Anyone Have any ideas about why my cf card cannot be recoginzed after I removed it??
All was working fine then I removed it and when I replaced it (yes it fit back in exactly right) my axim said "cannot find driver"
Any help?
thanks

Axiguy

Did you try a soft reset? That very often fixes things.

       

Yes I tried soft reset still the same problem!

Axiguy

It shouldn't matter, but what brand CF card do you have?

You know, I have the same problem occasionally with my Linksys Wireless 802.11b CF card. It asks me to identify the card in the slot. Removing it and then re-inserting it a couple of times usually helps... perhaps I should call Dell Tech Support about it.

Lawson Culver
http://www.aardwolf.org

   

I've never had that problem with my Linksys CF card.. Sounds to me like a hardware issue..

Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

   

Thats odd. Mine just started acting up the same way, Hard reset and soft reset be damned. It won't recognize a SanDisk 256 MB CF card (BUT IT DID BEFORE! (perfectly, I might add)). The program that seems to have done it was Battery Pack. I installed it and then picked up my Axim this morning and it did not work. I've tried soft resets, hard resets and taking it out and putting it back in again. It doesn't give me any error messages. It just doesn't say that anything is in there.

Still looking for RollerCoaster Tycoon on the PPC...

i just installed Flash Format and it cannot detect the Compact Flash Card either. I'm thinking of returning it ...

EDIT:

BTW, the Model number / identifaction jumble of characters on my SanDisk CF card is:

AR0304SL
CHINA

Still looking for RollerCoaster Tycoon on the PPC...

You're kidding, right?

Still looking for RollerCoaster Tycoon on the PPC...

I have a 512 MB Kingston. No problems before this!

Axiguy

That has to be the oddest answer I've ever heard ... But anyhow I'm returning the CF card.

Still looking for RollerCoaster Tycoon on the PPC...

Keep posting questions. I'm sure star will be able to out do that one

-Ike-

     

Judging from other posts of his that I have read, I think I'm beginning to understand some of his posts

Still looking for RollerCoaster Tycoon on the PPC...

try pushing the card in just enough so that the pins make contact, but not so far that the card can't go any further.

this fixed a similar problem with my netgear MA701 CF card, and eventually i could stick the card in all the way without having the issue at all.

2x SimpleTech Bonzai USB2 mini-drive/SD card reader
2x Lexar 1GB (Non-Hi Speed!) SD (USA): write speed = 5.5MB/sec (37.5X) Space avail. (formatted) = 975MB
1x SimpleTech 512MB SD (Taiwan?): write speed = 5.3MB/sec (36.4X)...... Space avail. (formatted) = 489MB
RMA'd: SimpleTech 512MB SD (Japan): write speed = 3.9MB/sec (26.6X)... Space avail. (formatted) = 491MB
Sold: Viking 256MB SD (Taiwan): write speed = 1.5MB/sec (10.2X)........... Space avail. (formatted) = 241MB
Sold: Viking 128MB SD (Japan): write speed = 1.5MB/sec (10.2X)............. Space avail. (formatted) = 120MB

Thanks for the tip but it didn't work! I tried and tried. Funny It worked ok for several weeks. But now when I try to reinsert it I get this exact message:
Unrecognized card
enter the name of the device driver for this card. For information, see the card manufacturers documentation.

ANY IDEAS - I even tried a hard reset. but no luck.

Axiguy