# Fried first micro SD card

**URL:** <https://forums.wyze.com/t/fried-first-micro-sd-card/33193>\
**Category:** Cameras\
**Tags:** not-platform-specific\
**Created:** [May 13, 2019, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/fried-first-micro-sd-card/33193 "2019-05-13T04:49:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![avotius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@avotius](https://forums.wyze.com/u/avotius)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/fried-first-micro-sd-card/33193/1 "2019-05-13T04:49:16Z")

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So I have had my Wyze cam going for about a week an a half and the other day I put a 32 gb micro SD in it and it was doing continuous recording fine for a few days but it seemed to randomly stop recording and now the card is dead. Wont format in camera, in computer, phone or other camera. I did a little digging around and it turns out this is a very common problem with these cameras. I got mine on Amazon and can still return it. Since this seems to be a common problem and I want continuous recording I should probably just return it yeah? No fixes for this one?

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**Author:** ![Chris1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/chris1/32/4108_2.png) [@Chris1](https://forums.wyze.com/u/Chris1)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/fried-first-micro-sd-card/33193/2 "2019-05-13T05:32:08Z")

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Here is some info that might help you in making a decision to purchase another SD card should you decide to do so.

> [@What SD cards are you using? have you had any issues?](https://forums.wyze.com/t/what-sd-cards-are-you-using-have-you-had-any-issues/18890):
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> As most of us know from time to time you will read about someone having an issue with the micro SD card in their camera, just a quick search for SD card in the forums will make this abundantly clear. most of these issues are not due to the camera or the software, but the card itself. Because of the abundance of options for cards on the market it is sometimes hard to find the best option when all of them seem to be the same for the most part. I wanted to make this post so that the Wyze communit…

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**Author:** ![Bam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/bam/32/12148_2.png) [@Bam](https://forums.wyze.com/u/Bam)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/fried-first-micro-sd-card/33193/3 "2019-05-13T06:03:50Z")

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what kind of card were you running? and was it in a pan cam or V2?