Just thought I’d comment. Once I tried a different sd card in my switch and realised it was the sd reader in the switch and not my card, I saw a video of someone replacing the reader and realised it’s literally behind the back panel and can easily fall out of place. I opened the switch up and lifted the padded sticker, plugged the ribbon cable back in and reinforced the tape, SD card is working and no problems so far!
Yes, if it's not detected the solution is on hardware side, personally I followed this video which is similar to what you described: th-cam.com/video/z8U2CTTB0ys/w-d-xo.html but it reuses the same tape, so renewing/reinforcing it as you said may be a good idea!
My SD card was brand new and didn't download any games to it for several days, it only transfered data to it. But one day it randomly fixed itself and started functioning perfectly.
I restarted 10 times but to no avail. Almost tear open my switch, but decided to blow into the SD card compartment (like how we did with the gameboy cartridge) and it works well!
Yeah I had the issue where the console just wouldn't retain the SD card. So, I just pressed down on my SD card with a mini flathead until it finally retained it. Felt like I broke it. Eh oh well. I feel like this console was not subject to the same QA that previous consoles went through.
Man, my sd card had been working since December last year, but all of a sudden when I’m trying to download the new smash Bros dlc it just conks out and says it’s not there! I’ve tried all of the stuff in this video and it didn’t work! What do I do?!?!
So my microSd card hasent been working since the day of thanksgiving and I tried all the methods and nothing has worked do you think I might have to get a new one or have the switch get fixed?
@@mrdoohicky_123 I have 2 switches and the micro sd card use to work on both but now it only works on one that why I know my other switch is the problem
I have had my Switch since launch day and have had this SD card for a few years now... it just started having these problems today. After having worked just fine the other day. The issues did not seem to help at all. Heck, after trying a few things, no game will even boot up with it on. Guess it's just completely dead and will need a new one.
@@morrisdekker06 yeah i bought a new one. The games and saves in it were pretty much fine. Only thing I lost were all my screenshots. Which I have backed up on my laptop.
I don't know why but i done this like 20 times but it didn't work then it fixed it itself but somehow still didn't work then i tried to restart it again and it worked. Thanks Nintendo:)
I’ve had my micro sd card for 2 years. I have never removed it. All of a sudden today I keep getting the error that the card is removed and I should turn the Nintendo switch off before removing it. Even when I have just left my Nintendo switch on the table and have not touched it eventually this error pops up. What do I do?
@@Bog8686 nope I just took out the card thereby ending the issue and transferred all the data I cared about to the main system. I then proceeded to lose the chip so… I’ve lost all my photos and a small bit of save data but otherwise unharmed. I’ve been looking for an excuse to upgrade to the oled edition anyway so it’s sort of a blessing in disguise really
@@strangeitch thing is your switch might be moddable, could be valuable to repair it. Right now after I replaced SD reader same issue. So it could be fpc connector on motherboard. People do these repairs look up switch SD fpc repair.
Or if none of them work take the stand clip off and push down light but a little hard on the surface if the sd inserter cuz it could have bin pushed up
Thanks because its has been crazy I had this microSD in my switch for about two years and now it's just not working even though it's always worked for the two years I had it in there
I have the nintendo made micros sd its brand new and it says that it cant be used and i have to format it but when i attempt to format it just restarts the console and makes me restart it again without ever actually formatting the micro sd plz help
none of these steps worked for me. I opened my console and reseated the connector connecting the micro sd card holder to the switch this fixed it for me
@@archieshawalt6119 I just got the same issue today. It was working perfectly yesterday and now it won’t read my card. I have never touched the card since I put it in too.
I had my Switch since launch and never had a single problem. Traded it in after getting the brand new Zelda OLED a few days ago and this problem occurred. I think the Switch and SD card de-synced due to long use/dust in the slot. Seems okay now only happened once so far.
I’m downloading a game right now and it’s finally working for the people out if your one of the ones where your downloading a game then it says unable to access microsd card try this. Put your Nintendo switch upside down what I’m guess is that the microSD card is little small so then it falls out little bit then the detectors can’t detect it make this top comment so everyone can see please.
My switch says the microSD card is not ready to use and to restart it to use it but I don’t know if my data from a game i spent a lot of money will be deleted or corrupted Edit: I accidentally restarted it but my games are still there and I got a lot of space now which is what I was trying to get
I have a question, i have a micro sd card and it’s worked but all of a sudden it says it has 796 MB and it’s full? i’m confused because i remember i bought a micro sd card for a lot of GB and i tried deleting everything it still says it’s full
Sorry, i have smash clips saved on my sd card, i go to a computer and it says i need to format it. I format but it doesn't register and i lose all my clips. Is there a way to fix this? Or should i just but another sd card?
