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Micro-SD Cards Melting Switches Scam or not its still scary


TRENDING NOW: OnePlus 8 Pro: 120Hz display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, 50W charger Home News Storage SanDisk 1TB microSD cards MELTS Nintendo Switch console Nintendo Switch melts with SanDisk's new 1TB microSD card installed By: Anthony Garreffa from 11 hours, 4 mins ago It seems Nintendo is in some hot water over a Switch user installing a SanDisk microSD card into his Nintendo Switch, which then promptly melted and destroyed his portable gaming machine. sandisk-1tb-microsd-cards-melts-nintendo-switch-console_04 Nintendo Switch owner 'NefariousZhen' said on the Nintendo Switch subreddit that he installed a brand new SanDisk Extreme PLUS 1GB microSD into his Switch, which then burned a hole in it. He said: "I thought that I was getting a good deal on Black Friday when I bought a 1TB micro sdxc card. Apparently not! It melted the switch the first time I turned it on after installing (it was off as required). Switch is at version 9.1.0". The microSD card that he used wasn't a cheap one either, with the SanDisk - Extreme PLUS 1TB microSDXC UHS-I costing $400, more than the Nintendo Switch on its own. The Nintendo Switch was out of warranty, but good guy Nintendo has stepped up and said they will replace the burned-out Switch. NefariousZhen updated his post, saying: "I called Nintendo as soon as they opened this morning. Although my switch is out of warranty, she said that the switch will be taken care of by Nintendo. I asked if it was a known issue, and she replied that should never happen whether the card is faulty or not and therefore will be taken care of whether or not the switch was still under the limited warranty. I was instructed to hold on to pictures, the sd card, and the switch until I receive further instructions from them. I offered them pictures, but she said she did not want them at this time. I am still waiting to hear from SanDisk".

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[RHOPKINS13]

Looking at the comments on the Reddit post, it looks like he's not the only one that has run into problems with melting microSD cards. I'm going to make a mental note to myself to always try new microSD cards in a cheap device first before using them on something like my Switch.

 

[spotanjo3]

Scary, I know. Used it a lot for 2 years.. No problem.

 

[Hayato213]

Looks like there two different versions of the card, I have the non plus version.

 

[pcwizard7]

i d say it's a bad batch of card or reader these things happen and bad luck.

 

[Deleted User]

Looking at the comments on the Reddit post, it looks like he's not the only one that has run into problems with melting microSD cards. I'm going to make a mental note to myself to always try new microSD cards in a cheap device first before using them on something like my Switch.

the card isn't what melted, the slot is.

and in the comments on that thread there's someone else that said it happened to them too, but the card still worked in another switch