MuVo² Compact Flash Compatibility List

The data in the table below was taken from discussions on the 'storage and media' forum at dpreview. It also includes updates emailed to me, thank you to all who have.

Ok, final update. Thanks to all who helped build this list, and apologies to those I never made the time to reply to.

Have Worked			Haven't Worked			Conflicting Reports
Canon		32	Canon		8	Sandisk		128
Sandisk	Ultra	32	Nikon		8	Kingston		256
Delkin		128	Canon		16	Lexar	4x	256
Edge		128	Lexar	8x	16	Lexar	12x	256
Lexar	12x	128	Nikon		16	Sandisk		256
Lexar	8x	256	SagaTek		32	Sandisk	Ultra	256
Lexar	16x	256	Sandisk		32	Sandisk	UltraII	256
Lexar	40x	256	Simple		32	Simpletech		256
Transcend	45x	256	Lexar		48	IBM	md	340
Apacer	PS Pro	512	Sandisk		60	Kingston		512
Hitachi/IBM	md	512	Canon	Highspeed	64	Lexar		512
Lexar	4x	512	Crucial		64	PQI	40x	512
Lexar	12x	512	Lexar		64	Sandisk		512
Sandisk	Extreme	512	PNY		64	Sandisk	UltraII	512
Sandisk	Ultra	512	Sandisk		64	Transcend	30x	512
Transcend	45x	512	Toshiba		64	Viking		512
A1		1024	Hama		128	Lexar	32x	1024
Hitachi/IBM	md	1024	Hitachi		128
Iomega	md	1024	Kingston		128
Keymem	52x	1024	Lexar	8x	128
Lexar	4x	1024	Memorex		128
PQI	F1 40x	1024	PNY		128
Sandisk		1024	PQI		128
Sandisk	UltraII	1024	Pretec		128
Transcend	45x	1024	Viking		128
Sandisk		2048	Sandisk		160
Hitachi	md	4096	Sandisk		192
Sandisk		4096	AVL		192
Transcend	45x	4096	AVL		256
Seagate	md oem	8192	Crucial		256
			DaneElec		256
			Kodak		256
			RiData Pro	52x	256
			Toshiba		256
			TwinMOS		256
			Verbatim		256
			Viking		256
			DaneElec		512
			PNY		512
			PQI		512
			Ramos	PhotoSafe	512
			RiData		512
			Simpletech	Type II	512
			Simpletech		512
			TDK		512
			Transcend	25x	512
			DaneElec		1024
			ExtremeMemory		1024
			Kingston		1024
			PQI	26x	1024
			PQI	F1	1024
			Promaster		1024
			Viking		1024
			Cornice	md	1500
			Magicstore	md	2250

Check the back of any SanDisk cards. A current theory is that cards that have "© 99 SanDisk" on the back won't work with the MuVo², but that those with "© 03 SanDisk" will. Maybe.

I've had a few emails about a possible problem. If the CF card works intermittently and it fails during the firmware write process then it can leave the MuVo² with a corrupted firmware that will stop it from working. I don't know if it is possible to tell if a card will or won't fail during the update.

I can't remember the details, but I had a few emails a while back where people had a problem with errors on transfer which required the MuVo to be reformatted. I had my first transfer error today. Removed the MuVo, it tried to run smartscan and then told me to run scandisk on the pc. So I plugged it back in, pc recognized it, I ran "chkdsk /f h:" and the MuVo then worked. I assume that's been tried, but maybe it will work for some people.

Finally, a quick request. If anyone has had a microdrive fail such that it starts reporting the wrong size to windows could you let me know? I've just had an email from someone with this problem and I'm wondering if it is a one off problem or not.

If there are any errors in the above list then please let me know. Please include all details that you can (serial numbers/part numbers/CHS geometry), but still let me know even if you can't include extra information. Last updated 20060327.

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MuVo² Compact Flash Compatibility List