"Ghost" Storage Card

[Cunning Man]

I'm just setting up my XDAII (actually a Dopod 696 which I re-ROMed to the latest O2 ROMs). Everything seems to be working fine. However, there is something odd about the "Storage Card" situation.

Even with the SD/MMC slot empty, my Settings/System/Memory/Storage Card applet reports that I have "Total storage card memory" of 14.57 MB. Where is this coming from?

Also, perhaps more worryingly, when I inserted an old SD card (reformatted 32MB one from my Treo 600), the system doesn't seem to "see" it anywhere.

Do any of you gurus out there know why this might be the case?

Thanks very much in advance for any information.

CM

[Cunning Man]

By the way, when I try using Storage Mechanic, it "sees" the "ghost" Storage card, which it is not able to format, but doesn't "see" the real SD card that is inserted into the SD/MMC slot.

Wierd.

Anyone have any ideas?

CM

[jwealthall]

It's the spare 'flash' memory. When you put a MMC/SD card in you get an addition item in the dropdown list.

[Cunning Man]

Duh. Thanks for the info. However, any ideas why it's not "seeing" my SD card? Do I need to format it in some special way?

[jwealthall]

AFAIK the card should be formatted as FAT. Don't know if you need to do it or even if it can be done on the PPC. I generally format mine on a laptop before I start.

[Cunning Man]

Hmm. I've been doing the same. Format is FAT (no choice given really), and the notebook sees the SD without any problems. But the XDAII just doesn't seem to recognize it whenever I insert it.

Sigh. I hope it's just a problem with my SD card and not the slot...

CM

If anyone else has any ideas as to why my XDAII doesn't see my SD, do let me know. Thanks again.

[jwealthall]

What type of SD card is it?

If anyone else is using the same card on their XDAII without a preblem then you can put it down to your SD slot :(

Ah! .... You did say it was an 'old' 32MB one didn't you? Wonder if the XDAII only accepts SD cards with a certain speed (e.g. 2x, 10x, etc).

[ranger]

My 16MB [Don't laugh :p] Toshiba SD card works fine in my XDA II. I haven't tried my 128MB Sandisk one yet.

[BRosenow]

I would certainly try borrowing a new SD card (any tech-savy friends?) to see if it is "visible" to the XDA II before concluding that the slot is bad. Also, a soft-reset with the card inserted might also help the device recognize it.

[ranger]

Or try the SD card in another XDA / Phone / Digi Cam / PC whatever.

[Cunning Man]

Thanks to all for the comments. The old SD card works fine in my laptop and my Palm. Sigh. I'm going to go look for a new SD card tomorrow and just pray that it's some wierd quirk between this particular SD card and the XDA. I really hope it's not a problem with the SD slot on the XDA (actually a Dopod 696) as it's a nightmare to get things fixed/exchanged here in China.

CM

[Pope]

Had a similar problem a month or two back with a work mates XDA1. He bought an 128MB SD Card (some odd make) which worked fine on his PC but his XDA didn't see it! My Sandisk SD card worked in his XDA fine tho!