MicroSD question..

I have a microSD 8GB, some data was written to it, didn’t report error. later, the card is not recognized, I plugged in and is not detected at all, same happens if I used on a tablet (Android), the tablet does display ‘reading sd card’ but almost immediately stops and the card is not listed so it’s like it’s not plugged in. Testing on a Windows PC, it detects a ‘mass storage’ device was plugged but it says it’s not formatted, yet, it doesn’t gives the option to format.

Is the card dead ? or is there a workaround, to at least reformat the card ?:frowning:

IIrt seems that none of those systems sees any file system, maybe even there is no partition table. But look
a) if the device is detected at all (look at the end of dmesg after plugging in)
b) what the system sees:

lsusb

c) when it is detected, see if there is a partition table:

su -c 'fdisk -l'

Post here so we can discuss further steps.

dmesg returns: (I deleted almost all the ‘ver current’ messages between the other messages)



 1788.596066] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 1789.012071] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 1901.192037] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 1909.581855] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=108.77.35.94 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=43 ID=51532 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=61481 DPT=6881 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B4010303040101080A62BBDFBB0000000004020000) 
 1910.627819] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=108.77.35.94 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=43 ID=55121 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=61481 DPT=6881 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B4010303040101080A62BBE3B80000000004020000) 
 1911.732124] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=108.77.35.94 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=43 ID=26461 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=61481 DPT=6881 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B4010303040101080A62BBE7E40000000004020000) 
 1912.834918] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=108.77.35.94 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=43 ID=19815 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=61481 DPT=6881 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B4010303040101080A62BBEC0E0000000004020000) 
 1913.941655] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=108.77.35.94 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=43 ID=24887 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=61481 DPT=6881 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B4010303040101080A62BBF0420000000004020000) 
 1915.848079] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3


 1935.816030] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 1953.715072] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=111.248.82.170 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=95 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=103 ID=2523 PROTO=UDP SPT=1163 DPT=6881 LEN=75 
 1975.032036] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3



 2034.040082] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2034.146811] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=108.77.35.94 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=43 ID=35515 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=61833 DPT=6881 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B4010303040101080A62BDBA3E0000000004020000) 
 2034.248074] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2034.456072] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2034.664059] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2034.872030] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2035.080024] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2035.224235] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=108.77.35.94 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=43 ID=61869 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=61833 DPT=6881 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B4010303040101080A62BDBE670000000004020000) 
 2035.288025] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2035.528024] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2035.736015] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2036.004116] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2036.324704] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=108.77.35.94 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=43 ID=33491 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=61833 DPT=6881 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B4010303040101080A62BDC2A50000000004020000) 
 2036.628069] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2036.836094] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2037.044121] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2037.252042] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2037.429028] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=108.77.35.94 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=43 ID=49110 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=61833 DPT=6881 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B4010303040101080A62BDC6ED0000000004020000) 
 2037.460092] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2037.876093] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2038.292055] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2038.534999] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=108.77.35.94 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=43 ID=1790 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=61833 DPT=6881 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B4010303040101080A62BDCB220000000004020000) 
 2038.708063] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3


 2044.116028] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2046.803829] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=84.48.51.98 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=58 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=104 ID=25486 PROTO=UDP SPT=6881 DPT=45671 LEN=38 
 2046.964088] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2047.172063] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3


 2049.252055] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2049.460094] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2049.668068] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2049.827386] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=84.48.51.98 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=58 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=104 ID=26428 PROTO=UDP SPT=6881 DPT=45671 LEN=38 
 2050.292066] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3


 2055.908093] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2056.657766] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=84.48.51.98 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=104 ID=28493 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=50466 DPT=45671 WINDOW=8192 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405AC01010402) 
 2056.948086] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3


 2112.924069] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2112.974187] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:0206:5bff:fe01:6651 DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44 
 2113.132072] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3


 2268.380061] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2268.828108] usb 2-2: new full-speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd
 2268.967537] usb 2-2: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub
 2268.989532] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0409, idProduct=0058
 2268.989545] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
 2268.989558] usb 2-2: Product: USB2.0 Hub Controller
 2268.989569] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: NEC Corporation
 2268.992948] hub 2-2:1.0: USB hub found
 2268.994518] hub 2-2:1.0: 4 ports detected
 2269.628132] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3


 2333.012028] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2349.025559] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=189.254.15.17 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=434 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=49 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5064 DPT=5060 LEN=414 
 2421.048058] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3


