iPAQ Backup & Pocket Mechanic problems

[doughboy]

Can any of you please assist me with the questions bulleted below?

I have an iPAQ 2210 with a 256MB Kingston SD card made in Japan. For the first time ever, when attempting to execute iPAQ Backup and PM, they simply hang with the "hourglass" and a soft reset needs to be performed in order to gain control of the PPC. Activesync even gives me a connection error when the card is inserted in the device. AS works fine when the Kingston card is removed.

I believe I have isolated the problem to the SD card because Backup and PM work fine with the card removed and with my Lexar 1GD SD card. However, I can execute and use every program residing on the Kingston SD card. WM2003 File Explorer and Resco Explorer access and work with the card fine.

* Have any of you had similar problems with iPAQ Backup, PM, or and SD card? If so, please articulate and/or diagnose the eventual problem and advise how they were resolved.
* Is reformatting the card a good option? If so, what are some ways to re-format it since PM simply hangs when attempting to access the card?

Thanks for your assistance.

[Menneisyys]

I'd say it's definitely the card.

Kingston SD cards have always had problems with applications/devices that continuously write to them. They have problems with SD-based MP3 recorders (for example, my Mambox P353), they have problems with apps like NoteM (see http://www.pocketpcmag.com/newsl_jkwg/JKWG_02-22-05.htm , http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,37799 and http://www.pocketcasting.com/archives/2005/02/21/recording-on-the-pocket-pc/ ), and, seemingly, they also have problems with iPAQ Backup.

There is not much you can do expect switching to another card.