Performance with CF Inserted

[kenlefeb]

Several changes occurred at once, so I'm not sure which (if any) have caused this problem, but I have been experiencing SIGNIFICANTLY slower performance on my 3630 whenever I have a CF card inserted.

I upgraded to 2002... didn't notice any problems.

Then I installed the Service Pack from Compaq and bought a new 128Mb CF (instead of the 64Mb I used before) and I started using Mazingo 3.2 (pointing to the Storage Card for its files) instead of Avantgo for all my websites.

Now, whenever I try to use any of the Pocket Office apps or Mazingo, the system takes a LOOONG time to load the application (like it's searching the card for something); sometimes it takes so long I do a soft-reset so I don't know if it's hung or I just wasn't patient enough (I've waited as long as 5 minutes).

Has anyone else noticed this behavior, or have any clues?

Thanks!

[Jason Dunn]

The root of the problem is that the applications are searching the storage card and getting hung up on something - try re-formatting the storage card and moving over a few files at a time. You may have a corrupt file...

[kenlefeb]

I did try reformatting it, but I copied my files all back at once...

I thought the problem had gone away, but it was quickly back. Probably, whatever file is corrupt wasn't access for a little while after reformatting... I have a hunch it might be something in the Mazingo folder, because now that I think about it, I didn't resync Mazingo for a while after reformatting...

Thanks!

[lspinellijr]

i had the same problem with a 3765, i even experienced the problem with the start menu. slow like something else is going on in the background. i hard reset it too several times! i thought it was the unit so i returned it for a replacemnt.

the mazingo fix didnt work. hard reset didnt work. i then even experienced the problem without any sleeves!

i installed the same software as u did too. the problem is eerily similar.

i was at a loss too

[Jason Dunn]

... I have a hunch it might be something in the Mazingo folder, because

Bill & Co. over at Mazingo are really great about listening to users - try another format and see if you can track the problem back to Mazingo, then email their tech support people. :D

[lspinellijr]

i did a hard reset and still had the issue. after the hard reset the unit was vanilla... no mazingo. still showed those symptoms.

my new unit works flawlessly, i have moved on.

[kevin]

On the general topic of using a CF Card with the iPaq...

Does anyone know of any resources that provide a guide to formatting and building the most efficient file structures for using a CF Card with ActiveSync and Avantgo?

The PocketPC Thoughts Site used to have some useful Tips (prior to the recent "Crash") but I haven't been able to locate an alternative source.

Any assistance for this newbie CF user would be greatly appreciated. :?