SD card memory

Guru · 28 Feb 2006 at 17:00

I'm thinking about buying a 2gig SD card for my IPAQ so I can store movies and mp3s on there.

On the site I'm buying from they have one 2gig one

SanDisk 2GB SD Card (Secure Digital)

and then another one that says:

OwnBrand (not saying who cause its a competitor) 2GB 66X SD Card (Secure Digital)

I'm guessing the 66x means its 66 times quicker memory.

What I'm wondering is; is there any point paying the extra tenner for the 66x given that my IPAQ only has a 200mhz processor. Do you think I will notice the difference?

One is 54 quid and one is 64 quid I'm just wondering which I should get.

vanandjuanunited · 28 Feb 2006 at 17:05

Would go for the sandisk as I doubt the card would be any quicker in reality.

Guru · 18 Mar 2006 at 22:05

so...I got the card and I'm having real problems with it. My ipaq 3870 will not register the card as a 2gig one, it shows it as one gig and no more. I put 1.5gig's worth of stuff on there and I cant access anything above the 1st 1gig I put on there

totally gutted. Dont know what to do about it. Is there anything I can do?

I'm running windows for pocket pc 2002.

PLEASE HELP ME SOMEONE

The card shows up as 2gig on both my laptop and my pc but the ipaq only sees 1 gig

Is there drivers I can get or anything or am I going to have to return the card?

leezer3 · 18 Mar 2006 at 23:33

The first thing to try is a firmware upgrade for the Ipaq, but it sounds to me as if it's hardware limited to 1gb (My camera refuses to take over 512mb).
If this is the case, then you're only option is 2x 1gb cards.

-Leezer-

Guru · 19 Mar 2006 at 11:04

dont really know where to get firmware updates. my bios is version 2.0 but thats all i know

leezer3 · 19 Mar 2006 at 17:51

Post your model number, and I'll see what I can find.
(Ipaq is the product family)

-Leezer-

Guru · 19 Mar 2006 at 19:47

its an IPAQ model 3870 p/n 230398-031

thanks in advance ofr your help m8

leezer3 · 19 Mar 2006 at 20:03

Hiya,
This is the HP driver page for your Ipaq:
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/HandheldiPAQ/us/locate/71_2596.html
There's a much newer BIOS version, try that first.

I note HP are useless on this front, and all I can find on Google are a few threads with people asking the same question.

If the worst comes to the worst, simply return the card for 2x 1gb versions.

-Leezer-

Guru · 19 Mar 2006 at 20:10

i made a mistake its actually 2.20 that i have on there.

I've tried everything on that page apart from the end user update which im trying now.

Thanks very much for being so helpful! and for the quick replies!