SANDISK SDSDH-256-901 Ultra II SD Memory Storage Card

[superperry]

Can this SD card be used for XDA2/MDA2? This can transfer write 9Mb/s, and read up to 10Mb/s. Does XDA2/MDA2 support this format speeds?
If yes, is it better to buy this than just a regular SD cards? Because I saw it on the net that they have a sale on this card that almost the same price compare to regular SD card. Less than $70 after rebate.(256Mb)

here's the link:

http://www.jandr.com/JRProductPage.process?RestartFlow=t&Section_Id=1&Product_Id=3729513

[horsy]

DON'T USE SCANDISK SD CARD, MANY MANY PROBLEM
USE PANASONIC 256 SD CARD, THE QUALITY IS BETTER THAN SCANDISK, THIS 256 SD CARD IS FASTER THAN SCANDISK

[LumpiStefan]

DON'T USE SCANDISK SD CARD, MANY MANY PROBLEM
USE PANASONIC 256 SD CARD, THE QUALITY IS BETTER THAN SCANDISK, THIS 256 SD CARD IS FASTER THAN SCANDISK

I´ve got an SanDisk SD card with 256 MB since 2 Years and didn´t have any Problem with it....


Stefan

PS: Why are you using capital Letters?

[Deathrow]

There are no problem with sandisk... You can easily use Sandisk!
The Sandisk ultra II will work with XDA2, but I don't know if the XDA2 will write 9MB/s and read the 10MB/s. It will then simply just speed down..

I hope that helps you a bit.
btw, the prize difference is not that big.

/Deathrow

[superperry]

Thanks for the input guys, really appreciate it.

@Deathrow: Thanks for the tip!

[gazzaman2k]

nothing wrong with sandisk their cards are the most compatable brand out.

ive had my 256mb sandisk too for nearly a year never had one problem with erase or dataloss :\

if only that site delivered to the uk id buy one of them :oops:

[lpsi2000]

I have the a 256 MB Scandisk too for over 14 months and had no problems with it.

[sleekool]

My brother in law bought a 128 mb sandisk SD card from the US.. and the first time he opened it, tried it - it didn't work. Devices cant read the card, he tried it on a lot of devices, tried formatting it and still cannot be read.. since it was bought from the US, he has no way of returning it..

i agree with the prvious post, that panasonic sd cards are better

[gazzaman2k]

My brother in law bought a 128 mb sandisk SD card from the US.. and the first time he opened it, tried it - it didn't work. Devices cant read the card, he tried it on a lot of devices, tried formatting it and still cannot be read.. since it was bought from the US, he has no way of returning it..

i agree with the prvious post, that panasonic sd cards are better

so in other words it was faulty? so you compare a faulty card to that of a working one :)

the sense in that :|

[sleekool]

Yes.. its faulty and its a sandisk... get that? I have also browsed through other forums where they have a lot of problems with the sandisk card...

[tenzin]

Lexar and Panasonic SD cards are better than Sandisk , in other words, SD cards "made in Japan" are really the best !

After 2 SD Sandisk with the same problem as above (I was happy, as I've bought them in a store in my town, I returned them ..) , I buy only , Lexar or Panasonic , no problem and really fast ... :D

[abbas]

I'm in Nigeria where there is no right of return, so you can guess my grief when I shelled out a lot of cash to buy a sandisk 256Mb SD card that turned out to be bad. Since then I buy ONLY lexar. A word is enough for the wise, as the yorubas will say!

[monika69]

I do use few Sandisk SD cards (from 64MB to 512MB) .... and so far so good

regards, monika

[PAf4]

I bought last year a 256mo SanDisk but after one month, it dead :'(
The seller sent to me another one and all seems to be OK for 1 year. :wink:

[Fidl]

I comared the speed of a Sandisk 128MB and some others (i.e. delkin).
Sandisk had only half the Speed (with USB Reader) than the others.

As I tried to open a 4Meg Pocketstreets map from the Sandisk Card on the XDA1 - Pocketstreets hang.
It worked with all other Cards

I'll never by a Sandisk again!!