 2478.564074] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2479.609449] usb 2-2.4: new full-speed USB device number 5 using uhci_hcd
 2479.639482] hub 2-2:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 4
 2479.848132] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2480.069378] usb 2-2.4: new full-speed USB device number 6 using uhci_hcd
 2480.187344] usb 2-2.4: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub
 2480.215340] usb 2-2.4: New USB device found, idVendor=14cd, idProduct=125c
 2480.215353] usb 2-2.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=3, SerialNumber=2
 2480.215366] usb 2-2.4: Product: Mass Storage Device
 2480.215377] usb 2-2.4: Manufacturer: Generic
 2480.215388] usb 2-2.4: SerialNumber: 125C20100726
 2480.360407] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
 2480.368526] scsi2 : usb-storage 2-2.4:1.0
 2480.369241] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
 2480.369253] USB Mass Storage support registered.
 2480.840090] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2481.672081] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2482.202272] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Mass     Storage Device        PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
 2482.204308] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
 2482.216333] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
 2482.712143] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3


 2515.840042] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2519.326213] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=198.2.215.242 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=95 ID=256 PROTO=TCP SPT=6000 DPT=1433 WINDOW=16384 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 
 2520.832118] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3




 2629.848089] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2630.017571] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 62688 512-byte logical blocks: (32.0 MB/30.6 MiB)
 2630.023654] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
 2630.023669] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
 2630.034500] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
 2630.034516] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
 2630.047604]  sdb: unknown partition table
 2630.264139] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3


 2657.324088] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2658.864047] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
 2665.436028] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2665.852042] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2670.789026] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:06:5b:01:66:51:00:30:b8:cb:00:90:08:00 SRC=89.248.168.178 DST=190.10.22.148 LEN=72 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=48 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=42773 DPT=53 LEN=52 
 2679.164071] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2679.372065] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3
 2681.660306] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3


 2732.760071] hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3



lsusb returns:

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 045e:00d1 Microsoft Corp. Optical Mouse with Tilt WheelBus 002 Device 004: ID 0409:0058 NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 14cd:125c Super Top 

Finally ‘fdisk -l’ returns:



Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0645fff0


   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1              63    81915434    40957686    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2   *    81915435   234436544    76260555    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5        81915498    86124464     2104483+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6        86124528   128070179    20972826   83  Linux
/dev/sda7       128070243   234436544    53183151   83  Linux


Disk /dev/sdb: 32 MB, 32096256 bytes
1 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1011 cylinders, total 62688 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes



It doesn’t sees it, I must add that I use a USB adapter, which worked fine before.

Thank you

Do you see it(SD) when you open YaST ==>partitioner ?

no… it lists 6 devices as tmpfs, each at 1008.55 MB, all are type TMPFS, FS Type: TmpFS and are listed on:

/dev/shm
/run
/sys/fs/cgroup
/var/lock
/media
/var/run

Opening those dirs on Dolphin doesn’t list them.

First, on the way you use the CODE tags. That is fine, but it is much easier for you to extend your mouse sweep a little bit and include the command (and the prompt before it and even the prompt after the output) in your copy/paste. It will spare you the explaining of “lsusb returns” because it is already there between the code tags. And it will not alone show us exactly what command with what options you used (showing any typos), but the prompts will tell us it is complete, if you were root or not and what your working directory was. All included for almost the saame price :wink:

My interpretation from what you posted:

The dmesg shows:

New USB device found, idVendor=14cd, idProduct=125c

And when you then look at the messages about sd 2:0:0:0 that ollow, you will see that it is found to be mass storage and given the id sdb.

In the lsusb you see

Bus 002 Device 006: ID 14cd:125c Super Top

which must be your device (same Vendor and Product code).

Finaly your fdisk show /dev/sdb but without any partitiioning.

My first conclusion is that your conclusion

the card is not recognized, I plugged in and is not detected at all,

is not true. The system detects it.

I checked on an SD card here, but that one is partitioned with one partition. So it seems that your partition table is overwritten for some reason.

You should be able to put a new partition table on it by using tools like fdisk, but also YaST > System > Partitioning…
And that brings us to the post of @vazhavandan. You should see that sdb there. Isn’t that not the case?

You can then create a partition on it (only one, with the maximum (the default I guess) size.
The problem is then if you want to create a file system on it. Mostly those cards are used in devices that use file systems of the FAT family and it realy depends on what you want to do with it. In any case, creating a FAT/VFAT/… or other MS file system on it is probably better done on a MS system. So here on openSUSE using YaST, it maybe better to check “do not format” when creating the partition table.

For something completely different!
I do not kow what those messages

hub 1-0:1.0: over-current condition on port 3

mean. Maybe you should ask in the Hardware forum.

Thank you, I’ll try to create a partition on Suse and format on a Windows system. ON the Widows Systems it doesn’t allow a format as it is now or to create a partition on it, will try with Yast.

NO luck… only 1 partition of 23 MB can be creatd and can’t be formatted… the SD card is 8 GB… guess it’s ‘broken’.

As your fdisk listing above says, it sees 32 MB. That is of course also not 8GB.
Youmight be right that it is broken hardware wise.

yes, I’ll trash it… still wonder how it happened, no visible marks of any kind of physical damage, removed properly from pc, etc…