Sansa E280 ignoring 8G microsdhc

[brock108]

I searched the forums and didn't see a case (with a solution anyway) like mine in which a Sansa E200 series completely ignored the microsd card.  In the original firmware settings/info screen it will display 2x capacity but niether original fw nor rockbox will use it.

This what I've done so far:

Verified microsdhc formatted fat32
completely removed/reinstalled rockbox, including bootloader
wrote a few mp3s to the card via cardreader
verified msc mode

Should the microsd card show up as a separate drive letter than the sansa?  The music I wrote to the card doesn't even show up in 'database'


Hopefully I've missed something silly, otherwise I am beginning to think my Sansa's card slot is busted...

Thanks,

Jim

[saratoga]

Is this a v1 or a v2 player?

[brock108]

It's a V1 with 3.10 rockbox firmware.  I've had it for years but just recently got the flash card.

[saratoga]

It's a V1 with 3.10 rockbox firmware.  I've had it for years but just recently got the flash card.

If it shows up in the OF its probably not an SDHC card.  The OF doesn't understand SDHC.  Are you sure that card is really 8GB?

[froggyman]

It's a V1 with 3.10 rockbox firmware.  I've had it for years but just recently got the flash card.

If it shows up in the OF its probably not an SDHC card.  The OF doesn't understand SDHC.  Are you sure that card is really 8GB?

Might it be possible that he has a fake card, or mislabeled one?

[brock108]

Yep it's a Kingston microsdhc.  It doesn't really 'work' in OF as it shows 'free' space only as what's left in sansa memory, wasn't about to let me use the external.  Got the card from Amazon and it works flawlessly via the adapter that came with it.

[saratoga]

Assuming "3.10" is rockbox 3.1, you might want to update.  There have been fixes for SD support in the last year.

[brock108]

nope, whoops, I have the latest release on it, think that's 3.4.  I guess it's just broken

[yapper]

With the card inserted in the Sansa (running Rockbox) it will appear as two drive letters to Windows, e.g. F: and G: when you connect via USB