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Support and General Use => Hardware => Topic started by: Samos on August 31, 2017, 12:29:36 PM

Title: Rockbox doesn't recognize 200gb SD (Fat 32) but recognizes 128gb (Fat 32)
Post by: Samos on August 31, 2017, 12:29:36 PM
Hey guys,

I have a 200gb micro sd card and 128gb micro sd card, both from Sandisk and I can't get the 200gb to show up on my Sansa Fuze 1. Both are Fat 32 formatted, I even reformatted the 200gb one without quickformat and still - nothing. The SD card isn't fake and it worked for almost a year in my Galaxy Note Edge, so that's not the issue.

I also tried it in the original FW, doesn't show up either. I use the stable 3.15 version on my fuze, no dev version if that's of any importance.

Anyone here having an idea what is up?

Tahnk you
Title: Re: Sansa Fuze V1 - Doesn't recognize 200gb SD (Fat 32) but recognizes 128 (Fat 32)
Post by: saratoga on August 31, 2017, 01:14:44 PM
Since reformatting does it work in anything?  Plenty of people have used the 200GB Sandisk cards with both rockbox and the OF.  Should just work once reformatted.
Title: Re: Sansa Fuze V1 - Doesn't recognize 200gb SD (Fat 32) but recognizes 128 (Fat 32)
Post by: Samos on August 31, 2017, 01:29:53 PM
Yes, I put it back in my phone and it works just fine. Like I said, i formatted multiple times, the card still works on everything except the Sansa Fuze where it isn't recognized.

Title: Re: Sansa Fuze V1 - Doesn't recognize 200gb SD (Fat 32) but recognizes 128 (Fat 32)
Post by: Bilgus on August 31, 2017, 04:10:30 PM
actually even though you reformatted it it probably still has the remnants of ex-fat still on there and RB doesn't like it

Are you using windows or linux?

in windows try:
RMPrepUSB
https://www.rmprepusb.com/documents/release-2-0

HDD LLF Low Level Format Tool
http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-Low-Level-Format-Tool/

truthfully you could probably do a full format in windows too but I know both of these do the job

if in linux could you get us a dd of the boot partition before you do a full format?
sudo sfdisk -d /dev/sd# >file.txt
Title: Re: Sansa Fuze V1 - Doesn't recognize 200gb SD (Fat 32) but recognizes 128 (Fat 32)
Post by: Samos on August 31, 2017, 08:48:40 PM
Thank you so much Bilgus, that worked.

I used HDD LLF to low level format and now, after formatting it after it with Fat32 again it's finally recognized.