Memory card be corrupting my data.

Dizzy · 09-02-2010, 10:26 PM

I have a GameCube memory card that seems to be corrupting some of my files. Here's some information about it:

-Holds 1019 blocks
-Is almost full; 10 blocks left
-Is holding data for roughly 20 games
-I've had it for almost 6 years.
-I've been using it in the Wii for over 2 years.
-Contains no hacked or homebrew material.

I have a few theories as to why it doesn't work, but I figured maybe I'd ask someone who knows more about it before jumping to conclusions.

**Cravdraa** · 09-03-2010, 01:11 AM

Is it first party or third? There are a few GCN games that can corrupt otherwise high quality Third party memory cards. In fact, I think I'd heard one or two games have issues with large sized cards even if they're Nintendo made. I have also heard sporadic reports of certain GCN games occationally corrupting their save files when run on the Wii.
Finally, sometimes memory cards just die.

Dizzy · 09-04-2010, 08:06 PM

It's a first-party memory card.

The most recent games I got before the memory card corrupted were Twilight Princess and Mega Man Anniversary Collection.

***Cosmonautical*** · 09-05-2010, 01:26 AM

Its possible it was TP. It's built on the same engine as Wind Waker, and WW had huge problems with major 3rd party memory cards.

Metal Man · 09-05-2010, 02:17 PM

And a game which has trouble like that is likely to continue its wrath on 1st party cards, since from my knowledge on the hardware/software end, odds are it involves a pointer overflow or other glitch in the part that tells it where to write data.

***Cosmonautical*** · 09-06-2010, 12:34 AM

I just figured it was header data or something that used a format which reads corrupted on certain incompatible cards. Depends on how the data is actually read. I think it's less like a usual recordable media and more like a filing system, with "slots" that a game can occupy - the blocks on the card. That would be why a game still occupies one block, even if it requires less data than the full block.

09-02-2010, 10:26 PM	#1
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	Memory card be corrupting my data. I have a GameCube memory card that seems to be corrupting some of my files. Here's some information about it: -Holds 1019 blocks -Is almost full; 10 blocks left -Is holding data for roughly 20 games -I've had it for almost 6 years. -I've been using it in the Wii for over 2 years. -Contains no hacked or homebrew material. I have a few theories as to why it doesn't work, but I figured maybe I'd ask someone who knows more about it before jumping to conclusions.

09-03-2010, 01:11 AM	#2
Cravdraa VGF RPG Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: It's Round on the sides and high in the middle. Gender: Posts: 8,470 Thanks: 171 Thanked 661 Times in 403 Posts	Is it first party or third? There are a few GCN games that can corrupt otherwise high quality Third party memory cards. In fact, I think I'd heard one or two games have issues with large sized cards even if they're Nintendo made. I have also heard sporadic reports of certain GCN games occationally corrupting their save files when run on the Wii. Finally, sometimes memory cards just die.

09-04-2010, 08:06 PM	#3
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	It's a first-party memory card. The most recent games I got before the memory card corrupted were Twilight Princess and Mega Man Anniversary Collection.

09-05-2010, 01:26 AM	#4
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Its possible it was TP. It's built on the same engine as Wind Waker, and WW had huge problems with major 3rd party memory cards.

09-05-2010, 02:17 PM	#5
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	And a game which has trouble like that is likely to continue its wrath on 1st party cards, since from my knowledge on the hardware/software end, odds are it involves a pointer overflow or other glitch in the part that tells it where to write data.

09-06-2010, 12:34 AM	#6
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I just figured it was header data or something that used a format which reads corrupted on certain incompatible cards. Depends on how the data is actually read. I think it's less like a usual recordable media and more like a filing system, with "slots" that a game can occupy - the blocks on the card. That would be why a game still occupies one block, even if it requires less data than the full block.