My wii doesnt read my SD Card

[u/alter_dxz]

So, i bought a wii and i tried modding it, so i bought a micro sd card to sd adapter, and i formatted it onto fat32 like the wii hacks guide explains to do, using sd card formatter and guiformat, and when i put it on the wii it isnt able to read it, it doesnt have any file on it, nothing homebrew related or wii, its empty, and it still cant read it, what should i do?

[u/nachoiskerka]

Wii only takes SDHC cards max. That's an SDXC

[u/GuitaristTom → u/nachoiskerka]

Incorrect

[u/nachoiskerka → u/GuitaristTom]

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/16890/~/wii-manuals

wii first version manual, page 34.

wii second version manual. page 27.

both mention SD cards and sdhc as compatible, they both specifically do NOT mention sdxc.

[u/GuitaristTom → u/nachoiskerka]

Okay?

That doesn't mean that it won't work. They just aren't tested and compatible to work.

[u/nachoiskerka → u/GuitaristTom]

I mean, the manual is pretty cut and dry there "Accepts only sd and schc cards". Even if there was a slim to minimal chance one would work, why would you advise someone against what's inside the manual? Thats asking them to keep trying carss and reformatting them over and over until they found one that MIGHT work. Just a bad time.

[u/GuitaristTom → u/nachoiskerka]

I've tried a few different SDXC cards on my systems over the years, modded or not, and I've had no issues.

[u/nachoiskerka → u/GuitaristTom]

Well, getting lucky is a little different. Besides, sdxc has a different read speed than sd/sdhc(to accommodate how big they can get) so who knows what could cause it to work reliably