8 GB SanDisk Extreme III CF?

[egougar]

Will this CF card work in my X51v?

[rlarson_mn]

It should I have a 8gb Seagate CF micro drive that is a type II CF card. They only make type I and II for CF cards. I being the smallest in thickness and II being the one that will entirely fill a CF slot. The Manufacturers site should tell you which type CF card it is.

[egougar]

OK so here's the deal... I bought a Sandisk 8GB Extreme III CF card and put it in my X51v. The Axim only registers it as a 1GB card.

I have read some posts that talk about "SDHC" incompatibility problems. I'm guessing that this is my problem. Can anyone confirm this?

Has anyone else tried this specific card in their Axim and gotten it to work?

I thought I might use Pocket Mechanic to format the card and possibly increase the size. PM shows the volume size as 2050209 sectors (1001.07 MB). Can I tweak this number and get it to see the whole card?

Again, my hunch is that the Extreme III 8GB CF is incompatible, and I am going to have to sell it on Ebay. Who makes an 8GB CF card that is compatible?

[unitedxempire]

Will this CF card work in my X51v?

Dam I wish I was as rich as you. Man you axim is not even that expensive. $700 for a storage card is way too over rated.

[unitedxempire]

OK so here's the deal... I bought a Sandisk 8GB Extreme III CF card and put it in my X51v. The Axim only registers it as a 1GB card.

I have read some posts that talk about "SDHC" incompatibility problems. I'm guessing that this is my problem. Can anyone confirm this?

Has anyone else tried this specific card in their Axim and gotten it to work?

I thought I might use Pocket Mechanic to format the card and possibly increase the size. PM shows the volume size as 2050209 sectors (1001.07 MB). Can I tweak this number and get it to see the whole card?

Again, my hunch is that the Extreme III 8GB CF is incompatible, and I am going to have to sell it on Ebay. Who makes an 8GB CF card that is compatible?

How much are you selling it for?

[egougar]

No way I would spend that on a memory card. $99 on Ebay. New in box. I know people say don't buy from e-bay, but for $99 I thought the risk was worth it. Got the card and it looks legit. Put it in my laptop and it registered 8 GB. Wrote and read to it. Works fine. It just won't work in my Ax.

[unitedxempire]

Do you want to swap cards. I have 8GB Micro Drive which works for Axim, but it doesn't work for my camera. I need CF. we can swap if you want.

[Half Decaf]

Egougar - have you tried to reformat it on your laptop? Probably couldn't hurt.

[egougar]

I've considered microdrives, but stayed away because I figured power consumption and reliability would not be as good as solid state, but now I've run into this compatibility issue.

However, to avoid more hassle and $$ I think a swap might make sense at this point.