Homebrew N3DS XL running Luma + A9LH stopped working

[Jazza2310]

A few weeks ago the original MicroSD used for my 3DS ended up dying, it was pretty old for a micro so I just went about getting a new one. I had backed up the SD, so that wasn't a problem. I've gotten a new MicroSD and moved all of the original files to it but my 3DS won't boot; the blue light slowly pulses on and off once. Any known solutions to this or have I hard bricked my console?

[EDIT]
Problem is solved, I had simply forgotten to format my new MicroSD to FAT32 prior to using it.

 

[Dr. Dew]

were you using an emunand on the older sd card?

 

[Jazza2310]

were you using an emunand on the older sd card?

Unfortunately I don't have such a good memory, but I believe that it was sysnand.

 

[Dr. Dew]

Unfortunately I don't have such a good memory, but I believe that it was sysnand.

on your new sd card, you do have the "boot" file on the root of the sd?

 

[Jazza2310]

on your new sd card, you do have the "boot" file on the root of the sd?

Yes, I have the boot file on the root of my SD.

 

[Dr. Dew]

Yes, I have the boot file on the root of my SD.

Hmm. The blue light flash typically means that "arm9loaderhax.bin" file is not found on the sd. Double check that it is there.

 

[Jazza2310]

Hmm. The blue light flash typically means that "arm9loaderhax.bin" file is not found on the sd. Double check that it is there.

I have ensured that the arm9loaderhax.bin file is there, as is Luma.

 

[Dr. Dew]

I have ensured that the arm9loaderhax.bin file is there, as is Luma.

That's strange tbh. It might be a long shot, but maybe try giving the sd card a cleaning with some rubbing alcohol on the contacts. Basically if your 3ds was working fine before you swapped the sd cards, you shouldn't have a brick.
I wish I could be more helpful, but I haven't used a9lh in quite some time.

 

[Jazza2310]

That's strange tbh. It might be a long shot, but maybe try giving the sd card a cleaning with some rubbing alcohol on the contacts. Basically if your 3ds was working fine before you swapped the sd cards, you shouldn't have a brick.
I wish I could be more helpful, but I haven't used a9lh in quite some time.

I will make sure to do so. Thank you for at least trying to help me out, I appreciate it.

 

[Quantumcat]

Make sure your new card is formatted as FAT32, otherwise the console can't read it.

 

[EQQ]

Make sure your new card is formatted as FAT32, otherwise the console can't read it.

32kb format,also

 

[Quantumcat]

32kb format,also

? Do you mean FAT32?

 

[Majickhat55]

? Do you mean FAT32?

They mean 32kb cluster size.

 

[Quantumcat]

If you're sure it is FAT32 then maybe your SD card is corrupted. Try testing it with H2testw. https://3ds.guide/h2testw-(windows)

 

[The Real Jdbye]

A few weeks ago the original MicroSD used for my 3DS ended up dying, it was pretty old for a micro so I just went about getting a new one. I had backed up the SD, so that wasn't a problem. I've gotten a new MicroSD and moved all of the original files to it but my 3DS won't boot; the blue light slowly pulses on and off once. Any known solutions to this or have I hard bricked my console?

It sounds like the card isn't FAT32 formatted.

 

[Jazza2310]

Make sure your new card is formatted as FAT32, otherwise the console can't read it.

It sounds like the card isn't FAT32 formatted.

Problem solved, I had forgotten to format to Fat32, thank you so much for helping me out with this.