I recently bought a new PCMCIA card for my old NL 2, but I can't get it to read or write.
- The original Nord PCMCIA card still reads & writes correctly, after I replaced the battery. So the NL2 should be fine itself.
- The write protection lock on the card is off. It appears to format (it's blinking "For", hit Store, blinking stops) but no preset is saved.
- The card is an SRAM 1Mb 8-bit, bought from Memorix, said to be the original supplier for Nord, though by now PCMCIA cards have become so hard to get by that I suspect the old stock ran out and other types are relabled. Before ordering I specifically asked about the 8/16bit issue (cards before 2017 could automatically switch, now no longer) but Nord never specified if the card actually requires 8 or 16 as it didn't matter back then. Memorix answered that the 8 bit should work, also because previous customers hadn't reported issues. Indeed in other forum threads cards are referred working that have 8 bit, as well as 16 bit. However, this forum thread viewtopic.php?t=19774 suggests it might have to be 16bit. So this issue is in fact unclear.
I was going to exchange the EEPROM chip for a newer firmware version after doing backups of the sounds - could a firmware update affect the card reading issue? I suspect not, but..