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Topic: SD card read error

In en effort to narrow down possible causes of x/y axis shifting, I have stopped using my Octoprint server on Raspberry pi and have just been physically moving the SD card from the printer to the computer to copy Gcode (repetier 0.92, 1.0A divinci).

I was able to get 2 prints done without any shifting, and now I get SD card read errors.  The SAMPLES also report an error, at repeatable spots in the print.

It is the 4gb micro SD ADATA brand that came with the printer.

I thought there was a possibility that I corrupted the SD card while pulling it in and out of the printer/laptop, but then I realized that the sample files have been giving me read errors for about a month now, and the SD card had never been removed until yesterday.

I am just assuming that the SD is a crappy card, and will try another one.  Are there any specific files that need to be on the SD card itself for the printer to read GCODE off of it?

Da Vinci 1.0a.  Repetier 0.92.  E3D V6.  Titan Extruder.  Sllic3r.  Octoprint on Raspberry Pi B+.

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Re: SD card read error

Telemachus wrote:

In en effort to narrow down possible causes of x/y axis shifting, I have stopped using my Octoprint server on Raspberry pi and have just been physically moving the SD card from the printer to the computer to copy Gcode (repetier 0.92, 1.0A divinci).

I was able to get 2 prints done without any shifting, and now I get SD card read errors.  The SAMPLES also report an error, at repeatable spots in the print.

It is the 4gb micro SD ADATA brand that came with the printer.

I thought there was a possibility that I corrupted the SD card while pulling it in and out of the printer/laptop, but then I realized that the sample files have been giving me read errors for about a month now, and the SD card had never been removed until yesterday.

I am just assuming that the SD is a crappy card, and will try another one.  Are there any specific files that need to be on the SD card itself for the printer to read GCODE off of it?


Are you running repetier or stock? If stock it needs all the files except the samples.. If you are running repetier firmware it only needs the EEPROM file.

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Re: SD card read error

Thanks Carl.

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4 Reply by Hecot (edited by Hecot 2016-04-22 10:00:21)

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Re: SD card read error

I would suggest to save the EEPROM file to your computer and perform a deep format (not just quick format) of the SD card.

Then you can run a performance test on the card, I'm using this program: http://www.heise.de/download/h2testw.html works quite well!

BTW - There is no ROM on the hardware used to save user settings. The EEPROM file is the virtual EEPROM that the printer is using for this purpose. So everytime you select "save to EEPROM" it is written to this file. Having a backup is a good idea anyway!

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Re: SD card read error

Thanks guys! Was having this issue on my Davinci 1.0 that I flashed with Repetier this morning. Took another SD card I have, formatted it, and put the eeprom.bin file on it. Works like a charm now!