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Graham666
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SD card not seen

I had a new 64gb SD card so I thought I would use it for gcode programs. I fully formatted it (ex FAT) but when I put it into the card reader the display is saying ‘no SD card’. Is it the wrong format or is 64gb too big.

Posted : 24/12/2019 7:27 pm
JoanTabb
(@joantabb)
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RE: SD card not seen

32GB max

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Posted : 24/12/2019 7:40 pm
Graham666
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Topic starter answered:
RE: SD card not seen

@joantabb

Thanks Joan. 

Posted : 24/12/2019 7:43 pm
Sembazuru
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RE: SD card not seen

Not only is 32GB the max, but it has to be formatted in FAT16. ExFAT isn't supported.

So, yeah... You had both problems. 😉

(Note, Window's built in formatter won't format a 32GB SD card in FAT16. You'll need to either use another OS, or a 3rd party formatter program on Win.)

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Posted : 24/12/2019 8:39 pm
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vintagepc
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RE: SD card not seen

Diskpart will let you do fat32 partitions over the (arbitrary and stupid) limit. 

Also, you mean fat32. Fat16 is obsolete as of Win95/8.  and can't handle partitions over 2gb... 😛

Posted : 25/12/2019 1:49 am
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Graham666
(@graham666)
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Topic starter answered:
RE: SD card not seen

Thanks for the replies.

Posted : 25/12/2019 10:52 am
Sembazuru
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RE: SD card not seen
Posted by: @vintagepc

Diskpart will let you do fat32 partitions over the (arbitrary and stupid) limit. 

Also, you mean fat32. Fat16 is obsolete as of Win95/8.  and can't handle partitions over 2gb... 😛

Yes FAT32. My mistake. Thanx for the correction.

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Posted : 28/12/2019 5:32 am
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