david from futral called me today, and i spoke with him about this very same problem...he told me there is no way to tell if the cam is bad or not, and that all they can do is get you another one....your cam is in the time period that they had the bad cams from cam motion. all you can do, and futral is doing this for everyone, is purchase another cam from them. they'll charge your card, but once you get the new cam in all you have to do is send them your old cam weither its bad or not and they will recredit your card...so basically, call futral tell them your story, buy a new cam. they will charge you upfront but once you get the new cam in, just send them back your old cam weither is it bad or not,and they will recredit your card...they said that they are doing this for everyone that purchased cams through them during this period and there isnt any questions aobut it on there side...he also stated that as of right now there have been no bad F14's that have came back, they have all been F13's but there holding to there word and replaceing all cams that were bought during this period...march/april/may 2005