: formatting flash drive

From	Arno <me@privacy.net>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject	Re: formatting flash drive
Date	2011-11-07 20:47 +0000
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myfathersson <licensedtoquill@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
> This is almost definitely a 32 gig HongKong fake card situation. there
> are lots of them around.  I kinda knew it when I bought it and now the
> card has died completely! NOTHING will format it or let it show up on
> a PC or Mac

> What I was wondering was how they manage to get the fake card to show
> up as a 32 gig card in the first place? (academic troll,  of course)

This needs a firmware modification on the card that makes it
report a larger size to the computer when queried. The computer 
does not test the size, it asks for it via ATA/USB(really SCSI)
command.

Arno

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formatting flash drive myfathersson <licensedtoquill@gmail.com> - 2011-10-21 20:43 -0700
  Re: formatting flash drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2011-10-22 20:06 +1100
    Re: formatting flash drive myfathersson <licensedtoquill@gmail.com> - 2011-10-22 13:13 -0700
      Re: formatting flash drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2011-10-23 07:47 +1100
      Re: formatting flash drive Frank Williams <FWilliams@happy.com.ru> - 2011-10-23 13:24 +1300
        Re: formatting flash drive myfathersson <licensedtoquill@gmail.com> - 2011-10-22 20:34 -0700
          Re: formatting flash drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2011-10-23 15:01 +1100
            Re: formatting flash drive myfathersson <licensedtoquill@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 10:04 -0800
              Re: formatting flash drive Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2011-11-07 20:47 +0000
                Re: formatting flash drive myfathersson <licensedtoquill@gmail.com> - 2011-11-30 07:10 -0800
                Re: formatting flash drive Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2011-12-01 01:34 +0000

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