ipaq 3955 and 256 Sandisk SD Memory Reporting??

[guydee]

Hi all. I'm new to the board and I was hoping someone could help me. I just bought a Sandisk 256mb for my ipaq 3955. I plugged it in, turned on the ipaq and went strait to the "Memory" Icon. It is telling me that the Total Storage Card Memory is only 238.50 mb. This is a 256mb card!! Has anyone else noticed that there is 17.50 mb missing from the card? I know formatting, etc takes away some of it, but this is rediculous??

Thanks!!:mad:

[Nystral]

welcome to the dual standards of reporting size..

when ScanDisk is reproting memory they say 256 MB or 256,000,000 (256 Million) bytes. ScanDsik is reporting the saize as 1 MB = 1000 Bytes.

However the computer (rightly) reports the size as 256 Million / 1024 or because a MB actually has 1024 bytes in it because 2^10 = 1024. So you ahve the right card and scan disk did not ripp you off, any more then Maxtor, WD, or Seagate do when you buy a HD.

[stevemw]

Also, if this is a secure digital card, the file system requires some reserved space to store security information.

[db on cbr1100xx]

.........I've bought a 512MB SD card. Settings/Memory reports 488.25MB . I read the above and thought.........'OK'

However, Pocket Explorer, a file explorer add-on reports the full 512MB

Now what ?

[db on cbr1100xx]

..........using a formatting utility on the iPaq and reformatting to 512 clusters and FAT32 drops to 508MB in Pocket explorer and 425MB in settings/memory...........

Strange, man !! LOL