SD cards of doom

[Mcfake]

hi all i have 12 XDA 2 under the Qtek brand. And i have had stupid amounts of issues with sd cards. i have gone though over 30 of em.

im using the latest firmwares and im usign them for tomtom 3.09 and email attachments.
but i keep getting the SD cards dying. do most users find this normal?

[Rudegar]

i had a sandisk 256MB with my xda1 and that never gave any problems but were a bit slow

with my xda2 i had a 128MB sandisk card also slow

now i have a kingston 512 elite pro and it's fast and ok

never had a sd card die in any device

but sd cards have limited writes before they die but they have 1000's of writes before that

[Mcfake]

i have had many SD cards varing from dane elec. Viking. and kingston.

all of these are 512k and not (hi speed) just standard. but i hav e had to send so many back for completly dying. my supplier thinks i eat them or something

[Rudegar]

odd maybe there is something wrong with your xda so it gives them too much power or something

you mean 512MB right ?

[twichibi]

Try Kingston. Mines a 256mb and I haven't had any problems at all. TomTom is fast (both version 3 & 5) and never had any die on me

[art103]

I've also had a 256MB Kingston, which has been faithful in my XDA 2i.

I thought ok, time to get bigger, so put in a 1GB Toshiba, followed by a 512MB Toshiba.
Both of which are now DEAD!

90 quid, Mwaa... Bye bye!

I tend to agree with RudeGar - I would imagine that the HTC manufacturers didn't want the extra cost of a variable regulator to power the SD card, so if it negotiates a lower voltage, they are not able to supply it...

Linux just reports "block read error" when trying to access a dead card, Windoze hangs!

Anyone found a way around this problem?

Cheers,
Richard.

[cruisin-thru]

My 256 meg sd card today passed away, it was a viking I think and it contained my tomtom program and maps. I am glad it didnt happen while travelling as I get lost easily, anyway it has now gone to silicone heaven and I am heartbroken. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Anybody got a any cheap replacements :?:

[Calvin337]

My Kingston 256 MB is OK too, but now I'm very leery of upgrading to higher capacity... :?

[toneebhoi]

oh yes it is

[somynex]

dunno if this will help anyone, but i started with a regular sandisk 128mb, then upgraded to a sandisk ultra II 256, then a kingmax (not kingston!) platinum 512mb, then now a toshiba 1gb. All this on my xda2.

all have been fine except one time where i had a problem with the kingmax platinum, but i suspect that was because i dumped it in a card reader, and did some major transferring in and out of large files (movies, etc). Soon it would show a greatly reduced capacity in both my xda and card reader. Got cnetx's flash format, fixed & formatted it, and now it's fine, though i've since moved it to my digicam, and now use the toshiba 1gb.

[masquerada]

I had a Toshiba 512 SD which completely died within a week now I have a Kingston 512 MMC+ had it a month and still going strong and very fast.

[Frogger]

Hi all, I've got a maxell 128mb and a Panasonic pro high speed 512mb. My Maxell gave me a bit of a scare when i had my Xda2. All my data was wiped off !!! I inserted the card the one day and it was as empty as the day it was born. Took it back to Dixons and that was not much help. They said i can send it away to try and retrieve my lost data.

I cut my losses and formatted the card on my PC. No probs since

I am now using both cards in my xda2i and i've had no data loss.(touch wood)

[ianpac]

I have been using 128 and 256 Ridata cards for 3 years without any problems. Also I have used a 512 Astone for the past 9 months for movies also without incident.

I always keep my spare ones inside a case and don't expose them to direct sunlight. They may be tough critters but you can damage them if they are mistreated.

[carterst]

I have an XDA IIi (Well the Qtek version of it) and am going to get a memory card in the order of 512Mb for it. There seems theres been a lot of bother been had with the SD cards. Has anyone had any problem eith MMC's? Are there any disadvantages to using MMC cards (speed etc)? Can anyone reccomend a cheap SD card at this size that they have had no problem with? Cheers
Tom