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    *** 1Gb SD card now 30Mb !!! HELP!!! ***

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Darbyjack, Apr 15, 2006.

  1. Darbyjack

    Darbyjack Notebook Evangelist

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    My SD card wasn't working too properly so I formatted it and tried putting music in it, only to find it got full up.

    To my horror, I discovered it now only holds 30Mb, when it should be holding 1Gb

    I've had it for one year and 4 months





    PLEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEE HELP ME!! :(
     
    Darbyjack, Apr 15, 2006
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  2. Aero

    Aero PC/Mac...Whatever works! NBR Reviewer

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    Chill man...Did you try reformatting it again? How are you formatting it? Do you use it for a phone or for what?
     
    Aero, Apr 15, 2006
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  3. wipeout

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    Try formatting the card in your computer .. if it was formatted in another device.
     
    wipeout, Apr 15, 2006
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  4. Darbyjack

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    siiiiiiiiiiigh (I tried formatting it on 3 different PCs etc etc)

    better suggestions pleeeease? I Really need this card working!
     
    Darbyjack, Apr 15, 2006
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  5. CoolHotCold

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    is it a fake.
     
    CoolHotCold, Apr 15, 2006
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  6. Darbyjack

    Darbyjack Notebook Evangelist

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    lol no its not fake I been using it for over a year now without problems

    it is made my SanDisk btw
     
    Darbyjack, Apr 16, 2006
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  7. BFSWill

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    Sounds like it has gone bad.

    I was walking through a parking lot the other day and kicked something. I picked it up - Memorex 1gig stick. It had nothing on it. Now it does.
     
    BFSWill, Apr 16, 2006
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  8. coriolis

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    It's probrably faulty.

    It could be a fake, but if you have had it for a long time, then it shouldn't be. But there are fakes running around, it acts like a larger sized card for a short period, then 'expires' to the original card size.
     
    coriolis, Apr 16, 2006
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  9. Darbyjack

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    lol i never heard of fake ones b4.

    BFSWill, u lucky!! I wish i could find a 1gb sd lying around somewhere lol
     
    Darbyjack, Apr 16, 2006
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  10. lololol

    lololol Notebook Guru

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    i think it died
    same thing happened to my memory stick pro duo,,,it was a 512 stick,after having it for a few months,it went bad,and could only hold 1XXmb
    and i had to send it back
     
    lololol, Apr 16, 2006
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  11. strikeback03

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    IIRC most Sandisk products have at least a 5 year warranty.

    how do you fake the size of a card? does it compress the data or something? Or do they just not expect the new owner to notice that when they tried to load 1 GB and only a fraction fit?
     
    strikeback03, Apr 16, 2006
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  12. Darbyjack

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    I have used the full 1Gb many times before for my MP3
     
    Darbyjack, Apr 17, 2006
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  13. Shampoo

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    I'm pretty sure sandisk has a really long warranty, so just send it back.
     
    Shampoo, Apr 18, 2006
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  14. Aero

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    You serious...How can it "act" ... If it can originally fit that much then there is a way to get it back to that state..

    I doubt anything such as that even exists :eek:
     
    Aero, Apr 18, 2006
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