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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => IP Cameras => DCS-2630L => Topic started by: Blubber on August 20, 2016, 06:41:07 PM
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This may be a result of powering down the camera while it was in the middle of a write*, but every time I go to the SD management page, I get this error in Firefox:
XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: https://192.168.11.101:56801/eng/admin/adv_sdcard.cgi
Line Number 178, Column 16:<folderstring>ａx,? .o :d:-1*鵅胘裘/.C?:d:-1*騕魼?.w:d:-1*﹒u覘罜.SD:f:1775431*鱭蝏?8.[}:f:959023*</folderstring>
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Which leads to a problem: I can't reformat the SD card, because I can't get to the management page. I tried viewing the page in Chrome, but it just comes up blank.
I tried putting the SD card in my other DCS-960L, and although the SD management page will load there, trying to format pops up an error box. I am really hoping D-Link didn't just destroy my SD card.
What should I do?
Thanks.
*How should we power down the camera gracefully so this doesn't happen?
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Pull the SD card and put it in a computer and see what you get.
Try to format it there.
Sometimes these cards don't last too long, especially if a bad batch. I had some San Disks that crapped out after 3 months.. No issues since. Went with different brands and SanDisk now looking good again.
Which reminds me, I've unplugged my 960l and 2630l more than a few times last week, so I need to log in and check for issues.
Ideally - you should log in, stop recording, wait for file to finish writing, then power off.
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Thanks Ryat, after trying to format it inside of a DCS-960L, I put it back in the 2630L and the SD management page was able to load correctly and I formatted the card. So I am ok now.
I will note your suggestion about stopping recording before powering down, good idea.
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Both my 960L and 2630L are still recording. Everything looks okay.. I pulled the plug more than a couple times last week to save on heat generation during last weeks heat wave.