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BookJunkieLI · 06-17-2011, 01:28 PM

I got a 302 this past Christmas but never really did anything with it beyond the initial charging and fiddling with the already loaded books. I leave tomorrow on a train trip from New York to Florida before going on a 7 day cruise and then returning by train to New York. The train trip is about 18 hours each way and I figured I'd spend some time playing with the 302 comparing it to my rooted 1st gen Nook.

So I plugged my brand new 32GB Class AData MicrosSDHC card into the 302 and plugged the 302 into the computer. According to the manual it's supposed to ask me if I want to charge or connect to the computer for content loading. I got the Bookland.net screen that I first see when it turns on and then it goes to the main menu screen and starts charging. Nothing about connecting to the computer. I checked my computer and it doesn't see it at all. So then I start poking around the settings to see if there's something in there I need to select or unselect. Can't find anything about that but I do find that the 302 only recognizes my SD card as being 16 *MB* instead of 32 *GB* and of that 16MB only 6MB are available.

What is going on? Four different computers recognize the memory card and there's nothing on it so I know that's not the issue. I've tried connecting the 302 to two different computers and neither of them will recognize it. Both are running WinXP SP2. Am I missing something or do I have a new paperweight? Because I can only read Hounds of the Baskervilles so many times.

06-17-2011, 01:28 PM	#1
BookJunkieLI Evangelist Posts: 435 Karma: 572984 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle 4, Nook Gl4, Nook STR, REB 1100, Ebookwise 1500,	302 won't connect to PC or recognize SD card I got a 302 this past Christmas but never really did anything with it beyond the initial charging and fiddling with the already loaded books. I leave tomorrow on a train trip from New York to Florida before going on a 7 day cruise and then returning by train to New York. The train trip is about 18 hours each way and I figured I'd spend some time playing with the 302 comparing it to my rooted 1st gen Nook. So I plugged my brand new 32GB Class AData MicrosSDHC card into the 302 and plugged the 302 into the computer. According to the manual it's supposed to ask me if I want to charge or connect to the computer for content loading. I got the Bookland.net screen that I first see when it turns on and then it goes to the main menu screen and starts charging. Nothing about connecting to the computer. I checked my computer and it doesn't see it at all. So then I start poking around the settings to see if there's something in there I need to select or unselect. Can't find anything about that but I do find that the 302 only recognizes my SD card as being 16 MB instead of 32 GB and of that 16MB only 6MB are available. What is going on? Four different computers recognize the memory card and there's nothing on it so I know that's not the issue. I've tried connecting the 302 to two different computers and neither of them will recognize it. Both are running WinXP SP2. Am I missing something or do I have a new paperweight? Because I can only read Hounds of the Baskervilles so many times.