Wii U SD Card is still write protected

[Joronaud]

I tried different SD cards, tape as the slider and much more. I think it is a hardware problem from my wiiu. How to fix this problem with the WiiU SD Card write protect sensor?

I have a similar problem as this:

 

[Joronaud]

On Reddit, unluigi said this:

I could not contact him. Does someone else have an idea how to fix this problem? I already searched through the complete web.

 

[Deleted member 578956]

Try to see what switch your Wii U card is on. could fix it

 

[Joronaud]

I tried it with different sd cards. I already checked the switch.

 

[pedro702]

if you are using one of those micro sd cards and adapters then it adapter can be dead, also sd cards when do die and when they die they become write protected, this happened to me i bought a new one and everything was ok after.

 

[Sypherone]

This is from a 3DS with smilar Problem with the SD-Card writeprotection, the pin might been bent. Maybe you find some more tips in the original thread: SD Card Errors. He had to adjust the pin with thin tweezers.

Info: To disable the writeprotection, the single pin with hanger on the far left side have to be pushed down by the switch on the SD Card.

 

[Joronaud]

Alright, thank you. Do you mean this switch?

 

[Sypherone]

Yes correct, this single one far on the left side.

 

[Joronaud]

I can't find a switch like this on the left site from my sd card reader.

 

[Sypherone]

Just checked my WiiU, there has to be one. Else its broken.

 

[Joronaud]

I don't want to bend the false pin. I know the picture is not very good, but can you see the switch?

 

[Sypherone]

Its to dark, you need a (flash-) light and shine in from the right side. Or with the flashlight of your phone by taking a picture.

There need to be one single pin on the far far left side directly at the edge.

 

[Joronaud]

That should be better.

 

[Sypherone]

The picture isnt sharp enough to verify it to 100% that there is a pin or not. Maybe take a pic with a stronger focus.

But there it should be, the same like on my picture above.

 

[Joronaud]

OK, there is one, but is it normal that it's a lot smaller than the 3ds one?

 

[Sypherone]

It must look the same and have same size. If it isnt it might been broken.

 

[Joronaud]

I am not sure. Now I have to bend it down with a tweezer, right?

 

[Sypherone]

I think best, ask someone for help. Because i cant give a suggestion in this case. If there is no pin or broken, there is nothing to bend. There will be no contact where the power can flow. You will need to replace the cardreader if possible or soldering/bridging the contacts inside the WiiU.

As i say, if you look from the right side there must be seen this pin with hanger, as on my pic and same size like the others.

 

[Joronaud]

I found it! I was just confused about the dimensions of the picture. I bent the pin, and it works fine!

Thank you very much, without your help I would have bought a new wiiu! Now I have so many options.

 

[S3Squishy]

I found it! I was just confused about the dimensions of the picture. I bent the pin, and it works fine!

Thank you very much, without your help I would have bought a new wiiu! Now I have so many options.

I have this same problem. When you say you bent the pin, how did you bend it? Which direction? Are you trying to get it into the correct position, or just push it out of the way entirely?