Hey everyone!
So as the topic says I am having issues with the sd card slot. vWii side regonizes the that there is a card in the slot but gives "The device inserted in SD cannot be used" and Wii U side of things "FSGetMountSource failed. Please insert a FAT32 formatted sd card" message when trying to do you-know-what.
I did try total of 4 diffrent sd cards and two micro sd card adapters and got the same errror message, which lead me to to think that there was connection problem with the pins inside the slot.
I googled for solutions and triple checked that the filesystem format was the desired fat 32 (with 16k and 32k cluster sizes) and that I had the right file in the right folder as instruted in wiiu.hacks. guide. I also used compressed air to (gently) blow away any dust etc from the card slot and did the paper-between-the-sdcard-and-slot-cleaning and used SD Card Formater and Guiformat both seperatly and in combination mentioned at this forum.
After none of the methods above did not work, I opened the console and desoldered off the metal cover thingy in top of the card slot and noticed that one of the (in lack of a better term) double pins was slightly bended in horizontal level.
I managed to straighten it a bit as show in the picture and now it seems to make a connection with the corresponding soldering point out side the reader when pressed gently down. As I coudent test the double pin connection before removing the metal shell thingy so I cant say for certain if this was the root of the problem. The double connection (both pins pressed at the same time) seems to work now as well.
I marked the bended pins in the picture (after straigtening). As for the markings on the spring mechanisim area, I was wondering is the rail mechanism in state of fubar or shoud it hold just enough for hacking prosess purpose a.k.a insert the sd card once and never ever again remove it ? The number marking are for to clarify where that really small metal (?) rod shoud go?
My third question is shoud the slot pins be at same height horisozontaly wise when looking in to the slot? This is kinda hard for me to explain clearly so here's picture.
One more question I have is there a way to check with multimeter if sd card makes connection with the slot before re-soldering the metal shell thingy back on?
And yes I know there is quite a bit of fluxgrease and/or residue everywhere, but I'll rinse them off with IPA when Ill start to put console back together.
I can provide more pictures from diffrent angles and such if needed.
Thanks for your inputs in advance!
There is simlar themed topic in the forum named " faulty SD slot in a wiiU" (and to be honest a ton of others) but they didnt provide quite answers I am looking for.
E: typos and stuff
So as the topic says I am having issues with the sd card slot. vWii side regonizes the that there is a card in the slot but gives "The device inserted in SD cannot be used" and Wii U side of things "FSGetMountSource failed. Please insert a FAT32 formatted sd card" message when trying to do you-know-what.
I did try total of 4 diffrent sd cards and two micro sd card adapters and got the same errror message, which lead me to to think that there was connection problem with the pins inside the slot.
I googled for solutions and triple checked that the filesystem format was the desired fat 32 (with 16k and 32k cluster sizes) and that I had the right file in the right folder as instruted in wiiu.hacks. guide. I also used compressed air to (gently) blow away any dust etc from the card slot and did the paper-between-the-sdcard-and-slot-cleaning and used SD Card Formater and Guiformat both seperatly and in combination mentioned at this forum.
After none of the methods above did not work, I opened the console and desoldered off the metal cover thingy in top of the card slot and noticed that one of the (in lack of a better term) double pins was slightly bended in horizontal level.
I managed to straighten it a bit as show in the picture and now it seems to make a connection with the corresponding soldering point out side the reader when pressed gently down. As I coudent test the double pin connection before removing the metal shell thingy so I cant say for certain if this was the root of the problem. The double connection (both pins pressed at the same time) seems to work now as well.
I marked the bended pins in the picture (after straigtening). As for the markings on the spring mechanisim area, I was wondering is the rail mechanism in state of fubar or shoud it hold just enough for hacking prosess purpose a.k.a insert the sd card once and never ever again remove it ? The number marking are for to clarify where that really small metal (?) rod shoud go?
My third question is shoud the slot pins be at same height horisozontaly wise when looking in to the slot? This is kinda hard for me to explain clearly so here's picture.
One more question I have is there a way to check with multimeter if sd card makes connection with the slot before re-soldering the metal shell thingy back on?
And yes I know there is quite a bit of fluxgrease and/or residue everywhere, but I'll rinse them off with IPA when Ill start to put console back together.
I can provide more pictures from diffrent angles and such if needed.
Thanks for your inputs in advance!
There is simlar themed topic in the forum named " faulty SD slot in a wiiU" (and to be honest a ton of others) but they didnt provide quite answers I am looking for.
E: typos and stuff
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