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Old 09-16-05, 09:52 AM   #1 (permalink)
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SD Card Compatibility ?
Further to my request for SD card speed info, I bought a Toshiba 1GB SD card (SD-M01G). Using Pocket Mechanic, I ran the Storage Card Benchmark and got the following results (consistently):

Read speed: 1.17MB/s
Write speed: 0.01MB/s.

A sequencial write (only) with 128 sectors/block still only gives about 0.3MB/s.

Card is formatted for FAT32 and 4K clusters.

Are there compatibility problems with the X30 and certain SD cards or is this just a slow card?

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Old 09-16-05, 10:12 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Did you use it for anything yet? What's your real world experience been like?
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Old 09-16-05, 11:31 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Don't Panic!
Did you use it for anything yet? What's your real world experience been like?
It's fine other than it takes *ages* to write 100MB files (maps) to it. My unbranded 128MB is much faster.

I would expect 0.7MB/s write speed on the 1GB card (same as my 128 card). About 5x is not much to ask really IMHO.
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Old 09-16-05, 11:39 AM   #4 (permalink)
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That's true. You might want to try Card Export II to xpped up wrte time to your device or do like I did and get a card reader for your PC. Both methods cut out the Activesync USB to Serial bottleneck and will save you some time.
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Old 09-26-05, 08:10 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Just to close this thread, my SD card was faulty and I am replacing it with a Kingston 512 Pro SD card.

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Old 09-27-05, 05:14 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I am using a SanDisk 1.0GB card in my X3i with no problems. I back up to it in full back up mode 2 or 3 times a week. I've had it for almost 2 months.
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X3 2gb sd problem
I have been using my dell axim x3 without any problems with a 1gb sd card.
I was recently given a 2gb sd card; but my pda will not run TTN 5 on it !

Does this mean the 2gb sd card is not supported on the dell axim x3 :
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I've been using Lexar and Sandisk 2GB cards for years with no issues.
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Thanks for your reply sportster44; things are now getting clearer.

Much appreciated.
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any one know if a 4g will work on x30h?
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any one know if a 4g will work on x30h?
Depends on the card. My card, see myPDA works fine. There's a few second delay in accessing it.
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can't see that where is it?
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