Thursday, 4 of May of 2006
Taken care of with cards SD `asesinas'
Lately there have been enough problems with cards SD, that damage the reading unit of electronicses, like for example the Palm. In PalmAddicts they have found a page of the own Palm, in which one occurs to know one the causes, of that they cannot become responsible: the noncompatible card sale with standard SD (normally to lower costs).
According to Palm, market has detected in series of cards that does not cuemplen with the standard dictated by the SD card association, whose continued use can take to the permanent damage of slot of expansion of several devices, including the Palm. Palm argues that their apparatuses are designed to work with cards that follow the standard, reason why recommend not to use these other cards. Next they give some directives to detect these incompatible cards us, obtained after proving they themselves a great number of models:
- Lack of the cracks: the card can not have the small cracks, typical of the cards that follow the standard, in the lateral ones.
- Lack of the switch of writing permission: other noncompatible cards did not have the small switch of two positions, who allows or not operation it of writing, even though the documentation that accompanied the card said that it includes yes it.
- Badly labelling: other discrepancies with the documentation also can identify noncompatible cards. For example a card of 256Mb that brings in the written label 128Mb. In case of thus detecting something, we will have to put to us in contact with the manufacturer of the card, to clarify the fact, or to remedy it.
- Logo SD: noncompatible cards can take to form in the label the compatibility logo. So we do not have to trust by this fact.
A compatible card SD with the standard
… and one noncompatible
The symptoms to use one of these cards can be the following: the first time we inserted that it, recognizes it to the Palm and we can use it, perhaps we removed but it, does not return it to recognize more never. The case that can occur slot does not return to detect no other card. In that case, it will have been damaged permanently.
If that were our case, we will be able reparala being sent it to a technician, but the being a damage caused by a product of third parties, will not enter within the guarantee of the apparatus. Additionally, we can put to us in contact with the manufacturer of the card on the contrary to obtain one that is compatible with the standard, or, to ask that our money is given back to us.
And this is everything what Palm says to us. So we must have well-taken care of and so we bought, and to watch the explained points. Of all ways, we either do not have to be too alarmist. I use a card SD of 512Mb of the recognized Kingston mark, with guarantee of by life, and have noticed that when coat the card and I return it to put, sometimes the Palm does not recognize it to me, but I repeat the then operation yes. I do not believe that my card does not fulfill the standard, although everything can be. It is more, are many other causes for a bad operation of slot SD. In order to learn more, we have the solution of problems with cards SD and MMC.
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Thanks for the information… right now I use a card of 32 Megas, but I am wanted to buy another one with enough more memory to put some MP3.
So I will consider the content of this article
Congratulations by your excellent binnacle.
Thanks Gonzalo. Yes, it is necessary to have well-taken care of with this, and is simple to lose a second in watching these details, to save misfortunes soon to us.
when I bought my E2 I inserted a 256 SD to him of Mb that had worked to me perfectly during a year in the camera of photos. To the week the card stopped working and after I only format I could recover 185 Mb. The peculiar thing is that when putting to me in contact with Palm its unique solution was that it bought cards marks Palm, since according to them they were unique the compatible ones (peculiar, the unique expansion slot SD that does not accept the standard SD) After sailing in Internet I knew that some cards of white marks - it is known because when using the application of card information the mark is still not known being SD, can be damaged to the being used in PDAs. Solution: Mb buys a Panasonic of 256 (oooh, is not Palm mark) and has not returned to have no problem.
Hello Carlos.
Palm is not wanted to dunk, since they do not make cards SD (they sell some with his mark, that have proven they). So its position is “if we have not put our mark in her, we did not take responsibility”. More than to say than all the others they are incompatible, mean that if is not of that they sell, they cannot guarantee that they are going to be compatible. And it is a reasonable position.
The one to buy a mark card, I see every time it more profitable, although a little cost more. Reason why it is seen, you have many less possibilities of than estorpee spoils/your Palm (I also was of which she thought that what more would give the mark if all the SD are equal).
Of all ways, that slot of the Palm is the one that more cards it spoils, is something to study. Perhaps they force plus the card, or in a Palm data and of way less linear than in a camera of photos are more often transferred.
Some card recommendation?
Now those of 1Gb/2Gb is relatively cheap and it does not give fear me to badly choose… although on the other hand desire to pay pastón by them either.
I have thought about Kingston, although they are pelín expensive…
some suggestion?
Thank you very much, this one is excellent blog on Palm!
Thank you very much alucardX.
The mark of the card I do not believe that it influences much. Perhaps in the speed, but not excessively.
But it is necessary to have much taken care of with cards of more of 1Gb: due to the limit of maximum address, they use FAT32 instead of FAT like file system, and that can cause that some devices do not recognize them.
I have treated that subject here and here, but the fundamental advice, is to watch this great page of compatibilities between models of Palm and cards. For example the one of 2Gb in my E2 he does not work.
I am going to be brief, since tod@s we have suffered and/or we know what happens to the cards SD/CF's etc…
My personal experience (Cards Used in Palm and Pocket PC On a daily basis):
- 128 SD Mb SanDisk for of 2 years: ZERO ERRORS and live
- SD 1Gb Kingston for 4 months: ZERO ERRORS and live
- 256 SD Mb Marca “cardboard”: Duration of the SD… 3 months and to the sweepings
- 128 CF Mb Marca “cardboard”: Duration of the CF… 1 month lasted less than!
Moral: Gastate the duros that your reader and the same SD will thank for it to you…
(There is nothing no worse than to fill to a card with X thousand photos and to see that they are lost JUST when the inserted ones in your PDA/cámara, etc…)
Greetings. Hark0
Also it is necessary to have well-taken care of with the imitations that sell ebay for example.
That at first they seem the original but not mark is it.
Greetings
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I have put you in my blog a connection on the transformation.
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