Hi all, registered just to make this post! : )
Bought a G1W in May and i'm just now getting around to using it. I'm having quite a time with getting it to even recognize an SD card. Sorry for the long post but i wanted to make sure i covered all my bases.
Camera info:
- Purchased from Spytec (via amazon) for $50
- cracked it open, board is S1088_MVer1.0
- chipset is Novatek NT96650BG
- firmware is shown as G1W_DA380_20150117V01
Cards tried:
- Sandisk 16GB C10
- Kingston 16GB C10
- Lexar 8GB C6
- Transcend 8GB C4
- Samsung 8GB C2 (yes, Class 2! hah...)
PC Formatting details:
- Utilities used are SDFormatter V4 (from SDcard.org) or plain old windows explorer format
- Tried multiple format types on all cards (though i know FAT32 should work)
- Tried multiple cluster sizes (thought i know 32k should work)
Symptoms:
Since i am long past the return date, If i cant get it up and running i guess i have to throw it in the trash : (
Any help from the community is well appreciated!
Bought a G1W in May and i'm just now getting around to using it. I'm having quite a time with getting it to even recognize an SD card. Sorry for the long post but i wanted to make sure i covered all my bases.
Camera info:
- Purchased from Spytec (via amazon) for $50
- cracked it open, board is S1088_MVer1.0
- chipset is Novatek NT96650BG
- firmware is shown as G1W_DA380_20150117V01
Cards tried:
- Sandisk 16GB C10
- Kingston 16GB C10
- Lexar 8GB C6
- Transcend 8GB C4
- Samsung 8GB C2 (yes, Class 2! hah...)
PC Formatting details:
- Utilities used are SDFormatter V4 (from SDcard.org) or plain old windows explorer format
- Tried multiple format types on all cards (though i know FAT32 should work)
- Tried multiple cluster sizes (thought i know 32k should work)
Symptoms:
- If a card is in the unit when powered up, it always says "please insert SD card". Pressing a button will remove this message, but it of course acts like there is no card in there.
- If i ignore the message, and go to format the card on the camera, it says 'formatting' for about a quarter of a second, then goes away. Hitting record results in 'memory error' message.
- For reference, trying to format without a card in there actually results in a 'no card' message, so i know that in point #2 it must see something...
- If I boot the camera without a card and insert one when it asks, it shuts off. (is this normal?)
- If I take the card out of the camera while it's on, it shuts off. (this makes sense sort of)
- connecting to PC results in a mass storage device showing up (J1455, "NOVATEKN vt-DSC")
- If an SD card is in when connecting to PC, then attempting to access the drive on the PC (e: in my case) results in 'please insert a disk into Removable Disk E:'
- If an SD card is not in it when connecting to PC, i still see a mass storage device formatted FAT with a size of 96kb.
Since i am long past the return date, If i cant get it up and running i guess i have to throw it in the trash : (
Any help from the community is well appreciated!