Author Topic: Prefered SD card (Read 12955 times)

CoreyC · « **on:** June 01, 2004, 08:46:53 pm »

I\'m not having any luck with SD cards. My 256MB lexar died on me last week, now my only other one (128mb Sandisk) is acting up.

Is there a SD card out there that is prefered by Zaurus owners? Has anybody tried the kingston cards?

dh · « **Reply #1 on:** June 01, 2004, 08:57:33 pm »

I have a 512MB Kingston SD card that has worked great for about six months. It survived the ultimate test, it worked in my Dell Axim. I previously used a 256MB SanDisk that I had to format many times. I\'m not sure who actually makes the Kingston cards, I believe it might be Panasonic.

As I understand it, any SD card with a \"Made in Japan\" label stands a good chance of working. \"Made in China\" label means you\'ll have problems.

websphere · « **Reply #2 on:** June 02, 2004, 01:14:17 am »

I have had intermittent problems with Sandisk SD cards. Once I bought a Panasonic, I never had problems again. Panasonic probably spent the most pushing the (well, their) standard so it\'s not surprising that their cards have strict qc.

Of course, your mileage may vary.

Zuber · « **Reply #3 on:** June 02, 2004, 01:49:09 am »

I\'ve been heavily using my Lexar cards between camera and zaurus for some time now and no problems yet. They usually come with a 5 years warranty. Can\'t yu get it replaced ?

LadyBug · « **Reply #4 on:** June 02, 2004, 08:30:20 am »

Second vote to Kingston (256megs in my case). Haven\'t tried to reformat it though.

gerald_clark · « **Reply #5 on:** June 02, 2004, 06:12:40 pm »

I have had good luck with Simpletech.
My Sandisk Ultra II has worked so far.
My regular Sandisk? Not a chance.

CoreyC · « **Reply #6 on:** June 02, 2004, 06:59:21 pm »

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I\'ve been heavily using my Lexar cards between camera and zaurus for some time now and no problems yet. They usually come with a 5 years warranty. Can\'t yu get it replaced ?

Zuber: To be fair, I should have said the Lexar card I had came with my used c760 when I bought it. I have no way of telling what it went through before it got with me.

I do know that I but it through hell though.... most notably the time I compiled mozilla on my Z over NFS and had to use 128 mb of the card for a swapfile. Thats a 24 hour compile on the zaurus, all of that swapping can\'t be good for any brand of SD card. (mozilla REQUIRES 128 of swap to compile, there was no way around it)

The sandisk has had very little swapfile use on it and has had much more problems. It\'s been one long struggle. formatting the sandisk every couple of weeks. At least the Lexar knew when it was time to die

MarcusKracht · « **Reply #7 on:** June 02, 2004, 07:25:04 pm »

My SanDisk SD 256MB gave up after a few weeks. I now have a Toshiba. Let\'s
see how it is doing. I also have a Kingston CF Card, and when I insert it into
my computers it shows up as a Toshiba disk. So, I guess they make them,
not Panasonic. It has worked well for me, but it is a CF card. Different issue.

-- Marcus

dh · « **Reply #8 on:** June 02, 2004, 07:37:06 pm »

Because of Dell\'s poor SD card implimentation on the Axim, a lot of research was done on what cards worked and what didn\'t.
Check out this thread: http://sdprob.aximsite.com/theproblemlist.htm

CoreyC · « **Reply #9 on:** June 02, 2004, 08:49:40 pm »

dh: Great list! I quickly scan through it and saw very minimal problems with the Panasonic, as somebody else mentioned above.

The sandisk reports are HORRIBLE, no wonder they are always on sale.

mjalkut · « **Reply #10 on:** June 03, 2004, 09:37:59 pm »

For an altenative opinion of sandsik, I have 2 sansidsk 256 sd and 2 sandisk 256 cf and no problems in 4 months. For each form I have 1 regular and 1 ultra II. A side note: I havn\'t seen hardly any difference in speed between the ultra and the regular. I have seen benchmarks showing the ultra II cf to be one of the only cards to show significant improvement in camera benchmarks (i think it is a review on Steves Digicam site). But on Z at best I may be seeing a 1% better speed using the ultra cf and nothing on the sd.

mjalkut · « **Reply #11 on:** June 07, 2004, 10:49:30 pm »

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But on Z at best I may be seeing a 1% better speed using the ultra cf and nothing on the sd.

I have to correct myself. After refining my test a bit, I am seeing that on read-only tests, the ultra II cf card is much faster than the plain sandisk.

When I get a chance I will try the same on the SD versions.

Writing is the same with both cards.

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mpray · « **Reply #12 on:** June 13, 2004, 12:22:05 pm »

I have a PNY 256 SD. It was about $40 with a mail in rebate, but it works fine with my Z. However, my USB reader cant read it, even though it is formatted correctly. I have had bad luck with othe PNY cards; my PNY CF card wasn\'t able to flash Open Zaurus onto my 5500.

Ling · « **Reply #13 on:** June 13, 2004, 03:52:45 pm »

My 512MB Sandisk SD gave up after about 3 weeks of very light use in my camera. Fortunately, Sandisk is replacing it for me without cost. They sent me a prepaid FEDEX label. Good for them. I am currently looking at a Transcend 1GB 45x CF and a 4GB microdrive.

n8a · « **Reply #14 on:** June 13, 2004, 04:06:09 pm »

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The sandisk reports are HORRIBLE, no wonder they are always on sale.

One thing to note with those Sandisk cards is that I think that list is dated, and the latest ones seem to work better. It may be telling though, that many of those that complained about Sandisk cards were using cards around the time of those reviews!

My Sandisk 256 card is from China with the code AR0310NC, which is later than the list. The closest numbers in that list and their corresponding compatibility:
Brand | Capacity | Code on back of card | Made in.. | Works Y/N | No. of Users | Problems / Notes
Sandisk 256mb AR0307NC China Y 2
Sandisk 256mb AR0307NS China Y 45
Sandisk 256mb AR0308NC China Y 18
Sandisk 256mb AR0309NC China Y 1

So, perhaps issues were cleared up...?

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