Problems With Olympus 3030 & 4000 Camera's

I have an Olympus 3030 I am currently using and have also owned 3000 and
4000 models. I have had all of these cameras have problems reading smart
media cards. Sometimes the cameras will read the cards other times I get
error and try to format cards in camera and that does not work either. If I
reinstall the card a number of times the camera might evidentually read the
card. This has happened to 3 cameras and 4 or 5 different cards. I am
curious if other Olympus users have had this problem. If you have any ideas
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"Marvin Culpepper" <swamptrader.TakeThisOut@cox.net> wrote in message
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>I have an Olympus 3030 I am currently using and have also owned 3000 and
> 4000 models. I have had all of these cameras have problems reading smart
> media cards. Sometimes the cameras will read the cards other times I get
> error and try to format cards in camera and that does not work either. If
> I
> reinstall the card a number of times the camera might evidentually read
> the
> card. This has happened to 3 cameras and 4 or 5 different cards. I am
> curious if other Olympus users have had this problem. If you have any
> ideas
> you can contact me at Swamptrader.TakeThisOut@cox.net.
>
>
This was one problem with smart media and part of the reason it was made
obsolete a few years ago. I had a Fuji 6800z and every once in a while I had
to eject and reinsert the card to make it read. Clean the card with a pink
type pencil eraser (pink usually has grit in it). Spray some electrical
contact cleaner on the card contacts and wipe off with a lint free cloth.
John