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I just put a new 4GB SD card into my Pentax Optio S4i camera. When I power it up I get the message "memory card error" Tried another card and got the same error message. Any advice. Thanks. Randall

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There are several possible causes for "memory card locked", "memory card error", or "no memory card". The most common cause is having the tiny slide switch on the side of the card in the wrong position. The second most common is trying to use a 4GB or higher SDHC card with an older camera made before SDHC format came out. There are also other common causes if the above didn't help, with troubleshooting steps for this problem listed here.

  • kakima Jul 05, 2011

    As t00nz says, the S4i works with SD cards, not with SDHC cards.

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