My laptop SD slot thinks every card I put in is locked also. To get around this I usually put the lock slider about 1/2, 1/4, or 3/4 of the way down. It's annoying but sometimes I can get it to think it's not locked.
Like someone else here said, I think the problem is physical. There's a tab in the card slot that's supposed to be pushed up when write mode is enabled.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/11414-2-card-reader-card-write-protected
Some people on this forum fixed it by adjusting the lock slider, using tape or fiddling with the internal mechanism, Doesn't sound fun! good luck
Like someone else here said, I think the problem is physical. There's a tab in the card slot that's supposed to be pushed up when write mode is enabled.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/11414-2-card-reader-card-write-protected
Some people on this forum fixed it by adjusting the lock slider, using tape or fiddling with the internal mechanism, Doesn't sound fun! good luck
then go buy another wii u, cause that is fault hardwarethe sad thing is that my laptop can write towart the sd's but my wii u can't
the sad thing is that my laptop can write towart the sd's but my wii u can't
You are not understanding. The lock does nothing to the card. Its just a piece of plastic. The plastic bump hits an internal switch on the card reader. Your wiiu card reader has this internal switch bent which means even when no card is inserted, it still is being detected as write protected.
If this was me, I'd pull the wii-u apart and cut the trace to the lock protect signal or ground it, depending what the wiiu you is looking for.
This would make the wiiu never write protect a card. Which in my mind isn't important at all.
If you wanted a perfect install, desolder the sd card reader and install another (if you can find one). I'd almost bet the original wii card reader is a direct fit. Could be wrong though.
Last edited by citrus3000psi,
maybe your right but something i know is that in the newer wii's was a magnet that if you opened the wii the nand chip would fry.
i have worked with wii's allot but im not sure if the wii u has that too!
i got a black wii u with 32 gb.
Last edited by mh123hack,
What? The Wii doesn't have a hard drive, and neither does the Wii U. They both use flash memory which to my knowledge is not sensitive to magnets.
I wouldn't bother. I'm 95% sure he's a troll, and if he's not then the other 5% probability is that he's legitimately clueless and no amount of explaining will help
Well, I believe you op....lol
After 2008 nintendo was very angry at the console hackers. So the decided to hide one of these in the console.
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/tradeshows/2006/CES/day3/toshiba085inch2.jpg
The magnet sitting on top of this is just there to trigger the thermite reaction. The goal was to melt down the entire console. Sadly, (like everything from nintendo) they couldn't afford decent parts and cheaped the thermite. Thus instead of full melt down you end up with just the hard drive smoking and melting down. I swear to this. Also, I have another true story to share.
One bright day, in the middle of the night
2 dead boys stood up to fight
Back to back they faced each other
Drew there swords and shot each other
A deaf cop heard the noise
And came and killed the 2 dead boys
If you don't believe this lie is true
Go ask the blind man he saw it too
After 2008 nintendo was very angry at the console hackers. So the decided to hide one of these in the console.
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/tradeshows/2006/CES/day3/toshiba085inch2.jpg
The magnet sitting on top of this is just there to trigger the thermite reaction. The goal was to melt down the entire console. Sadly, (like everything from nintendo) they couldn't afford decent parts and cheaped the thermite. Thus instead of full melt down you end up with just the hard drive smoking and melting down. I swear to this. Also, I have another true story to share.
One bright day, in the middle of the night
2 dead boys stood up to fight
Back to back they faced each other
Drew there swords and shot each other
A deaf cop heard the noise
And came and killed the 2 dead boys
If you don't believe this lie is true
Go ask the blind man he saw it too
Seeing as this is the same troll who started this very entertaining thread https://gbatemp.net/threads/wii-u-d...in-some-wiis-that-fryes-the-harddrive.426326/ we can safely say this is a crock and move on.
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The simplest answer is that this thread is a failed prank, but if OP is serious, then your Wii U SD slot is broken.
Use Hp format tool or Mini Tool Wizard to find, fix, and format SD cards. You can even format 64gb EX cards and higher to Fat32, so that they will work in the Wii, Wii U and 3DS, or anything for that mater, that only see's 32gb.
Last edited by LeoDark$ide,
after much work i went to see inside the sd slot and i saw that the lock swich his plasic piece is gone!
im not goinig to replace the sd lock but im bizzy to fix the lock and placing the lock switch that it is always unlocked!
does anyone has a picture of a sd lock that it is how it is normally?
top, sides and inside?
that makes it a lot easier.
now i know that it is hardware damage i know this makes the problem a lot easier!
im not goinig to replace the sd lock but im bizzy to fix the lock and placing the lock switch that it is always unlocked!
does anyone has a picture of a sd lock that it is how it is normally?
top, sides and inside?
that makes it a lot easier.
now i know that it is hardware damage i know this makes the problem a lot easier!
Last edited by mh123hack,
If the locking switch is missing on the card itself, you can use some tape to simulate it. (Electric tape or duct tape)
If the switch detector is missing in the slot, you'll need to replace the slot. Unfortunately the Wii U's SD slot appears to be soldered to the system board, so replacing it will require desoldering. (Another option could be to permanently wire up the write-protect sensor wire to make it seem like it's always writable, but I'm not sure which pin this is.)
If the switch detector is missing in the slot, you'll need to replace the slot. Unfortunately the Wii U's SD slot appears to be soldered to the system board, so replacing it will require desoldering. (Another option could be to permanently wire up the write-protect sensor wire to make it seem like it's always writable, but I'm not sure which pin this is.)
we know a better idea my father thought to ground the pin toward the wii u than it wont be a problem anymore.
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i can send a picture but we were already bizzy with the wii u to ground the pin.
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