Hardware 3ds won't boot up with sd card inserted - help!

[Fauxfox117]

So awhile ago I added cfw to my boyfriends 3ds and it has been working perfectly fine, downloaded a ton of games for him and hes been enjoying it. Last night I opened up his system to replace his d-pad and abxy buttons since the original ones were starting to have the paint chip off and become annoying when in use, however, when the system was put back together it now wont boot up with an sd card inserted, anyone have any idea what that might be the reason of? I feel like I didnt break the sd card slot since it only turns on when one isnt inserted so surely it can tell when one is put in right? Then so what might my problem be with cfw? It's been awhile since I hacked it so any help would be greatly appreciated. I will mention recently before this we upgraded the sd to a 64gb (I did reformat to fat32) but if that helps give any other info.

 

[IC_]

By not booting up do you mean that the blue light turns on and then immediately turns off? Can you hear any popping noise from the speakers when it turns off like that?
Make sure you have the latest Luma boot files on your SD card: https://github.com/LumaTeam/Luma3DS/releases

 

[Fauxfox117]

No popping noise, the blue light just stays on and the screens dont boot. I dont believe the 3ds has been updated at all so would getting the newest version of luma mess things up? Should I update the system? Sorry, it's been awhile so it's hard to remember the specifics with cfw.

 

[IC_]

The newest version of Luma won't mess things up, and you'll most likely need it if you want to update the 3DS firmware to the newest version. The blue light just staying on sounds more like a hardware issue though, try opening the 3DS again and reconnecting the SD card slot, it could just be a bad connection.

 

[Fauxfox117]

I'll try to add the newest luma onto the sd card and see what happens- which specific files do I need? If this fails I'll see what I can do reopening the system.

 

[IC_]

I'll try to add the newest luma onto the sd card and see what happens- which specific files do I need? If this fails I'll see what I can do reopening the system.

Both files from the zip archive, boot.firm and boot.3dsx.

 

[Flaire]

So awhile ago I added cfw to my boyfriends 3ds and it has been working perfectly fine, downloaded a ton of games for him and hes been enjoying it. Last night I opened up his system to replace his d-pad and abxy buttons since the original ones were starting to have the paint chip off and become annoying when in use, however, when the system was put back together it now wont boot up with an sd card inserted, anyone have any idea what that might be the reason of? I feel like I didnt break the sd card slot since it only turns on when one isnt inserted so surely it can tell when one is put in right? Then so what might my problem be with cfw? It's been awhile since I hacked it so any help would be greatly appreciated. I will mention recently before this we upgraded the sd to a 64gb (I did reformat to fat32) but if that helps give any other info.

The one thing I can suggest is try booting without the sd card inserted.

 

[Deleted User]

i have the same problem, and the files from luma do not work, but it boots fine without an sd

 

[Klauscritchley]

This is why I make backups of my SD card on my PC

 

[CoolMe]

i have the same problem, and the files from luma do not work, but it boots fine without an sd

Have you done "Setup Luma3DS to CTRNAND" in the 3ds guide, to boot Luma without sdcard? Here is the guide maybe that's what causing the issue.

 

[Jjones]

probably need the latest bios, just go to their github and reinstall luma replace the files in the same location e.t.c.

 

[lone_wolf323]

i have the same problem, and the files from luma do not work, but it boots fine without an sd

make sure your sd card is formatted FAT32 32kbs clusters

 

[Flaire]

i have the same problem, and the files from luma do not work, but it boots fine without an sd

Does it show a error or just boots without CFW