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    M1330 does it read SDHC or no?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by joshyjosh, Nov 14, 2007.

  1. joshyjosh

    joshyjosh Notebook Guru

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    I cannot seem to find an answer to this, does the Dell M1330 card reader have the ability to read SDHC cards, in my case a 8gb card.

    It doesnt read mine, anyone?
     
    joshyjosh, Nov 14, 2007
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    im nearly sure it will.
     
    nizzy1115, Nov 14, 2007
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    ACHlLLES Notebook Virtuoso

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    It does read 4gb, not sure about 8 though. It may need driver update by Dell like my treo needs software update to read SDHC 4gb card.
     
    ACHlLLES, Nov 14, 2007
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    It should not need any driver update as it IS SDHC compatible. 4 or 8 GB are both SDHC, so you should be fine. Again, though, it definitely IS SDHC-compatible.
     
    Samuel613, Nov 14, 2007
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    Chuckles Notebook Consultant

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    Chuckles, Nov 14, 2007
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    I have an 8GB SDHC card that I use in my Canon TX1 digicam. The XPS M1330's reader will only *properly* read the FIRST 4GB (3.92GB to be exact). The remaining ~2GB worth of pictures/videos were copied successfully by the OS, BUT none of those pictures or videos were readable.

    It's not my card because I was able to open the other 2GB of pictures and videos when copied from my Sandisk extreme reader. Good thing I didn't delete those off the card before I tried it with my Sandisk reader!

     
    GadgetsNut, Nov 15, 2007
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    That's really interesting. Have you informed Dell Tech Support and/or Ricoh? I would hope Dell/Ricoh will release a new driver, if that is the case.
     
    Samuel613, Nov 15, 2007
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    Oh no, I do not have that kind of time or energy to explain to Dell the situation, "top of the line" XPS support notwithstanding.

    They will likely tell you something is wrong with your card (or you!), and you probably can't reason with them even if another card reader reads the entire 8GB properly.

     
    GadgetsNut, Nov 15, 2007
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    I updated to the latest drivers and my dell m1330 does not read my Transcend 8gb sdhc class 6 card, not at all.
     
    joshyjosh, Nov 15, 2007
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    Return it, and get a 4gb.
     
    ACHlLLES, Nov 15, 2007
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  11. joshyjosh

    joshyjosh Notebook Guru

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    Im not returning the card, if anything I would get a 16gb card.
     
    joshyjosh, Nov 15, 2007
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    It works! Something wrong either with the card or the reader or the drivers!
     
    sinstoic, Nov 15, 2007
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