I've found that when trying to play Windows Media files on the Axim from a Sandisk CF card the movie skips then crashes. These same movies run perfectly on my AVL and Viking CF cards. This was tested on both a 256mb and a 512mb sandisk card, both skipped and crashed.

all of my movies run fine from my sandisk 256 mb cf card

I've had no problems either.

          

I have problems too. I agree this should be made a sticky so that people are aware that there may be problems.

It really depends on WHICH format your using. If your using DivX you'll have no problems. If your using Windows Media you will have issues.

i dont know about needing to make sticky but if you do a search for sandisk on this site alone ya will find many people that have had differnet issues with them

Wildcat aka Scott
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There was an excellent review of Sandisk, on this site, and the related problems, I have the freebie I got with the X5 and mine is Japanese made, so it is fine, so far, but ones made in other countries, I know from what I read, cause untold headaches. It was this review and that which I read on alot of other sites that led me to buy a Lexar 40x CF card with which I have had no problems doing whatever with eg. transfer of files, running apps etc.

From the research I did it seems if you don't know the origins of the Sandisk card they are best avoided and it is better to spend an extra few dollars on a reliable make. Alot of digital camera sites run good reviews on storage cards and one carries a comparison table and if I can find the link I'll post it.

Update: this is the link for CF cards

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/

Al
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