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I've just bought an Olympus EVOLT E-500 and this morning received a
SanDisk Ultra II 2.0 GB CompactFlash card.

I can only insert the card one way round - with front (darker side)
facing towards the back of the camera. When I turn the camera on I get
a 'card full' error. When I select menu - card setup - format I get a
'card error'. When I insert the card into my PC's card reader and ask
for properties it tells me that there is 1.93Gb free.

Have I bought a card that isn't compatible with my camera, a faulty
card, a faulty camera or am I missing something?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

Wakefield Carter
http://www.2000ad.org/oscar/

I have the same camera and flash card model and don't experience a problem.
Have you tried reformatting the card in the camera?

Doug

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> I've just bought an Olympus EVOLT E-500 and this morning received a
> SanDisk Ultra II 2.0 GB CompactFlash card.
>
> I can only insert the card one way round - with front (darker side)
> facing towards the back of the camera. When I turn the camera on I get
> a 'card full' error. When I select menu - card setup - format I get a
> 'card error'. When I insert the card into my PC's card reader and ask
> for properties it tells me that there is 1.93Gb free.
>
> Have I bought a card that isn't compatible with my camera, a faulty
> card, a faulty camera or am I missing something?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
>
> Wakefield Carter
> http://www.2000ad.org/oscar/
>

> I have the same camera and flash card model and don't experience a problem.
> Have you tried reformatting the card in the camera?
>
Thanks for eliminating one of the possibilities so quickly.

What I try reformatting the card in the camera I get a 'card error' so
hopefully the problem is a faulty card, rather than a faulty camera.

Cheers,

Wake

Make sure you didn't bend the pins on the camera. I had the same problem
when I installed a card, and had to send my camera back to Olympus for
repair.

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>> I have the same camera and flash card model and don't experience a
>> problem.
>> Have you tried reformatting the card in the camera?
>>
> Thanks for eliminating one of the possibilities so quickly.
>
> What I try reformatting the card in the camera I get a 'card error' so
> hopefully the problem is a faulty card, rather than a faulty camera.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wake
>