Author Topic: SD 512m cards (Read 7178 times)

genxweb · « **on:** January 13, 2004, 09:17:00 pm »

Wil the sd 512m cards work n the sl-5500. I see alot of people talking about the 256m ones but no one has mentioned the 512 ones yet.

Also Iam not talking about the sandisk card iam talking about th secure digital card.

Thanks

Foxdie · « **Reply #1 on:** January 14, 2004, 03:09:39 am »

As far as I know it should work fine.

Sandisk are one of the leading manufacturers of SD cards, although they have a reputation for failure in their 512MB SD products, Lexar are a good brand to buy though.

Anonymous · « **Reply #2 on:** January 14, 2004, 01:15:38 pm »

dont use sandkisk.....stick with lexmark

ScottYelich · « **Reply #3 on:** January 14, 2004, 01:43:37 pm »

lexar?

offroadgeek · « **Reply #4 on:** January 14, 2004, 02:42:01 pm »

I have the 512mb SanDisk card, and it works fine in my 5500 (as stated in other threads). I also just got a 256mb SanDisk card from Costco real cheap... works great.

The people that say stay away from SanDisk are usually referring to a bad batch from Asia, but that was quite a while ago, and I haven\'t seen any posts recently from people with troubles...

genxweb · « **Reply #5 on:** January 14, 2004, 06:00:24 pm »

How about the 1.0 gig sd cards do they work with the 5500, Is there really a limitation on the size of the mem?

offroadgeek · « **Reply #6 on:** January 14, 2004, 07:07:11 pm »

Where can you even buy a 1gb SanDisk SD card... you can\'t seem to from SanDisk direct or a couple of the online retailers...

Either way... I have a 1gb SanDisk CF card and it works fine... so I doubt there would be an issue with the SD... I think it gets questionable when you reach the ]2gb range... but I\'m not certain about that.

genxweb · « **Reply #7 on:** January 15, 2004, 09:24:36 am »

I saw the 1gig sd on ebay not sure if it is real or faked the image did not lock doctored and the seller had a feed back of 400. I did not bid on cause I could not find proof of its existents any where else.

Just checking Thanks

oreo · « **Reply #8 on:** January 15, 2004, 01:48:24 pm »

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I think it gets questionable when you reach the ]2gb range... but I\'m not certain about that.

Cards with capacities over 2GB must be formatted FAT32, a newer variant of the FAT file system.

Anonymous · « **Reply #9 on:** January 15, 2004, 01:57:21 pm »

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I think it gets questionable when you reach the ]2gb range... but I\'m not certain about that.
Cards with capacities over 2GB must be formatted FAT32, a newer variant of the FAT file system.

Actually, I\'d recommend ext3 on the Zaurus.

offroadgeek · « **Reply #10 on:** January 15, 2004, 01:58:12 pm »

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I saw the 1gig sd on ebay not sure if it is real or faked the image did not lock doctored and the seller had a feed back of 400. I did not bid on cause I could not find proof of its existents any where else.

Just checking Thanks

that\'s the funny thing... if you go to sandisk\'s site. .they show the 1gb SD card, but it\'s not available for purchase even on their site... they don\'t even say that the 1gb card \"will be released soon\" or something.

oreo · « **Reply #11 on:** January 15, 2004, 02:13:18 pm »

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that\'s the funny thing... if you go to sandisk\'s site. .they show the 1gb SD card, but it\'s not available for purchase even on their site... they don\'t even say that the 1gb card \"will be released soon\" or something.

Many high capacity cards are on amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/brows...price&x=13&y=11

doublec · « **Reply #12 on:** January 15, 2004, 03:05:17 pm »

Is ext3 a better choice than ext2 for an SD card format?

jmbowman · « **Reply #13 on:** January 16, 2004, 05:27:18 pm »

I have a 512 MB Kingston SD card in my Zaurus, and it\'s been working fine. Sandisk SD cards (of any size) definitely seem problematic; the forum posts I\'ve seen regarding them have been split pretty much 50/50 between \"always worked fine for me\" and \"flaked eventually, no longer usable\", even among the more recent reports. Given that I haven\'t heard anybody complain about an SD card from any other manufacturer, I\'d strongly recommend buying anything other than a Sandisk; the cost difference is small enough that it isn\'t worth taking a chance on.

The first (Sandisk) 1 GB SD cards were announced at CES earlier this month, and should start becoming available by the end of the month; other brands will follow in the next few months. For more information, see:

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,...d,114128,00.asp

Even people who had no problems with their Sandisk SD cards using FAT frequently report problems when they try to use ext2 instead. Don\'t specifically recall anybody having this problem with other brands, although I could be mistaken; I\'m pretty sure a number of people are using ext2 on Lexar SD cards without problems, though.

ScottYelich · « **Reply #14 on:** January 19, 2004, 02:12:58 pm »

I have a lexar 512MB SD. It seemed to work on the 700 w/ sukoshi kernel.

Since then, I\'ve only had a hell of a time with it. I can write to it, but any sustained writes
seem to make it go offline and all subsequent writes fail until I reboot and fsck before mount.

try to install zdebian on it on 760? no way.... untar a file? offline. under 760 cacko x11 rom --
try to install perl to sd? bewm.... offline.

I may buy a 256 sd just to have another sd, perhaps I\'ll get a card reader and just keep
data on them to be mostly read only (mp3s for travelling, etc)....

(heavy) writing to an SD? forgetaboutit.

Scott

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