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  1. kaemacintosh

    Hardware Card Reader required for Hardmod and Explanation

    VSS being the ground for the system components. Regular Ground being at a different voltage from VSS. Power lines in reference to the two main lines for voltage reference in the system. So yes, why they are still both ground in their respects, they are two separate lines for power transfer. VSS...
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    Hardware Card Reader required for Hardmod and Explanation

    Got out my multimeter to test the pins, and indeed, it was a pin mismatch on the VSS1 line on the microSD card converter, which would account for the mismatches/improper operation. The others all checked out. I incorrectly assumed that all were good based on the blue boot screen. Thanks for the...
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    Hardware Card Reader required for Hardmod and Explanation

    What I mean specifically, is that the SD Reader shows up as a card was inserted (on three of the seven units), however it says no media (on two of those three) and doesn't give me an option to format in disk manager, again, says there's no media inserted. It's never appeared on any of my readers...
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    Hardware Card Reader required for Hardmod and Explanation

    It doesn't disappear and the reappear however, and that also contradicts the list that's on the subsection about confirmed supported readers.
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    Hardware Card Reader required for Hardmod and Explanation

    Hi guys, I've looked far and wide but seemingly have tried most all of my sd card readers for hard modding an o3DS with no success. I've tried 7 different readers (An HP Printer, 3 Laptops, a Desktop, and two usb 2.0 adapters) and none of them work. I wanted to know what my options are for...