Supported ??G SD card?

Ivan · 02-13-2009, 09:35 AM

I am wondering what is the maz capacity of SD card will be supported? I cannot find the spec.
Thanks. IC

windspeedo · 02-13-2009, 10:18 AM

The official specification is 1G. But 16G is also OK.

Shaggy · 02-13-2009, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by windspeedo

The official specification is 1G. But 16G is also OK.

You're thinking of the iLiad, which only "officially" supports up to 1G SD cards.

The DR1000 will support any compliant SD card. However, SDHC cards are not officially supported. People have reported some success using SDHC cards, the only known issue is that the DR is unable to format them.

whopper · 02-13-2009, 03:30 PM

I use a transcend 16gb sdhc without problems, I think 32gb is the limit

windspeedo · 02-16-2009, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaggy

You're thinking of the iLiad, which only "officially" supports up to 1G SD cards.

The DR1000 will support any compliant SD card. However, SDHC cards are not officially supported. People have reported some success using SDHC cards, the only known issue is that the DR is unable to format them.

Then my experience is success with SDHC 16GB Class 6 Apacer.
iRex could only format it with 1 G capacity. So I use computer to format the card.

hanche · 02-21-2009, 08:32 AM

The card that comes with the reader has a FAT16 filesystem on it. As far as I know, FAT16 is limited to 2 GB. If you have had success with a 16 GB card, does that mean the reader can also handle FAT32 filesystems?

allovertheglobe · 02-21-2009, 06:49 PM

Yes, indeed. You can read/write/delete files. The only restriction is that the card cannot be formatted using the DR1000, you need to have access to a "real" computer for that (Mac, Windows, Linux... )

Shaggy · 02-23-2009, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hanche

The card that comes with the reader has a FAT16 filesystem on it. As far as I know, FAT16 is limited to 2 GB. If you have had success with a 16 GB card, does that mean the reader can also handle FAT32 filesystems?

Yes, I believe it supports FAT32.

hanche · 02-25-2009, 09:24 AM

Based on advice received here, I bought a 16 GB Sandisk Ultra II. It appears to work fine. I didn't even have to format it, just popped it in and it worked. In detail: I removed the old card, started the reader, popped the new card in, connected to the computer, and transferred the contents from a copy I had made of everything the old card.

I have only used it for a few minutes, so there maybe gotchas that haven't bitten me yet. I'll be sure to follow up here if they do.

Jürgen Hubert · 08-31-2009, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whopper

I use a transcend 16gb sdhc without problems, I think 32gb is the limit

My Transcend 16GB broke down after only 17 days of use, taking all my scribblings with it. I can't even format it again.

keng2000 · 08-31-2009, 08:16 PM

32GB Class6 works OK for month now.

HarryT · 09-01-2009, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hanche

Based on advice received here, I bought a 16 GB Sandisk Ultra II. It appears to work fine. I didn't even have to format it, just popped it in and it worked. In detail: I removed the old card, started the reader, popped the new card in, connected to the computer, and transferred the contents from a copy I had made of everything the old card.

I have only used it for a few minutes, so there maybe gotchas that haven't bitten me yet. I'll be sure to follow up here if they do.

I would always recommend reformatting a new SD card. Very often, the "factory format" doesn't seem to be very good; I've had a number of cards "go bad" with the factory format, but never had a problem after reformatting them myself on my PC.

ericshliao · 09-01-2009, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I would always recommend reformatting a new SD card. Very often, the "factory format" doesn't seem to be very good; I've had a number of cards "go bad" with the factory format, but never had a problem after reformatting them myself on my PC.

You are so unlucky, I would say. I have used several CF, SD, microSD (all are Kingston or Transcend) on different handheld devices, without formatting them. I just took them out of the package and inserted them into the socket, and my devices will recognise and use them without any problem.

02-13-2009, 09:35 AM	#1
Ivan Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2006	Supported ??G SD card? I am wondering what is the maz capacity of SD card will be supported? I cannot find the spec. Thanks. IC

02-25-2009, 09:24 AM	#9
hanche Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: iRex reader 1000S	Success with 16 GB card Based on advice received here, I bought a 16 GB Sandisk Ultra II. It appears to work fine. I didn't even have to format it, just popped it in and it worked. In detail: I removed the old card, started the reader, popped the new card in, connected to the computer, and transferred the contents from a copy I had made of everything the old card. I have only used it for a few minutes, so there maybe gotchas that haven't bitten me yet. I'll be sure to follow up here if they do.

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windspeedo Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: iRex DR1000, Kindle 3G, Kobo Glo	The official specification is 1G. But 16G is also OK.

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hanche Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: iRex reader 1000S	The card that comes with the reader has a FAT16 filesystem on it. As far as I know, FAT16 is limited to 2 GB. If you have had success with a 16 GB card, does that mean the reader can also handle FAT32 filesystems?

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