Console Games (Nintendo, Sony etc.) and Arcade Games/ps2 memory card

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Expert: Helen Joan Casper - 1/21/2009


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my memory card will say "do data" when i go into the browser, but it is a 8mg card and will only have 3mg left on it. so memory is being used, yet it says no data. this started happening while playing madden 09, happened 3 times, same game, different spots. it will work earlier in the day and then when i turn the game on it will say "the memory card has been removed" when it is still in the slot it was earlier that day. please help thanks


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Okay, I think I'm a bit confused here.

When you go into Memory Card Management in the PS2 (start it with no disc in), it says the memory card is empty?  Or does it only say the memory card is empty when you're attempting to load/save in Madden 09? Also, am I correct in thinking that other games save/load with no issues?

Please let me know so I can help you further.

Thanks!
Helen =)

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Ever since I played "Pong" in the early 80's, I've been a video game aficionado. I can answer hardware & games questions about PSP (PlayStation Portable), all PlayStation (1,2,& 3), Wii, Wii Fit, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Nintendo (NES), Super Nintendo, Gameboy/Gameboy Advance, and antiquated systems (ColecoVision, Atari, Sega, etc). I can answer hardware questions about all systems (including PS1 - PS3, Wii, NES, SNES, PSP, DS, GBA, GB, Xbox and Xbox 360). I can also answer PC game questions, especially CounterStrike: Source, Vampire: Bloodlines, Half-Life 1&2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, and all Sims & Sims 2 questions. I am ESPECIALLY knowledgeable in Square-Enix (formerly SquareSoft) games such as ALL the Final Fantasy games (I can even tell you really obscure things about these games). If I haven't played the game yet I will research it and help you find the answer, renting the game if necessary. I can even answer questions dealing with the consoles themselves (hardware questions). I cannot answer questions about Action Replay. I cannot answer questions about football, basketball, or wrestling sports games. I also have very limited knowledge about Xbox & Xbox 360 games unless they are cross-platform. If it is an independent game that has not been widely published and/or a game only released in some countries, I may not be able to help with it either (sadly!)

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I currently am employed as a supervisor for a large, national video game retailer. I am also an expert here in games/roleplaying games, weddings, childbirth, and doulas. My husband is a computer programmer and one of the forefront coders for CounterStrike: Source scripts & mods. He has his own forums for coders/scripters at Mattie.Info. I have been an expert here since 2000 (under the name of Helen Chipman) and also volunteer on numerous other game-related websites and forums.

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