sd card not recognised in a hp ipaq h4150

[yorkierose2000]

Hi guys... hopefully someone can help. I am trying to sort out my hubby's ipaq as it doesnt recognise any sd card. ( i have a 47XX series with no problems, which confirms the card is ok) i have tried soft resets formatting the card reboots and now at a loss as to how it will recognise the sd card . Can anyone please give me some advise. Many thanks in anticipation.

[AnswerDude]

Perhaps you already tried this but have you tried soft reset the iPAQ while the card is in the slot?

[yorkierose2000]

yes answerdude have tried that. Am thinking only the hard reset is the answer but a bit wary over this as not too confortable if i have to reinstall software,( ok with desktop but ipaq whole new ball game for me!)

[AnswerDude]

You can either sync your data with desktop Outlook or create a backup first before hard reset. You can restore from backup or create new partnership and sync the data back from Outlook and reinstall all applications from Activesync add/remove programs in 1 steps. Try the sd card before restore from backup or reinstall applications to check if it's not the problem of software conflict.

[yorkierose2000]

thanks for your help on that. Have done the hard reset and still it doesn't recognise the card. I'd appreciate any other suggestions.

[sweep]

This is not an answer to your question - sorry, it's just to let you know that you are not alone, and I have been trying to work this one out for ages.

I have a 2210, it can read a 512mb Sandisk sd card, a 1gb Integral sd card and a 2gb easy drive sd card, but it WILL NOT read a 1gb Sandisk sd card or a 2gb Integral sd card? - Go figure!

I have tried soft and hard resets, formatting in the PPC and on the desk top pc, but nothing - The only way around the problem was to swap the offending cards with a very understanding friend!:confused:

Let me know if you find tha answer

[rgreena964]

This is not an answer either, but you can use it as a work around!
I also have a set of SD 2G cards that don't work in my HP2795, although they work in my HP945 Camera. I like to keep some pic's on my Ipaq but can't load from these cards. I also have another set of 2G cards that work in the Ipaq and not in my camera. So I transfer the pic's I want to carry with me to my PC and then to the cards that I use in the Ipaq. I don't know why they work this way but, rather than fight it, I guess you have to put up with it! By the way all 4 cards work in the pc.

Hope this helps, if not good luck
Bob G.

[sweep]

Again - This is only what I have done - don't try this unless you are very clever, lucky, or like me had nothing to loose:

http://www.pdastreet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69558