Ok everyone. Everything he said is not wrong but most people it doesn’t work so this comment is better than the video. Just replace the sd card slot itself or open the switch and jiggle about the connectors because it may be loose
I’m so confused I always used this SD card and it worked fine for a long while and sudden my switch won’t read it. My laptop does read it. I tried the removing and such and yet nothing. I can’t format Bc it won’t read the card. On the laptop it reads but it can’t format. Other empty Sd cards my switch also doesn’t read. I’m stuck
@@808boirapozo2 I tried everything but the card was protected and could not be wiped so in de end I learned it was broken. Meaning you need a new card so I did that .
I know for a fact it isnt the reader cause it knows the microSD is there but it keeps telling me to restart to use it but everytime i do that it dont read it correctly
I think my Micro SD Card is fake, my Sandisk SD Card works on my Switch Lite, but my new Micro SD Card doesn’t work, it keeps saying save data is corrupted, but it still doesn’t work even tho I redownload it.
yeah idk if anybody could help me with this but I would appreciate it 😭 my micro sd card slot just doesn’t accept the card and idk why, It’s a sandisk 512 gb so it’s not too big or unsupported but the switch just doesn’t let it click into the slot for some reason
Hello, I did try those steps in the video but when I insert my sd card the console does not read it and when I insert it while it is powered off and turn it back on it says that it can't access my sd card and a black screen appears, and I cannot use the console until I take out the sd card (My sd card is the 256 gb nintendo microsd card the yellow one)
I took out the MicroSD card to copy the contents to my computer to copy, so I can use it in aother Switch. The computer won't see the MicroSD card, I put it back in my Switch, the one it came out of, and it's asking me to format. I have a feeling I lost everything.
Hello I have a SanDisk official Nintendo SdCard after about a month of use the Sd Card just stopped working. Whenever I would download something into the card it would download and the I could open the game. However I couldn’t play the game would just load, then crash with an error code. When attempting to move data from the SD card to switch memory it will load for like a minute and then will say unable to access SdCard
My son's Nintendo switch all of a sudden is not reading his microSD card and saying format it. Obviously we don't want to do that but he's going to lose everything and he's had this microSD card for a year or two is there anything we can do
i dont know if anyone can help me here, but basiclly my switch is saying that my SD card was removed even when i didnt remove it and the switch will now power off, ive tried everything i can so if someone knows how to fix this please tell me
Putting in and taking out the card many times can damage the reader or the connector (shitty design I know) probably send it into Nintendo if it's under warranty.
I bought an original card from SanDisk with a reading capacity of 200 MB, but the download is still very slow. I hope you can help me find the solution, knowing that I have updated the device.
Mine works fine but feels like every time I turn it off games that are on it just won't launch. I reformat it works fine then little bit later it happens again
Everytime i turn on my nintendo it pops up the screen saying cant read it or bla bla turn it off and then my screen just goes black sometimes when i press buttons i something it makes the sounds as if i was moving around but cant and i have to press the power button a bunch of times for the screen to come back and if i turn it off and put it in same stuff happens when turned back on
I inserted in mew microsd card to my Nintendo switch and it says new micro card detected You may need to update software and then When I choose update software it says your software is upto date. Go back to Home Screen. But it does not read the microsd card. Any suggestions on how to fix this ?
For some reason it's like my slot is broken I tried blowing into it but it didn't work I tried blowing on the MicroSD card but it didn't work so there's something wrong with my slot the MicroSD is fine the switch is fine but it's like my microSD slot is broken
Just thought I’d comment. Once I tried a different sd card in my switch and realised it was the sd reader in the switch and not my card, I saw a video of someone replacing the reader and realised it’s literally behind the back panel and can easily fall out of place.
I opened the switch up and lifted the padded sticker, plugged the ribbon cable back in and reinforced the tape, SD card is working and no problems so far!
Yes, if it's not detected the solution is on hardware side, personally I followed this video which is similar to what you described: th-cam.com/video/z8U2CTTB0ys/w-d-xo.html but it reuses the same tape, so renewing/reinforcing it as you said may be a good idea!
My SD card was brand new and didn't download any games to it for several days, it only transfered data to it. But one day it randomly fixed itself and started functioning perfectly.
Mine worked for a year and i waited 2 years for it to "fix itself"
I restarted 10 times but to no avail. Almost tear open my switch, but decided to blow into the SD card compartment (like how we did with the gameboy cartridge) and it works well!
By sd card just stopped working. It worked before
@@TheScowtsame
It worked thank you.
@@TheScowtmy microsd card also stopped working so is it just the card thats broken?
im gonna try replace it
my switch says when i put the sd card it says i removed it while i JUST FREAKING PUT IT IN
same
same here, could it be realted to the latest system update?
@@marios63 its on the newest update
@@foxlightmania So it is Nintendo's fault? Should we be expecting some patches or new update?
@@marios63 no but when i hold it in it works the when i take my finger away it does not work
my switch doesnt even detect my sd card it was working 5 min ago and i cant format something if my switch says its not there
So what was the fix?
Ever since the update my micro sd dont work that tells you nintendo wants you to buy there card considering i bought my switch from the beginning
@@hod_babyboy2857 there own sd card doesnt even work lmao
@@demainecunningham5373 oh I know I still think it's there update so we buy more had mine since the beginning I now have 4 of them
did u ever get it to work
So basically if removing the card and turning it off doesnt work then i will lose all my data on my card by reformating? -____-
No I don’t think so screen shots sadly yes but games I think will download the data to the new one
This is super late, but you can just get a micro sd to sd adapter and back up all of your files on your pc
Yeah I had the issue where the console just wouldn't retain the SD card. So, I just pressed down on my SD card with a mini flathead until it finally retained it. Felt like I broke it. Eh oh well. I feel like this console was not subject to the same QA that previous consoles went through.
Dude this same thing is happening to me and I'm freaking out.
Like the sensors won't pick up the SD card anymore
@@DanceofItaly oh im sorry..
@@DanceofItaly same
This just happened to me recently and I can't play 80% of my games now.
Man, my sd card had been working since December last year, but all of a sudden when I’m trying to download the new smash Bros dlc it just conks out and says it’s not there! I’ve tried all of the stuff in this video and it didn’t work! What do I do?!?!
did you get it to work? I just downloaded the animal crossing dlc and it's doing the same thing you said!
That exact thing happened to me. Good to know its recent with you too
Just happened to me idk what to do
This just happen to me today
Like right now
Thank you! I kept restarting it with the memory card and doing it without it seemed to work!
So my microSd card hasent been working since the day of thanksgiving and I tried all the methods and nothing has worked do you think I might have to get a new one or have the switch get fixed?
I have the same
mine hasnt been working since febuary now i have to play on xbox
its not bad playing xbox but still
@@yariyahaira that’s my situation now I got a new switch plus my brother got a ps4 so we’re having fun with that
@@mrdoohicky_123 I have 2 switches and the micro sd card use to work on both but now it only works on one that why I know my other switch is the problem
Dude you use like 40 sentences to say what you could’ve said in one
This is like the second or third time this has happened to mine. Really annoying losing all the sava data too.
I have had my Switch since launch day and have had this SD card for a few years now... it just started having these problems today. After having worked just fine the other day. The issues did not seem to help at all. Heck, after trying a few things, no game will even boot up with it on. Guess it's just completely dead and will need a new one.
Im in that situation... Did you bought a new one? And could you restore your games?
@@morrisdekker06 yeah i bought a new one. The games and saves in it were pretty much fine. Only thing I lost were all my screenshots. Which I have backed up on my laptop.
@@ZPokemonfanA Thanks bro, directly ordering a new MicroSD Card :)
I’m in the same boat as you, I’m really sad
@@Angelwoozz :(
The switch itself isnt detecting the sd cards
I thought I was the only one that have that problem. 💯
I got the microcdxc card and every time I put it in my Nintendo switch always crashes then turns off and won’t turn on until I take it out idk why
I don't know why but i done this like 20 times but it didn't work then it fixed it itself but somehow still didn't work then i tried to restart it again and it worked.
Thanks Nintendo:)
I’ve had my micro sd card for 2 years. I have never removed it. All of a sudden today I keep getting the error that the card is removed and I should turn the Nintendo switch off before removing it. Even when I have just left my Nintendo switch on the table and have not touched it eventually this error pops up. What do I do?
You figure out yet?
@@Bog8686 nope I just took out the card thereby ending the issue and transferred all the data I cared about to the main system. I then proceeded to lose the chip so… I’ve lost all my photos and a small bit of save data but otherwise unharmed. I’ve been looking for an excuse to upgrade to the oled edition anyway so it’s sort of a blessing in disguise really
@@strangeitch thing is your switch might be moddable, could be valuable to repair it. Right now after I replaced SD reader same issue. So it could be fpc connector on motherboard. People do these repairs look up switch SD fpc repair.
