I just received a 4GB Transcend SD card (150x), for my new Dell Axim X51v handheld.
It is a regular SD card, not SDHC.
When I put the card into the Axim, only 981mb are recognized; NOT 4GB.
As far a I understand, the card is supposed to be compatible with the Dell Axim X51v - posters on this forum have confirmed this.
I also tried the card in the internal card reader of my computer - again only 981 mb is seen.
Same is true for the SD slot on my Canon printer.
I even downloaded (from the Transcend website) and tried the "Transcend Fix-Capacity Tool" - but when I tried to change the total space from 981mb to 4 GB (by clicking "FIX"), I get the following error:
"The selected capacity is error! Please check the selection is correct or the card reader is supported the capacity".
I tried this FIX-CAPACITY TOOL with the card in my computer SD card reader, and in my printer SD card reader - same error message.
The FIX CAPACITY TOOL does not see the DELL AXIM SD card slot (connected to my computer via USB) - so I can't try it with the card in the Dell Axim.
Is my Transcend 4GB SD card defective?
Why only 981 mb?
I expected the card would work out of the box im my Axim - as it does for other people.
Anyone know if this could be fixed? or do I need a new card?
Any chance bought the card on eBay? If so it is most likely a mis-labeled card, a common problem on eBay. If you bought it from a reputable company, your best bet is to get a replacement.
I bought a 2gb SanDisk card a while back and it only showed up as 981mb or something like that. I tried formatting it in Windows, and it didn't work. Then I found the trick. You have to quick format it! Then it showed up as the full value. Try this and let me know if it works...
3918 is about normal, no card or hard drive for that matter is ever totally available (as far as I know). Some space is always used by the card itself.
Just as an fyi.... quite a few older CF/SD card readers will NOT read anything over 1 Gig. We have about 10 various old ones at work (Lacie, Sandisk, no-name..etc) that cannot read anything over 1 Gig. Luckily the newer readers can.
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Just FYI. When I'm doing some research on these storage cards recently,
I came across an article (I think on SanDisk website?). Essentially, for the
flash card industry, their measurement of a Mbyte is 1000kbytes, while
normally an OS will count it as 1024kbytes. So if you do the division here,
the answer comes out about right.
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Originally Posted by vilasman
I just google searched the 4G Transcend SD card.... target is saying they will have it in 2-4 weeks for $53
I think i will be getting one...
My SD card slot will be maxed out, but I am only using about 800mb of my 2G now.
That seems a little expensive for a standard SD: I've just bought a Transcend 4GB standard for £11.46 +pp. Admittedly, this is with a huge discount, but the deals are out there if you search hard enough.
Fortunately, the card works seemlessly with the iPAQ :)
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I have purchased both an Transcend x150 and x133 each in 4GB, both with ECC (Error Cyclic Correction) for my Axim X30 high (624MHz). While both worked for a while I eventually had to do a FAT32 format. That seems to solve all the problems - prior to the ECC and super speed chips I had major crashes pushing around map and chess databases exceeding 200 MB. Now a bit slow on the first startup, but no problem. Oh, I paid US$ 37 for the x150 and $17 for the x133, both have gone up at Newegg since my purchases - but wow, what a deal!
That seems a little expensive for a standard SD: I've just bought a Transcend 4GB standard for £11.46 +pp. Admittedly, this is with a huge discount, but the deals are out there if you search hard enough.
Fortunately, the card works seemlessly with the iPAQ :)
Thanks I just ordered one yesterday. I'd given up finding a 4GB regular SD card until I saw this thread. There's still some left I paid £6.47 + £4.89 shipping, a total of £11.36.