[LAU] Problem with SD card and new Zoom H5

[Faheem Mitha]

On Wed, 6 Jun 2018, Faheem Mitha wrote:

>
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2018, David Kastrup wrote:
>
>> Faheem Mitha <faheem at faheem.info> writes:
>
>>> Hello everyone,
>
>>> In my testing of my new Zoom H5, I foolishly did not test the
>>> standalone recording capabilities, which require a working SD card.
>
>>> I tried using the included SD card. When I tried to format it, I got
>>> an error.
>
>> How did you try to format it?  Some devices are not happy about cards
>> formatted other than with the device itself.
>
> I tried using the H5's own formatting function, of course.

Just to be clear, I wrote:

"tried using the included SD card. When I tried to format it, I got an
  error. When I tried the quick performance test, it alternately gave me
  NG, and just froze part of the way through."

Both the formatting and the quick performance tests are built-in functions 
of the H5, accessible from the menu. My question is whether the H5 
freezing is an indication of a defect of the H5, or not. Even assuming the 
SD card is defective, should that happen?

Regards, Faheem Mitha