christianstudio

does 2gb CF and 2gb SD work in X5? urgent!

will the kingston 2 GB CF card work in the X5?
will the sandisk ultra2 2 GB CF card work in the X5?

now, same question for SD?

will the sandisk ultra2 2 GB SD card work in the X5?
if not, is the sandisk ultra2 or lexar 32x 1 GB SD card ok? (which is better)

i have X5 2002 A04 400mhz (i also have X5 2003 but don't use it right now)

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x50v PXA270 624mhz A04 w/2003
2-32gb CF cards for music, 2-2gb SD cards for work stuff
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axzilla

The cf will work for sure the x5 can handle any current sized cf card up to 32 gigs i think but the sd is not known. 1gig sd will work for sure I dont think anyone has got a 2 gig sd yet to try it on.

frogster

OP, did you ever get the 2GB version? I'm wondering the same thing.

jenki

heyho,

currently making the experince, that an 2gb sd card is not (fully) working in an x5 advanced ppc2003. To be precise: the system informations show the correct 2gb size of the card, but it is not possible to read or write to the card, when there are files on it, that sum up to more than 1gb of size -> only 1gb can be used.

any suggestions???????????

axzilla

try to partition the card to be two seperate drives then you might be able to use the whole card

jenki

good idea, but I NEED an 2GB SD Card (for navigation maps), not two odd 1gb cards and it is not possible to partition sd cards in two parts.

glenneroo

i just put a Sandisk Ultra II 2GB card in mine, working fine up to the 2gb. i bought it for my digital cam, but im not using my cam at the moment and until my 1gb lexar SD card gets here, i figured i can use this...

it's formatted as FAT32 if that helps. i dont think it'll read NTFS or Fat16 might give you probs..

jenki

@glenneroo.
GOOD News! Because i know of several people including me, who have probs with their SD Cards, i would like to make things shure. If you are right, we can try to blame the seller for that.

You can read/write on the card on the x5 if there are files on it, that sum up to more than 1GB (lets say 1,5GB and more)?
You are using PPC2003?
Did you apply the "CF Card Timing Update"?

thank you VERY mutch!!!!

axzilla

if it is fat 16 it might not be able to address all the memory I forgot the limit on fat 16 fat 32 should work

jenki

Originally Posted by axzilla

if it is fat 16 it might not be able to address all the memory I forgot the limit on fat 16 fat 32 should work

Thank you. Fat16 can address a little bit more than 2GB. I tried several cluster sizes (up to 64kb) with fat16 and fat32. No effect, execpt that the axim cannot read write more than 1GB.

axzilla

so you said you have two axes one with 2002 and one with 2003 does it not work in both ?

jenki

Hi,
christianstudio mentioned an x5 2002. Mine uses 2003 and it does not work.

glenneroo

Originally Posted by jenki

@glenneroo. You can read/write on the card on the x5 if there are files on it, that sum up to more than 1GB (lets say 1,5GB and more)? You are using PPC2003? Did you apply the "CF Card Timing Update"?

yes i can read the full 2gb of the card, though i have only tried it with MP3s so far :)

oops just put PPC2003 on, copying over 2gb of files right now... it worked with 2002... *crossing fingers*

CF Card Timing Update? what's that??

glenneroo

ok just popped in 2gb worth of mp3s on my CF card, dropped them all (painfully) into Media Player, hit shuffle and i haven't hit a dead spot yet...

any other way to test if the full 2gb is working?

btw it's NOT a cheap CF card, its a Sandisk Ultra II

jenki

Originally Posted by glenneroo

ok just popped in 2gb worth of mp3s on my CF card, dropped them all (painfully) into Media Player, hit shuffle and i haven't hit a dead spot yet... any other way to test if the full 2gb is working? btw it's NOT a cheap CF card, its a Sandisk Ultra II

Thank you very mutch for your engagement!!! But on the other hand, your driving me crazy :bang:

Are you talking about an 2GB SD card (see topic) or about an CF card?