Sansa e280 with 8gb Microsd?

[bennetron]

Is anyone successfully using their Rockoboxed e280 with an 8gb Microsd card?  They've started to go down in price (around $75) so I'm thinking of getting one... (I know the regular firmware only supports 2gb Microsds)

[MarcGuay]

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SansaFAQ#Which_microSD_cards_can_I_use

[interframe]

Hi, Been using a sansa e200 with a 6gb micro sdhc card for a couple of months now.. Works fine in the player bur I have to drag and drop files to it by way of a card reader . If it is in the e200 my  pc does not see it. Once I put it back in though after coping the files to it, there is no problem with the sansa seeing it. I expect you will need to operate the same way.

[scarfy]

I second that.

If you get a MicroSD card, then try getting one that is packaged with a card reader.

[bennetron]

I have a 2gb microsd card in my e280 right now.   Windows recognizes the 8gb regular drive in the e280 as an H: drive, then assigns a separate drive (I:) to the 2gb microsd that I just drag mp3s into without me having to take the microsd out and put it in a 'reader'... So, am I to understand that, for whatever reasons,  Windows won't recognize a larger card the same way?

[bascule]

I think the difference is the MicroSDHC part. IIRC, the High Capacity cards have a different interface that means that the Sansa OF does not 'see' it, so therefore Windows cannot 'see' it either unless it's in a dedicated card reader.

[GodEater]

Although of course, once we have a working USB stack on the Sansas we'll overcome that limitation too - since Rockbox will be able to present the SD card as a seperate drive too.

[bennetron]

Thanks for the help/information.  Appreciate it.