> You can use a binary sector editor to check the actual contents > of these sectors (0x2000, and perhaps 0x0001) and even put > some unique string contents in there just to be able to > recognize them in testing ... I was thinking along the same lines. With a pretty much blank card it's impossible to tell what sector is actually being fetched when you just get zeroes But you know how it goes. "I'll just try this first" ..... and 4 hours later you're still reading zeroes --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .