Wii SD Card

JasonR66

I don't know if this should go here or not but I just bought a sandisk 2gb SD card for the wii and I can't copy music or photos to the card. I get an error message saying that 'the device is not ready'. The card isn't locked and I've tried to format the disk but nothing seems to work. Does anyone know of a way to fix this? After this is resolved the thread can be deleted. Thanks.

Logicow

is it a standard SD card or an SDHC card?

they have different compatibility standards even though they are exactly the same physical shape.

JasonR66

It's a regular sd card made specifically for the wii.

Peewi

JasonR66 wrote: »

It's a regular sd card made specifically for the wii.

Aren't those horribly overpriced?

JasonR66

mine was only $30. I bought it so I could play my own music with endless ocean but right now all it's doing is being a pain in my ass.

MJ

What are you using to put the music on the card?
I use the same card I use in my digital camera and it works just fine between the two.
I have a 3 in 1 SD card reader to put music on it outside of the camera folders.
Don't put music in a folder.

JasonR66

My computer comes with an internal card reader that recognizes the sd card so I don't think that is the problem. I actually got this to work a while ago with excite truck. I had the same problems but I found a way to make it work (though I don't remember how anymore) so I know it can be done I just don't remember how.

ZackSchilling

MJ wrote: »

What are you using to put the music on the card?
I use the same card I use in my digital camera and it works just fine between the two.
I have a 3 in 1 SD card reader to put music on it outside of the camera folders.
Don't put music in a folder.

I bought some random SanDisk card, loaded it up with my Mac and a generic card reader off newegg, AND put the music into folders (and subfolders) and it worked perfectly. In my experience, it's been very reliable with all sorts of "tricky" situations.

My guess is that the card died.

JasonR66

I keep messing with it. I can transfer over folders but just not files.

ZackSchilling

JasonR66 wrote: »

I keep messing with it. I can transfer over folders but just not files.

Have you tried reformatting it?

ArcSyn

I would return it and buy a standard SD card (not SDHC). Anything up to 2GB should work flawlessly and even some 4GB non-SDHC will work.

I don't trust those "specially made for" things. Even if it is supposedly Sandisk.

bombcar

It is formatted NTFS or something crazy like that?

AbsoluteZero

JasonR66 wrote: »

I keep messing with it. I can transfer over folders but just not files.

Make sure the little tab on the card is not in the "locked" position.

Stick the card in your computer (or card reader), go to My Computer, right click on the SD Card "drive" icon, select format. Reformat the card to FAT32.

If it still doesn't work after that, return it.