HP 50g - SD Card format error, another BUG?

[Alvaro]

Hi,
I bought a new 2GB card today and I wanted to format it on the HP 50g.
It starts formating but after few seconds there comes a popup window saying there is a format error.
I tried on the PC and everything works fine.
Also checked for errors and everything is fine.
Did someone got this error before? Is that a known error?
Or do I do something wrong?
Or do I need to learn RPL for that?

EDIT:
I just have read in the quick start guide that comes with the HP 50g (German) and it says:
- Only SD cards are accepted with max. capacity 2GB
- SDHC cards are NOT supported.
- FAT32 is supported but there will be a 2 Sec. lag at Boot Time.
- The HP 50g, in the case of a SD card greater than 1GB, it will display a free capacity lower than 1GB but you have full access to the 2GB.

[Steve Simpkin]

Make sure it is an SD card and not an SDHC card. Also the card needs to formatted in the FAT16 format. You may need to use a utility on your computer to do that although the calculator should have been able to do it. I see some references that FAT32 may also be supported but I can't confirm that.

See the following for more information:

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Calculators...yC9jVddAck

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Calculators...yC9kFddAck

http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/...read=98725

I don't know if learning RPL would help with this problem, but it wouldn't hurt

[Alvaro]

(03-12-2014 08:13 PM)Steve Simpkin Wrote:  Make sure it is an SD card and not an SDHC card. Also the card needs to formatted in the FAT16 format. You may need to use a utility on your computer to do that although the calculator should have been able to do it. I see some references that FAT32 may also be supported but I can't confirm that.

See the following for more information:

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Calculators...yC9jVddAck

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Calculators...yC9kFddAck

http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/...read=98725

I don't know if learning RPL would help with this problem, but it wouldn't hurt

Thank you Steve,

The card is a SD not SDHC (by the way, very difficult to get one now a days).
Yes, the HP 50g recognises the FAT32 but is very slow at Start-up.
Without a card in slot, it starts even quicker.

Seems that "FORMAT" on the HP 50g only works on 1GB cards.

What I am real concerned about is about the bug´s . A machine that has errors, say not working a it should by specification , makes me don´t trust it. From my experience, one bug at one place causes other erros in other places.
So, for it is like "you never know".

About that RPL learning, I will think about that when I am retired, that might be a good exercise, instead of playing Sudoku.

T

[Thomas Klemm]

(03-12-2014 09:12 PM)Alvaro Wrote:  About that RPL learning, I will think about that when I am retired, that might be a good exercise, instead of playing Sudoku.

You could write a program in RPL implementing Dancing Links to solve a Sudoko. No reason to wait until you're retired.

Cheers
Thomas

[Steve Simpkin]

"Seems that "FORMAT" on the HP 50g only works on 1GB cards. "

It looks like you found your answer. An undocumented limitation of the HP 50g format command? I misunderstood and thought you could not access the SD card at all.

Maybe I will take up Sudoku when I retire, instead of playing with RPL

[David Hayden]

(03-12-2014 09:57 PM)Thomas Klemm Wrote:  You could write a program in RPL implementing Dancing Links to solve a Sudoko. No reason to wait until you're retired.

There are several sudoku solvers for the 50g on hpcalc.org.

Dave