Only if the device is SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) compatible.

To help the consumer, many manufactures will print the new SDHC logo (as seen below) on the device, for example on the side of a camera casing or its retail packaging.

Devices produced before Summer 2007 may not be compatible, please check your device manual before you purchase a 4GB memory card.

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This is an occasional issue that can happen after a long period of use.

Some cameras when formatting the card create a multiple File Allocation Tables (FAT). If the camera has formatted the card a number times the space used by these tables will have increased and therefore the available space for saving images will have been reduced.

Most cameras will only view images stored within a set folder structure, if you have saved the images to new folders then move them back to within the cameras structure and you should be able to view them.

If you have changed the format of the images this may also cause problems.

If a flash card is used properly it will give many years of service.

You could probably get away with just having one. But if you invest in 2 or 3 your flexibility is increased.

Use extra cards when it is impractical to download your pictures, before reusing the card - e.g. on holiday, or on the move.

You can use the higher resolution setting on your camera-, as higher resolution images require more space.

Take more shots of your subject and select the best one without having to delete unwanted images straight away.

In case your only card gets lost or damaged.

You can backup normal data files - like spreadsheets on to a flash card if you have an adapter or reader.

Click here for a range of Integral Reader Products

There are a number of ways to do this.

Connect your device via a serial cable to your computer.  This normally requires the loading of software that came with the device. This is a common method if you do not need to download that often or quickly. Using a serial cable is slow and can use up battery power.

Using a USB cable is much quicker, (if you have the correct software and port on your PC and Camera).

Connect your flash card into a PCMCIA (PC card) adapter and insert this adapter and card into a PCMCIA socket either into a PCMCIA reader on a PC or a slot in your notebook (most notebooks have one). This is a quick, cost effective way especially if you are on the move.

Using an ATA interface, your flash card is seen as another drive.

SmartMedia cards can be inserted into a 'Flashpath' device that can be used on a normal 3.5' floppy drive.

Some printers can print directly from a card without the use of a computer.

Buy a USB Card Reader. A Card Reader is a device that is connected to your PC. Flash cards are then inserted into the Card Reader. This is a quick and easy way of transferring data up 40x quicker than using a serial cable. Your card appears as an extra drive. Your Card Reader can also be a handy back-up device.

This problem is not related to any particular brand of card or device.

It can occur when the device had been interrupted when accessing the card. 

To avoid this problem;

DO NOT turn OFF the device or remove the card while the device is reading, writing, erasing or formatting.

DO NOT use the device while the batteries are low. This could result in corruption. In some cases power can run out as the memory card is being written to.

AVOID inserting and removing the card with the device switched ON.

To fix this problem you will need to reformat the card (this will destroy all data held on the card).

You may be able to recover images from a corrupted card (see FAQ on reformatting the Memory Card).

Some Olympus cameras will not access cards that have been formatted in a Card Reader, so please read your camera manual before proceeding with a format.

In card readers make sure the drive light is not flashing and wait a few seconds before pulling the card out of the slot.

If a card has become unreadable, DO NOT format the card if there is data on the card you may need to recover. If corrupt data has been written to a card, it still may be possible to retrieve data/images from the card.

In many occasions it is possible to use a rescue package to recover images from a card that is no longer readable.

We have used “Photorescue” from Datarescue.

Available from: http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue

This information has been given in good faith and without any liability

There is a demo version for download that will show you if it can recover your images before you need to purchase the software.

Another to try is www.lc-tech.com for 'Photorecovery'.

Integral offers a data recovery service.  Please contact Technical Support for details.

This is due to difference in terminology. It is standard for disk drives (Flash media falls within this category) to be listed using the equation 1MB=1,000,000 Kbytes where as operating systems use 1MB= 1024 x 1K(1024 bytes) = 1,048,576 kbytes.

Also these equations are assuming an unformatted card.

Pixel or picture element is the foundation of digital photography.
It is the smallest point on an image. This point on its own can be assigned colour and intensity. Many thousand or millions of these pixels make up a photograph. Generally on a camera the higher the pixel rating the better the result will be.

Resolution can be expressed in pixels per inch (ppi).

Compression is a process where a file is made smaller by reducing the number of bits in the file. The higher the compression, the greater the loss of detail. JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is the most common format. Compression increases the number of images that can be stored on a flash card.

Please try the suggestions below before emailing our Technical Support team:

1. Make sure the memory card is not inserted upside down, this is a very common issue with memory cards in mobile phone handsets.

2. Try rebooting/switching on your device with the memory card already inserted.

3. Is your device SDHC / miniSDHC / microSDHC compatible?? - many cameras, PDA's, mobile phone handsets and card readers produced before Summer 2007 will not work with SDHC memory cards.

4. Try another media card

The default formatting for all types of Memory Cards is FAT16, that includes 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB and 2GB Memory Cards.

Therefore, the maximum supporting capacity for the FAT16 file system is 2GB.

However, if using a 4GB+ Memory Card you need to format the Memory Card to the FAT32 file system.

If the digital device supports only the FAT16 file system and does not support the FAT32 file system you cannot use a memory card bigger than 2GB.

Integral memory cards of 4GB or more such as those in the CompactFlash i-Pro and Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) range are only supported by FAT32 devices and must be formatted to FAT32.

It's best to format the memory card in the device it's being used in (i.e. digital camera, mobile phone, notebook, etc).  You will need to check with the device's manual to see how this is done.  Normally the format facility on a digital device is found in the same menu as where you can delete items from your memory card.

If, for any reason, you do not have a format facility in your digital device you can use a Memory Card Reader connected to a PC to do the formatting.

Insert the Memory Card into a Memory Card Reader and do the following:-

Open My Computer

Locate the drive letter of your Memory Card

Right-click on this

Select Format... (this will launch the Format Utility Window)

Under the option File System select FAT32

Click on the Start button

This will format the Memory Card to FAT32.  Please note that by doing the format all data on the Memory Card will be erased.

Please note that all 4GB+ memory cards from Just Rams/Integral Memory come pre-formatted to FAT32.