Fidl

[Rb26DETTGT_R]

Suprperry: Just for your info, I live in Australia, and ordered a SD ULTRA II 256MB to use with my XDAII. Got it off an ebay store called aussiememory. I recived it 2 days ago, and have had not a single problem. In terms of the faster speeds, I did a quick benchmark with Pocket Mechanic (I just put it on, havent fiddled enough yet), and I was only getting something like 1.4MB/s, or something like that, for read. Like I said, I havent mucked around with the program, and Im sure there is 1 specific test to accurately test the speeds. When I find out properly, I will post.

Also, this pocket mechanic is a great tool for the XDAII. You can select any type of format, memory scan and repair, defragment, etc, all while your card is in the device. I used it on the ULTRAII in the XDAII, and you just have to have it on permanent power while you use any tests in pocket mechanic.

[superperry]

Suprperry: Just for your info, I live in Australia, and ordered a SD ULTRA II 256MB to use with my XDAII. Got it off an ebay store called aussiememory. I recived it 2 days ago, and have had not a single problem. In terms of the faster speeds, I did a quick benchmark with Pocket Mechanic (I just put it on, havent fiddled enough yet), and I was only getting something like 1.4MB/s, or something like that, for read. Like I said, I havent mucked around with the program, and Im sure there is 1 specific test to accurately test the speeds. When I find out properly, I will post.

Also, this pocket mechanic is a great tool for the XDAII. You can select any type of format, memory scan and repair, defragment, etc, all while your card is in the device. I used it on the ULTRAII in the XDAII, and you just have to have it on permanent power while you use any tests in pocket mechanic.

Thanks for the info m8! And thanks for the tip on pocket mechanic, really appriciate your effort!

THANKS guys for all the input/comments on this particular card, really appriciate it!

[cruisin-thru]

Sandisk seem to be slower in comparison and it seems also that either their quality control is sloppy or lots of rejects are being recycled on the market by dealers, it reminds me of a guy selling Intel cpu chips cheap, turned out they were all from the reject skip, gave Intel a bad name around here but it wasnt their fault really.

[Ustad]

I'm using the SD card on a PDA (XDA 2). After having successfully copied several mp3 files and also loads of pictures on to the card, the next day, they just disappeared. I this I noticed loss after I installed an applic like BatteryPack. The files I copied onto the card used up quite a lot of space on the card and there was just 50MB remaining. The card is still showing 50MG remaining, but there is no sign of the MP3s or the pictures I copied onto it.


Can anyone help me? May be the card is faulty. Is there a way of formatting the card so that at least I can reclaim the 256MB of memory? I'm using ActiveSync to access the card on my PC. I can see it in explorer but cannot format as option to format is not there.


I am worried about it's (SD Card's) realibility now. If I use it for storing new pictures or other important files and loose them like I just have, that would be very annoying.

Thanks in advance - Ustad
:(

[Rudegar]

http://www.softwinter.com/storagetools.html

[Ustad]

Thanks! Pocket Mechanic is good too. For the time being, I managed to get SD Card reformatted on a digital camera. What is strange is that card still retains one folder called Storge (14MB) and another folder called "Stoage Card" (234MB).




http://www.softwinter.com/storagetools.html :)

[farnold]

Hm, I don't use either of these programs and I have to say I find it a waste of money to invest US$15 for then... besides I really dislike the way that OmegaOne doesn't even mention the price on their web pages - this "we tell you when you buy it" strategy is just rediculous :shock:

I got myself a card reader for my PC. That one was just the same US$15 and gives me what I need... and it speeds up transfering data onto cards...

[Ustad]

Fair point. I downloaded "Pocket Mechanic" trial version for 10 days. It has format option whihc I tried.

It was FAT32 I tried to format it to and tried all the "Cluster size" options but everytime it gave me the following message :

"Could not format volume with the specified cluster size so please choose another and try again."

Gave up in the end. Good job I hadn't paid $14.95 for it. I think buying a card reader sounds like a good idea to me. These utilities programs costing $10 here, $15 there can mount up to large sums and if you only use the programs once in a blue moon, can become unnecssarily expensive.

Any comments anybody!

Ustad.
:?

Hm, I don't use either of these programs and I have to say I find it a waste of money to invest US$15 for then... besides I really dislike the way that OmegaOne doesn't even mention the price on their web pages - this "we tell you when you buy it" strategy is just rediculous :shock:

I got myself a card reader for my PC. That one was just the same US$15 and gives me what I need... and it speeds up transfering data onto cards...