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Amadeus · 04-21-2007, 06:54 PM

MagicGate isn't a problem. When it says it's not compatible in the manual, if you read carefully you realise what they're saying is that the MagicGate features are not supported. The card itself is supported.

Nor is FAT32 the problem. I have a 4Gb Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo MagicGate card formatted with FAT32 and the Reader has no problem seeing it.

My guess is that the original poster has 4Gb Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo HIGH SPEED card. This is specifically NOT supported in the list of supported Memory Stick devices on Sony's site. I know this to be true, because at first I bought the High Speed version (reddish label, says something about parallel interface) and it doesn't work in either FAT or FAT32 mode. I had the same error as the OP when I tried it.

However the regular 4Gb Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo (bluish label) works fine.

04-21-2007, 06:54 PM	#13
Amadeus Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500 Reader	MagicGate isn't a problem. When it says it's not compatible in the manual, if you read carefully you realise what they're saying is that the MagicGate features are not supported. The card itself is supported. Nor is FAT32 the problem. I have a 4Gb Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo MagicGate card formatted with FAT32 and the Reader has no problem seeing it. My guess is that the original poster has 4Gb Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo HIGH SPEED card. This is specifically NOT supported in the list of supported Memory Stick devices on Sony's site. I know this to be true, because at first I bought the High Speed version (reddish label, says something about parallel interface) and it doesn't work in either FAT or FAT32 mode. I had the same error as the OP when I tried it. However the regular 4Gb Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo (bluish label) works fine. Last edited by Amadeus; 04-21-2007 at 06:57 PM.