Yes, leave the media card out and run the device.

Did you move the card from an older BlackBerry to this 8900?
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Otherwise, do you have many applications running in the background OR an open browser on an active webpage? If so, close them. Press your Menu key > Switch Applications and see what is running and choose each application then > Menu > Close or Exit.