Storage Card Compatibility List

[spunker88]

Ive been using my pqi 2gb sd card in my x50 wm2003se for a while now and it works fine.

List updated 11-09-2007

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[brucemc]

Is there any reason that an 8gb sd card would not work because of some sort of capacity or ability to read capacity issue?

Did you check the list on the first page to see if it is a known incompatible card. It could be defective. Try it in another device. If it works there is probably something wrong with the device you are trying to use it in. Have you tried formating the card. Start a new thread in this forum with more in depth information ( what device, what card etc.) and we will see if we can help you.

[brucemc]

I apologize for not being more clear; I want to buy an 8gb sd card for use in the AXIM so I can use the CF slot for a GPS instead of the 8GB CF card I have in it now, but when I try entering 8gb to search on I can't get any results, so I thought it best to ask the general question whether there might be any reason to not try an 8GB card (perhaps due to architecture), and if not, I intend to buy a: Pny P-Sdhc8G4-Rf3 Class 4 High-Capacity Secure Digital Card (8 Gb) over at the South American River (trying not to advertise Amazon) site along with a Holux GR-271 GPS receiver...

4GB is the max for an AXIM . The SDHC do not work in an axim that is not modified ( I will not go into detail on this), but it is out there if you search.

[brucemc]

Thanks for helping me keep from making a mistake!

Your welcome!!!

[schleeb]

Patriot EP 2 Gb SD - No problems
RiDATA 2 Gb SD - No problems
Kodak Picture Guard 128 Mb - No problems (not rated but a VERY fast card)
PQI Hi Speed 45 256 Mb SD - No problems
Ultra 512 Mb SD - No problems
Transcend 16 Gb 133X CF - No problems

I'd be even more interested in having speed benchmarks for various cards. As far as I've read all standard SD cards will work, but you need to avoid the new SDHC cards since they won't work unless you use one of those hacked ROMs that provide WM6 capability. I'd start a card speed database if we could settle on a piece of software for testing so we have something that will provide consistent results across the board.

I use the "Removable Storage" module in SiSoft Sandra XII Lite, since it is free. To read the SD memory cards I use my Dell notebook's SD card slot or an SD card adapter installed in a USB 2.0 port. For the CF cards, I use a USB 2.0 CF card reader. Here's an example...

PQI 256 Mb Hi Speed 45 SD card:

Read Write All data is in Kb/sec on 512 BYTE files
765 46 Internal SD card reader
95 21 Phillips adapter USB 2.0 attached SD reader
90 45 Phillips SD card adapter attached to a 4 port USB 2.0
ExpressCard slot adapter

As you can see this points out the problem with benchmarking... you mileage will vary depending on the setup. For some reason the Dell notebook (Inspiron 1520) is much better at reading SD cards from it's built in SD card reader than it is from using an SD card adapter hooked to a USB port or even my Frankenstein setup where I have a 4 port USB 2.0 adapter installed in my ExpressCard slot.

The file size used for testing also matters... this data is from very small files... for the last test shown above the same results on 64 Mb files is:

Read Write All data is in Kb/sec on 64 MEGABYTE files

7646 6554

So if we could decide on how to do it, I think it would be worthwhile.

[schleeb]

Got one more card...

Transcend 4 Gb SD 150X - Works fine.

[schleeb]

and the RiDATA 4 Gb 150X SD card - Works fine

[Fiver]

SanDisk Ultra II 4GB CF, X51v

Just picked up at Staples BF yesterday. Works well so far. Also OK in Dazzle reader/writer

This particular card was already in the list. your post was noted as a reference.


List updated 11-24-2007

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[zeromax]

Cards I have used(most of all aren't posted for the Dell Axim X30) that work on my Dell Axim X30.
EP Memory Secure Digital Card 512MB
EP Memory 150X Secure Digital Card 2GB
Kodak Secure Digital Card 2GB
Lexar Secure Digital Card 64MB
SanDisk Standard Secure Digital Card 128MB
SanDisk Standard Secure Digital Card 1GB
SanDisk Ultra II Secure Digital Card 2GB
SanDisk Extreme III Secure Digital Card 2GB
Pny Secure Digital Card 2GB
Transcend 150X Secure Digital Card 2GB
Transcend 150X Secure Digital Card 4GB (Takes a few seconds to load.)

List updated 11-25-2007

Once again people please review the list in the first post before posting. If the card is in the list and there is no new relevant info to add please do not repost the same card. If the card is not in the list or you do have relevant info to add feel free to post and list will be edited