Nikon D5100

PeterJPeterJ Posts: 19Member
edited May 2014 in Nikon DSLR cameras
I saw a posting of a lady here, old forum, that even after the update 1.02 the SD card problems remains.
I tried several SD class 10 card and until now, i made the update, the error no card inserted, stays from time to time.
My Nikon is almost brand new, 3 moths old.
I used 3 class 10 cards and the 2 most expensive were destroyed during a video session
Sandisk Extreme class 10 45 MB/s 32GB
Just the led, green light, started to burn all the time and the camera would not start.
I put inside, not to lose the live music video session a cheaper Intenso class 10 card and the D5100 started again to work normal.
Coming home later that day I inserted the SanDisk in my laptop but the PC would not recognize the card!

Brought it to the service here but they could not recover the video files.
Got a new one but after a month or so the same thing happened again with a brand new SanDisk 32GB, now I am with a new (3rd) Sandisk

Before selling my Nikon, I love the machine, a question if this could be a error of SanDisk and I just have been very unlucky? Or a Nikon internal hardware problem?
I had a Canon Rebel mark 1 before and never had any related problems.

What I have done so far:
Made a format inside the D5100
Updated the firmware with: D5100_0102.bin

But still from time I have the issue related to the old firmware that there is no card inserted.

I hope someone can solve this mystery before I am forced to get another DSLR

Comments

  • spraynprayspraynpray Posts: 6,545Moderator
    Speak to Nikon - get their perspective. We can guess, they actually know.

    How about getting a D7100?
    Always learning.
  • IronheartIronheart Posts: 3,017Moderator
    edited May 2014
    @peterj I have a D5100 and have never had an issue with SanDisk, Lexar, PNY, Kingston, Patriot, Sony, etc... Have you talked to Nikon? You might need a repair, or perhaps avoid SanDisk? If your PC cannot recognize the card, then it is likely not the camera's fault. SanDisk is one of the most highly counterfeited brands (why counterfeit a cheap brand?) Are you buying from a reputable source? Do you know how to check to see if it is genuine? Are the bad ones all from the same source?
    http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/Mobile-memory-professional-cards/genuine-Sandisk/td-p/216448
    http://petapixel.com/2011/05/20/one-third-of-the-sandisk-memory-cards-on-earth-are-counterfeit/
    Post edited by Ironheart on
  • PeterJPeterJ Posts: 19Member
    Yes but look at many post on the net that SanDisk has problems, they know about it.
    Yes I only buy from good source.
    As i wrote the SD card went broke inside and during the recording.

    And spraynpray, thanks for the idea, my daughter told me to change my Audi A6 for a Ferrari :)
  • IronheartIronheart Posts: 3,017Moderator
    edited May 2014
    Even from a good source they can be fake, please do a search on how to tell fake from real, you may have some bad ones. Stick with the other brands, and send one of the bad ones to Nikon for troubleshooting.

    The way a counterfeit card would break is during recording, as generally the card has way less than the actual capacity and the disk structure has been hacked to mark it appear larger, by marking 90% of the drive as bad sectors for instance. The only way to tell is to write 1GB files to the device and read them back. A program called h2testw is the gold standard:
    http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/h2testw-14-gold-standard-in-detecting-usb-counterfeit-drives/

    Why not check? It will only prove or disprove if your card is working correctly and help to narrow down issue (camera vs. card).
    Post edited by Ironheart on
  • tcole1983tcole1983 Posts: 981Member
    If you really think it isn't the cards. Do a factory reset on the camera and reinstall the firmware.
    D5200, D5000, S31, 18-55 VR, 17-55 F2.8, 35 F1.8G, 105 F2.8 VR, 300 F4 AF-S (Previously owned 18-200 VRI, Tokina 12-24 F4 II)
  • PeterJPeterJ Posts: 19Member
    well i will do the test thanks to all the ideas and will do the test and will get back with the results here
  • PeterJPeterJ Posts: 19Member
    edited May 2014
    Ok I think I have a counterfeit card!
    I got this one from a well known shop
    Here are the results, I tested 2 cards

    Intenso Germany 32GB class 10

    Test finished without errors.
    You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
    Writing speed: 67.5 MByte/s
    Reading speed: 72.5 MByte/s
    H2testw v1.4

    SanDisk Extreme 32GB class 10

    Test finished without errors.
    You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
    Writing speed: 16.4 MByte/s
    Reading speed: 25.5 MByte/s
    H2testw v1.4

    So please what to do now?

