Worth upgrading from 01.01.01F2 to 01.01.05?

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I recently bought an Express (1GB with radio UK version). Straight away I ran through the firmware upgrade to 01.01.05 and it wouldn’t see the 4GB SanDisk card I bought at the same time. Unfortunately I didn’t try the card before upgrading, so don’t know if there was a hardware problem. Amazon have kindly sent me another Express and I have avoided the firmware upgrade. The 4GB card seems to be working fine, though I have only loaded a couple of albums on it so far. Everything seems to be working fine on the replacement SE.

My question is should I upgrade to 01.01.05?

  • Can anybody tell me what improvements (new features or fixes) this will bring?
  • Are there any down sides to 01.01.05?

I’ve read various people’s problems with MicroSD cards after upgrades, but I couldn’t find an specific mention of 01.01.05. My main worry is might the 4GB card stop working? Any advice gratefully received.

Michael

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I see quite a few people have looked at this thread, so I’m guessing that it’s a question other people would like to know the answer to as well.

Does anyone know the answer, or have I missed firmware release notes / fix list elsewhere on this site?

Michael

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 sansa is probably like lottery :slight_smile: (?!)

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I remember something to the effect of improved MicroSD card support and improved stability; not sure what else might have changed.

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My general rule regarding firmware updates for ANY device (be it a motherboard, a router, an mp3 player) is not to fix it if it isn’t broken. :slight_smile:

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I thought it was only possible to use a 1gb or 2gb microSD card w/ the Express. Can you access the whole 4gb ??

F.

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@expressman wrote:

I thought it was only possible to use a 1gb or 2gb microSD card w/ the Express. Can you access the whole 4gb ??

 

F.

 

The Express should be compatible with 4gB micro SDHC cards. It seems to work best with Sandisk brand cards. With non-Sandisk brands it is hit or miss.

 

See the attached post from Sandisk. It certainly seems to imply that the Express will work with 4gB cards. 

http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=express&thread.id=1130