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bordenr · 09-03-2015, 03:28 PM

You have to be careful once you pass the 2 GB and 32 GB thresholds in SD cards. As shown here https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/sdxc_capabilities/ , regular SD Cards have a maximum capacity of 2 GB and will work on any SD reader. Up to 32 GB uses SDHC and requires a SDHC or SDXC reader (that is, regular SD readers won't work). Once you get into 64GB territory, only SDXC readers work, not SDHC or SD readers.

Therefore, if a Kobo says that its maximum capacity is 32 GB, it *probably* means that it uses the SDHC standard. If a partitioned SDXC card works in a Kobo, then it means that it has an SDXC card reader and, possibly, a software restriction built into the OS.

09-03-2015, 03:28 PM	#19
bordenr Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2015 Device: Kobo Aura HD	A bit about SD Cards You have to be careful once you pass the 2 GB and 32 GB thresholds in SD cards. As shown here https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/sdxc_capabilities/ , regular SD Cards have a maximum capacity of 2 GB and will work on any SD reader. Up to 32 GB uses SDHC and requires a SDHC or SDXC reader (that is, regular SD readers won't work). Once you get into 64GB territory, only SDXC readers work, not SDHC or SD readers. Therefore, if a Kobo says that its maximum capacity is 32 GB, it probably means that it uses the SDHC standard. If a partitioned SDXC card works in a Kobo, then it means that it has an SDXC card reader and, possibly, a software restriction built into the OS.