> I think that is only an half of the problem: the SD card controller > (inside the card) write the data with his own rules and different > card has different rules. The buffering is in most cases more > important that transfer speed! The multi-card reader I have has a Realtek RTS5161 controller in it. A 600MB file downloaded via USB from the HDD to the card takes only 83 seconds, a transfer/write rate of > 7MB/s Sometime I will put the analyser on it to see exactly how it does that. Presumably it will be in the native 4-bit mode Joe --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .