Great idea to blow things out Emily, thank you. I'll give it a try. Yes, firewire 800. I bought it when I bought my 5DM2 because the other readers were so slooooooooooooow to download. By the way, it's not the reader, it's the port. I put it in a new port and everything loaded up just fine time after time. I'll give the canned air a try and see if that helps. If not, it's off to mac pro care I go. Lea On Apr 5, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Emily L. Ferguson wrote: > At 10:11 AM -0500 4/5/11, Lea Murphy wrote: >> I have a pro grade Lexar firewire 800 media card reader that has, overnight, decided to become very spotty on reading media cards. > > Firewire 800? Interesting. I've never seen one of those, only Firewire 400, of which I have been using one for 7 years or so now. > >> Any suggestions on what else to try before I get a new one? > > Canned air, or at least a firm blow into all ports, including the card reader. Cat and dog hair can work wonders on such things. > > -- > Emily L. Ferguson > mailto:elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 508-563-6822 > New England landscapes, wooden boats and races > http://www.landsedgephoto.com > Check out my Spring daily photograph project at: > http://tinyurl.com/3a6m7g6 > And Summer: > http://tinyurl.com/3a6m7g6 > Autumn now complete here: > http://tinyurl.com/26pdgz9 > Winter taking shape here: > http://tinyurl.com/2co5wkg > your kids . my camera . we'll click www.leamurphy.com
