Nintendont, “No FAT device found!” Error

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If your SD card can't be opened, it might be on its way to death.

Can you open it on your computer and add/remove files/games?
 

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If your SD card can't be opened, it might be on its way to death.

Can you open it on your computer and add/remove files/games?
Well yea like I said Wii games are running fine off of it, that’s how I put everything on…
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Alright now THIS, is messed up, I found an 8GB flash drive, copied the falls from the hard drive onto the flash drive, and it booted up Thousand Year door, what the hell did I do wrong with the SD card and Hard Drive, and why is it working fine on a flash drive which from what I’ve heard always has issues?
 
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Well yea like I said Wii games are running fine off of it, that’s how I put everything on…
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Alright now THIS, is messed up, I found an 8GB flash drive, copied the falls from the hard drive onto the flash drive, and it booted up Thousand Year door, what the hell did I do wrong with the SD card and Hard Drive, and why is it working fine on a flash drive which from what I’ve heard always has issues?
Using an SD/microSD/USB Flash drive is not recommended for playing/storing Wii/NGC games on a Wii console, you should use an external hard drive instead.
 

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Using an SD/microSD/USB Flash drive is not recommended for playing/storing Wii/NGC games on a Wii console, you should use an external hard drive instead.
Tried with my hard drive, posted the problem I had with it above looking to see if anyone had any soloutions
 

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At least you figured that your USB Flash drive has some issues, but your SD card is still a mystery.

Backup you SD card contents (to pc), copy back to another (different) SD card (in Fat32). See how you go, but use a good brand card.

BTW - How much free space is/was on this SD card ?
 

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At least you figured that your USB Flash drive has some issues, but your SD card is still a mystery.

Backup you SD card contents (to pc), copy back to another (different) SD card (in Fat32). See how you go, but use a good brand card.

BTW - How much free space is/was on this SD card ?
The sd card is 16gb, running only hombrew apps and 2-4 GC games, with all that on there I think there was 9 GB left?
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The sd card is 16gb, running only hombrew apps and 2-4 GC games, with all that on there I think there was 9 GB left?
That’s a lie actually, there’s Wii games, not GameCube games. (Because couldn’t get the hard drive to run)
 

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Actually, I always assumed that the game ID's were meant to have the "[ &]" before & after. Try it.

That’s a lie actually, there’s Wii games, not GameCube games. (Because couldn’t get the hard drive to run)
Now I'm getting confused. Old age :(
Wii games in "games" folder ??? I'm trying to understand.
 

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Actually, I always assumed that the game ID's were meant to have the "[ &]" before & after. Try it.


Now I'm getting confused. Old age :(
Wii games in "games" folder ??? I'm trying to understand.I

Ill definitely try that out


And no I have GameCube games in the Wii folder

I was having a separate problem with a hard drive not reading any games at all, but pretty sure it’s just not getting enough power
 

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I was having a separate problem with a hard drive not reading any games at all, but pretty sure it’s just not getting enough power
Y cable or separate external power supply. Y cable is cheaper.
Match your USB connections wisely.
Also, don't discount the HDD's "sleep" function.
 

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Did you get this fixed as I'm having the exact same issue for my SD. I can run retroarch fine and when I load up usb loader on the homebrew channel it can see the brawl .ISO I have (but boots me straight back to the homebrew channel but that's a problem for another day as I'm already stressed enough just trying to get some GC games working)

Like yourself mines is fat32 I have the latest nintendont .boot and I have done everything I've seen everywhere else and I'm at a loss. If anyone can help that'd be amazing
 

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Did you get this fixed as I'm having the exact same issue for my SD. I can run retroarch fine and when I load up usb loader on the homebrew channel it can see the brawl .ISO I have (but boots me straight back to the homebrew channel but that's a problem for another day as I'm already stressed enough just trying to get some GC games working)

Like yourself mines is fat32 I have the latest nintendont .boot and I have done everything I've seen everywhere else and I'm at a loss. If anyone can help that'd be amazing
I did not, I need a more powerful hard drive I’m thinking
 

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