CF card expansion

Zafra · 09-23-08, 04:45 PM

I have had my AXIM X51v for a couple of years now, there is a 2gb SD card which contains all the street mapping for western Europe as I use it as a car satnav. I recently bought a Kingston 4GB Compact Flash card to expand the memory as I had little left. It worked fine for a week or so but now suddenly, the Axim cannot see it, it doesn't exist as far as the axim is concerned. I plug the card into my computer and all the files are on it, the card works fine. Also, files missing from my 'notes' have somehow found themselves on the CF card. I would love to know how this happened and how to put it right. Does anyone have any ideas?

Box · 09-23-08, 06:16 PM

You may have the simple Fake Server Trick problem.
Which you find a solution to in this thread.

If as you say your Axim is a few years old you may not have done the ROM updates.
If your ROM is A06 or less then this will probably fix your problem.

TonyTr · 10-04-08, 08:39 PM

It's happened for me a few times.
I took out the CF card, then looking into the Axim main Memory and had seen a "CF Card" folder/directory, I deleted it and put the CF card back onto the Axim and reset it. The Axim recognizes again the CF card.
Maybe your email/web browser has tried to save some info's into the CF card but it could not find (for some reasons???) it, and has created a folder/directory instead...
Good Luck!

Sam Ontario · 10-09-08, 01:59 PM

I have seen some forums mentioned A12 ROM for X51, anyone know where to get this ROM or the latest ROM from Dell websites? All I found is just A02 upgrade ROM on Dell's website. Can someone post a link to the latest Dell A51 ROM, thanks.

johnhu_2005 · 10-09-08, 04:51 PM

A02= A12

A02 is just Dell's way of saying A12 (Same with A01= A06).

So you have the newest offical Dell stock ROM.

Sam Ontario · 10-09-08, 05:33 PM

Thanks for the prompt reply.

I also seemed to read there was a thread about X51 A06 ROM or below that should apply somesort of fake server patch to deal with compact flash problem. What about A05? Should A05 be patched or A12 or A02 should be just fine without the need to patch?

I got this X51 from eBay and when I loaded a GPS programme on it with a compact flash card, it was unable to detect the GPS card com port and unable to show the satellite signals. The GPS card works fine in my X50v.

Box · 10-09-08, 06:33 PM

A02 for X51 and A02 for X51v are different, you need to read the description attached to each file. French, German, Italian etc, have a slightly different number.
But I guess you don't need to worry about that.

Do you have a problem with your Sd or CF cards disappearing?
If so you can find the fake server trick and related information in this thread.
Again, I don't think it is relevant to the non V models, but I may be wrong.

As to your GPS card, you may need to load the drivers and software for it to work, but a little more information would help with diagnosing the problem.

Sam Ontario · 10-10-08, 08:15 AM

No, its a Compact Flash Holux GPS receiver that I never have to load driver for my X50v when it was WM2003SE or WM5. It works perfectly well on my X50v. Its just when the card is inserted in X51 that did not get recognised. Thanks for the reply anyway. I will try to flash the ROM this weekend to A02 see if it will get the X51 communicate with it.

richmarshall · 11-01-08, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by Zafra

I have had my AXIM X51v for a couple of years now, there is a 2gb SD card which contains all the street mapping for western Europe as I use it as a car satnav. I recently bought a Kingston 4GB Compact Flash card to expand the memory as I had little left. It worked fine for a week or so but now suddenly, the Axim cannot see it, it doesn't exist as far as the axim is concerned. I plug the card into my computer and all the files are on it, the card works fine. Also, files missing from my 'notes' have somehow found themselves on the CF card. I would love to know how this happened and how to put it right. Does anyone have any ideas?

I have a 50V and am unable to use SD cards over 2G as the software and hardware don't support it. It doesn't see the card at all. However if you get a compact flash (the larger slot) you can use almost any size and it will work fine. I'm using an 8G Compact flash and have all my programs and data installed on it. I use the 2G SD cards for music, movies etc. and just change the card when I want different music. The Compact Flash cards are cheap

Zaniax · 11-02-08, 01:43 PM

Congratulations on your first post, richmarshall :approve:

But why did you have to wait 3 years ?

Zaniax ©