Hardware Got a 128gb micro sd card for n3ds xl, can't get it to work

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Doesn't have a case, but alright

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Actually it may be a while, my phone is taking a while to boot

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And I kinda works, I can't install cia's
The CIA thing is totally normal. I think Cia installation will not work if over 90 GB of space is on the sd.
 

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I'm using a 128GB sd card in my a9lh N3DS. Works perfectly, formatted by minipartitionwizard to Fat32 with 32 cluster sizes. Installation of CIAs not a problem.
 
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For what it's worth, Sandisk has excellent compatibility, in no small part because they are one of the key co-founders of the SD card standard, and to a lesser extended, the Memory stick standard that Sony used for the PSP/go, and the proprietary Vita memory card "standard".

I've also used Sony microSD's with success, and recently some Monster-branded microSD's, which I got in particular because they were really cheap at Fry's electronics on the week I happened to stroll in for some.
 

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I'm using a 200 GB micro sd in my n3ds (a9lh) and a 128 GB in 2 other systems, and besides it loading a tad slow, it works fine. If u can't install CIA's make sure you are using the latest version of FBI. Make sure to use that program guiformat to force format it to FAT32, but I'm reading you already did that.
 

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The CIA thing is totally normal. I think Cia installation will not work if over 90 GB of space is on the sd.
That is wrong. Only bigbluemenu, and one other (outdated) installer breaks this way. This is due to the storage capacity being larger than what was the expected maximum. If they are using FBI, this should not be an issue.

Edit: just to give options because why not, I have a samsung 128gb sd card (just go on amazon and it should be like the first thing on there, they go for ~$40). The only issues I have had so far was its adapter, which I just use in my o3ds now since it works fine with it.
 
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That is wrong. Only bigbluemenu, and one other (outdated) installer breaks this way. This is due to the storage capacity being larger than what was the expected maximum. If they are using FBI, this should not be an issue.

Edit: just to give options because why not, I have a samsung 128gb sd card (just go on amazon and it should be like the first thing on there, they go for ~$40). The only issues I have had so far was its adapter, which I just use in my o3ds now since it works fine with it.
Ah i see, thanks for the info.

In that case, OP, I guess all thats left to suggest is to make sure FBI is updated.
 

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