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Grant
19-03-2007, 09:45 PM
Right,

I've just got a new 4gb SD card, and it works fine in my PDA.

However when I put it in my USB memory reader windows claims that it is unformatted, and then when I press format it only "sees" it as a 1gb card.

Can anyone shed any light on to it?

Murph
19-03-2007, 11:46 PM
Get the latest drivers for the reader. You may need to find out the reader chip's part no. to get them (I did for my laptop one to enable 2gb+ cards)

Mark H.
20-03-2007, 12:54 AM
Did you buy it from ebay?

Grant
20-03-2007, 11:50 PM
Did you buy it from ebay?

Amazon, it was only a cheap one though.

It has a nd3266 chipset but can't seem to find a understandable website to get new drivers from.

Mike A
21-03-2007, 04:57 PM
'Cheap' card readers often have probs reading newer higher capacity cards. Their 'USB2' speed ratings are questionable too :neutral: :shake:

Here's one of many articles on the topic - http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/accessories/4gb-sd.shtml

Grant
23-03-2007, 11:27 AM
'Cheap' card readers often have probs reading newer higher capacity cards. Their 'USB2' speed ratings are questionable too :neutral: :shake:

Here's one of many articles on the topic - http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/accessories/4gb-sd.shtml



You were right, just got a HP £1.99 one (like link below) from eBay and it works first time :D

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HP-USB-Digital-Memory-Drive-SD-Card-Reader-UK-Compact_W0QQitemZ260099979211QQcategoryZ51082QQrdZ 1QQcmdZViewItem