HELP. CF cards not working

[Brandan Keller]

I sent my RED One into RED for a checkup and when I got it back, my CF cards didn't work anymore. When I insert them, it says NO DIGMAG. When I go to format at 4K, it says the media is too slow, so I drop to 2K and REDCODE28 and it says FORMAT FAILED, NO DIGMAG. Anything I can try before dishing out some cash to get it checked again?

 

[Freya]

Check the SATA cable is solidly connected to the CF module.
Maybe it is loose.

Freya

 

[Jason Comparetto]

Have you tried re-installing the firmware?

 

[Brandan Keller]

Yep it was the SATA cable. Thanks for your input, guys.

 

[Brandan Keller]

But I do have another problem. My RED drive. Some short clips are fine, but any semi-long to long clips, and when I click the red button to stop recording, the screen says POST and freezes up, so I have to restart the camera. Then when I click play to check the clip, it says WARNING THIS CLIP IS UNPLAYABLE.


I tried formatting it on my computer and camera and still the same problem.

 

[Peter Dmitriyev]

But I do have another problem. My RED drive. Some short clips are fine, but any semi-long to long clips, and when I click the red button to stop recording, the screen says POST and freezes up, so I have to restart the camera. Then when I click play to check the clip, it says WARNING THIS CLIP IS UNPLAYABLE.


I tried formatting it on my computer and camera and still the same problem.

Did you resolve this yet? I had s imilar problem start appearing and little by little got worse until the red drive was not working at all eventually. After long hard road trying to figure it out it turned out to be the lemo red drive cable was bad. Buying a new cable fixed all such issues but I don't know if this is exactly your problem but at least a good place to start.

 

[Brandan Keller]

Did you resolve this yet? I had s imilar problem start appearing and little by little got worse until the red drive was not working at all eventually. After long hard road trying to figure it out it turned out to be the lemo red drive cable was bad. Buying a new cable fixed all such issues but I don't know if this is exactly your problem but at least a good place to start.

That's extremely helpful and was what I was suspecting. I'm going to buy a new cable regardless because I plan on getting a second drive so we'll see how that goes.