SanDisk Extreme III 1.0GB Trouble

[Anime_A]

I just bought the sandisk extreme III 1.0GB and I'm having trouble with it. Not in my Axim 30XHigh but maybe in my card reader?

I made some movies from my DVDs and when copying them to my card it corrupts the card somewhere along the line, resulting in various weird scrambled files and folders with strange sizes.

The file I'm trying to copy is a 488Mb Avi/Divx file.

My card has reg number: BB0412XM
Made in China

Do you have any tips on what to do?

I've tried to format the card and it seems to work. But when copying files the error returns.

Should I return the card and exchange to another brand or just get it replaced?

A quick answer would be appreciated because I can still get my money back if I return it soon.

[JandG]

I just bought the sandisk extreme III 1.0GB and I'm having trouble with it. Not in my Axim 30XHigh but maybe in my card reader?

I made some movies from my DVDs and when copying them to my card it corrupts the card somewhere along the line, resulting in various weird scrambled files and folders with strange sizes.

The file I'm trying to copy is a 488Mb Avi/Divx file.

My card has reg number: BB0412XM
Made in China

Do you have any tips on what to do?

I've tried to format the card and it seems to work. But when copying files the error returns.

Should I return the card and exchange to another brand or just get it replaced?

A quick answer would be appreciated because I can still get my money back if I return it soon.

Hi, I have the same card and have not had a problem yet.

You may like to have a look here http://sdprob.aximsite.com/
and do the tests recommended.

If that fails then return the card.

I will do the test shortly and see what happens.

Cheers

[JandG]

Just letting you know that I completed test 1 and 2 successfully.

I used a Sandisk 1GB CF-card and a 1GB Sandisk SD-card.

The main folder in test 2, I in fact multiplied by 4 thereby copying 1600 pictures instead of 400.

No errors found


Good luck

[Astounded EEG]

the happycheesecake tests may not be appropriate for these cards. it was designed specifically for Sandisk SD cards having corruption issues in the X5, but your cards appear to be OK in your axims.

i am not sure how to explain your problem, but I have a normal Sandisk SD card (which passed all the happycheesecake tests with flying colors) that worked fine in my Axim X5 (when i had it...), my Simpletech card reader (link below), but not in my built-in desktop card reader.

the problem in the desktop card reader was different from yours, but it might indicate an incompatibility with the reader. If you have easy means of getting another reader you may want to consider that. If possible, test the cards in other readers to make sure the problems are really the cards' faults.

It might be more of an issue with the cards, though. What did you reformat to? Try FAT16, FAT32, and FAT. Do you get the same errors no matter what file you copy or just that one (or just around a certain file size?)?

Sandisk is pretty good about replacements. If you are unable to find a fix, you can also try the replacement route.

good luck

[Anime_A]

Thank you for your quick answers.
I've tried formating to fat 16 and 32 But it seems like it doesn't do any difference. The error keeps coming back.
I've tried two different files, one 107MB and the other one I mentioned in my first post.
It managed to transfer the 107MB file 2 times out of 5 testings... I'm starting to suspect faulty card reader. I'll check it up before I return the card for replacement.