grrrr... my sd card owes

[+travis71]

So I got my SD card for my new Vista HCX (which has not arrived) in the mail. I got it from Amazon, & its a 2 gig Kingston card. I got it DIRECTLY from Amazon, not a vendor, so I know its not a bogus chip. However, whenever I try to format it on my machine with a card reader (vista) or on my wifes XP machine, it doesnt show it as a 2 gig device, only as a 1 gig. Anyone else have this problem, or have any idea how to deal with it?

[+admo1972]

Are you sure is is showing as only a 1GB? A true 1GB card would show up as 920MB or so, not 1GB. A 2GB card should show up as a 1.75 GB card or so (give or take a 100 MB). What is the exact space VIsta or XP is saying is available on the card?

[+travis71]

I am sorry, I made a mistake... on my wifes XP machine it DID format as a 2 gig card (1.75 or w/e) but it wont read on mine as anything other than 920, even after the format on XP.

[+travis71]

I read about a hotfix patch for this, but apparently my machine already has it, & it still doesnt work.

[+admo1972]

So it sounds to me like the card is fine, and that it is just a Vista problem. I guess just use the XP machine with the card until Microsoft gets another service pack update for Vista.

[+JSWilson64]

Are you using the same card reader on both computers?

 

My 2GB SD card only shows up as 1GB in my camera due to hardware limitations in the camera -- If you're using two different card readers, maybe one has the same type of problem.

Edited November 28, 2007 by JSWilson64