Hacking SxOS BOOT.dat? Error?

[CecilioX3]

Having some trouble. I'm constantly greeted with the boot.dat? Error whenever i send my SX payload, despite my licence and boot file on my sd card. I've tried multiple cards (64gb and 32gb)
It's very frustrating and I'd like some help. Its worked before and I don't understand why it isn't now.

 

[PatrickJr]

make sure boot.dat is in the root of the SD Card.

 

[CecilioX3]

make sure boot.dat is in the root of the SD Card.

It is

 

[Muta]

Have you removed the shell at all? Make sure the sd reader is seated well. Also make sure your SD card is not formatted as ntfs.

 

[dsrules]

if you don't have the exfat drivers, format your microsd to fat32

 

[CecilioX3]

Have you removed the shell at all? Make sure the sd reader is seated well. Also make sure your SD card is not formatted as ntfs.

How would I check if my sd card reader is seated well? Sorry, not very smart in this kinda stuff.

 

[Broduskii]

Is your card exfat?

 

[chest0r]

How would I check if my sd card reader is seated well? Sorry, not very smart in this kinda stuff.

I had the same issue with my sd Card. I formated it as guid exfat which wasnt readable by the Switch. I formated it as fat32 and everything worked

 

[The Real Jdbye]

How would I check if my sd card reader is seated well? Sorry, not very smart in this kinda stuff.

Don't worry about it, you'd have to open the console up and I can't imagine it getting unseated if you have never opened it before.

if you don't have the exfat drivers, format your microsd to fat32

RCM payloads don't use the official ExFAT drivers so that shouldn't prevent SX from loading. But homebrew and ExFAT can be a bit unreliable when combined so it's best to go with FAT32 anyway.

 

[Sunnyboy]

any sd card works on SX os, format EXFAT take the last Boot.dat ( 2.5 ) it works for all the 25 switch i have don

 

[CecilioX3]

Don't worry about it, you'd have to open the console up and I can't imagine it getting unseated if you have never opened it before.

RCM payloads don't use the official ExFAT drivers so that shouldn't prevent SX from loading. But homebrew and ExFAT can be a bit unreliable when combined so it's best to go with FAT32 anyway.

Unfortunately something is wrong with my sd card reader. Despite not opening it ever, I get an error from trying to get sd card into from hekate. Tried with multiple sd cards to no avail. I cant send it into Nintendo either, because I'll probably get an ipatched unit.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Unfortunately something is wrong with my sd card reader. Despite not opening it ever, I get an error from trying to get sd card into from hekate. Tried with multiple sd cards to no avail. I cant send it into Nintendo either, because I'll probably get an ipatched unit.

Oh.
The good news is, at least it's easy to access the SD reader module. It's immediately accessible once you open the back and simply slots in, you don't even have to take off the metal shielding.

 

[mickthestud]

Oh.
The good news is, at least it's easy to access the SD reader module. It's immediately accessible once you open the back and simply slots in, you don't even have to take off the metal shielding.

I think I might have the same issue are they replaceable

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I think I might have the same issue are they replaceable

If you can find a replacement. Have a look on eBay or AliExpress. (Note: AliExpress calls it "Nintend Switch")