    Post edited by PeterJ on
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited May 2014
    Hi Peter, I'am Dutch too, the Dutch service center is very good. Do you still have warranty on the D5100?
    Further, register the D5100 and look in the database they provide.

    http://www.nikon.nl/nl_NL/service_support/service_support_main.page?lang=

    I prefer bringing my stuff in, when I have a problem or service, maybe you live nearby, ok everything in Holland is nearby, but we always have traffic jams.

    Here is the address:

    Nikon Service Point Nederland
    De Jong & Van Stijn BV
    Wijkermeerweg 50
    1948 NW Beverwijk
    Tel: 0251-274737

    Post edited by [Deleted User] on
    Those who say it can't be done, should not interrupt those doing it!
  • IronheartIronheart Posts: 3,017Moderator
    Just curious as to what the reported capacity was on the SanDisk vs what is stamped on the card. If you have a fake, I'm sure your reputable retailer would want to know and make it right.
  • PeterJPeterJ Posts: 19Member
    ok did you see the test results?
  • IronheartIronheart Posts: 3,017Moderator
    That's the speed, not the capacity.
  • PB_PMPB_PM Posts: 4,494Member
    In any case, unless you are on a modern Mac OS computer, the card will always report a different amount of storage capacity than what is marked on the front of the card (due to how Windows calculates memory space, which is different than how manufactures measure drive space).
    If I take a good photo it's not my camera's fault.
  • IronheartIronheart Posts: 3,017Moderator
    Yes, but a 32GB card that actually has 4 or 8GB is not a rounding error, it's fraud.
  • PB_PMPB_PM Posts: 4,494Member
    Yes, that much is obvious. :D
    If I take a good photo it's not my camera's fault.
  • IronheartIronheart Posts: 3,017Moderator
    edited May 2014
    But that's what they do, they take rejected (flawed, too many bad sectors) 4GB and 8GB chips out the back door from the factory, relabel them as 16 or 32GB, create fake packaging, and reformat the disk so that it shows 32GB capacity. Only when you try and write (and fill up) that space do you find out that 24GB are actually just marked as bad sectors, don't exist, and are not usable.
    Post edited by Ironheart on
  • PeterJPeterJ Posts: 19Member
    I just tested the 1 GB and again the full 32 GB also on my Mac.
    What I like to get the answer on is:
    Writing speed: 16.4 MByte/s
    Reading speed: 25.5 MByte/s
  • PeterJPeterJ Posts: 19Member
    any body can tell me if this is a fake or genuine?
  • IronheartIronheart Posts: 3,017Moderator
    The speed is within spec for a class 10 card. Is all 32GB of the capacity available?
  • PeterJPeterJ Posts: 19Member
    yes it is but on the card it says 45MB/s and acording the test its 16.4MB/s
  • PB_PMPB_PM Posts: 4,494Member
    edited May 2014
    That is maximum transfer (read) speed, with a USB3 or Thunderbolt card reader. I doubt you'd get faster than 25MB/s (read) on USB2. Write speed is almost always slower than the read speed, that's kind of a given.
    Post edited by PB_PM on
    If I take a good photo it's not my camera's fault.
  • PeterJPeterJ Posts: 19Member
    its not on a usb2.
    Ans as you can read my other test result of a cheap SD was:
    Intenso Germany 32GB class 10

    Test finished without errors.
    You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
    Writing speed: 67.5 MByte/s
    Reading speed: 72.5 MByte/s
    H2testw v1.4 - See more at: http://forum.nikonrumors.com/discussion/comment/92698#Comment_92698
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