Why would it keep telling me to format my sd card almost once a week. And I've checked on every game I have and it says no corruption found.
Mine still won’t work
My switch keeps saying the micro sd card is unable to be accessed. What would you recommend I do
same by any chance did you fix it
mine detects it but it just pushes the sd card out it doent click its pushed out i have to hold it in
Mine just says unable to access Microsd card I don’t understand. It worked one minute then not the next
same did you fix it i cant
Or if none of them work take the stand clip off and push down light but a little hard on the surface if the sd inserter cuz it could have bin pushed up
None of this worked, had the the switch 4 years, just stopped working outta nowhere…4 years worth of saves lol lol
Thanks because its has been crazy I had this microSD in my switch for about two years and now it's just not working even though it's always worked for the two years I had it in there
Thank you! I kept restarting my Nintendo and it worked!
This tutorial didn’t work can someone explain what to do because I restarted my switch and it’s still doing it
same
Mine works on and off, but it’s getting worse. Might have to get a new micro sd card
I’ve been having this problem for so long thank you for the help
Mine works great for like 20 seconds to 12 minutes. Its updated. Ive tried reboot it..re formatting. Blow into it. But Still its like lagging..
I have the nintendo made micros sd its brand new and it says that it cant be used and i have to format it but when i attempt to format it just restarts the console and makes me restart it again without ever actually formatting the micro sd plz help
thank you I really appreciate your help.
Marco😀
none of these steps worked for me. I opened my console and reseated the connector connecting the micro sd card holder to the switch this fixed it for me
thanks
I never had to go through shit like this with my 2ds.
DUDE fr
Thank youuuu! I was freaking out lmao
Mine keeps saying it's not working even when restarting even tho it's compatible it also has all my data on it ...
@@archieshawalt6119 I just got the same issue today. It was working perfectly yesterday and now it won’t read my card. I have never touched the card since I put it in too.
@@silver_nugget have you figured it out yet?!
@@my_name_is_google2462 Luckily, yeah
@@silver_nugget how did you figure it out
I had my Switch since launch and never had a single problem. Traded it in after getting the brand new Zelda OLED a few days ago and this problem occurred. I think the Switch and SD card de-synced due to long use/dust in the slot. Seems okay now only happened once so far.
hey i tried the first method. and it worked. for only a minute, then it disconnected. should i try getting a new one.
No, your best bet is to replace the sd card slot itself or open the switch and fix the connectors
I’m downloading a game right now and it’s finally working for the people out if your one of the ones where your downloading a game then it says unable to access microsd card try this. Put your Nintendo switch upside down what I’m guess is that the microSD card is little small so then it falls out little bit then the detectors can’t detect it make this top comment so everyone can see please.
The Nintendo switch has so many problems. Nintendo should’ve fixed it
thank you so much, I was CRYUNG
Mines not working at all even tho it's been compatible for months and it has all my data on it and it's still not working idk what to do
I had this error happened after trying to play Scarlet. After I fixed it, it just seems like EVERYTHING is running much slower and it's irritating
My switch says the microSD card is not ready to use and to restart it to use it but I don’t know if my data from a game i spent a lot of money will be deleted or corrupted
Edit: I accidentally restarted it but my games are still there and I got a lot of space now which is what I was trying to get
I have a question, i have a micro sd card and it’s worked but all of a sudden it says it has 796 MB and it’s full? i’m confused because i remember i bought a micro sd card for a lot of GB and i tried deleting everything it still says it’s full
None of these are working and I'm starting to cry, if you find anything else PLEASE tell me I need help fast
Thank you i was struggling now everything is working
Sorry, i have smash clips saved on my sd card, i go to a computer and it says i need to format it. I format but it doesn't register and i lose all my clips. Is there a way to fix this? Or should i just but another sd card?
This is so annoying ughhhh everytime I do something even remotely different to my switch I encounter a problem alongside with it.
All that work gone I downloaded ng and it mess my SD card it's not detected found it was corrupt but still can't clean it don't want to format it
Ok everyone. Everything he said is not wrong but most people it doesn’t work so this comment is better than the video. Just replace the sd card slot itself or open the switch and jiggle about the connectors because it may be loose
I did everything he said even look in the video but it won’t work I don’t get it what is happening I’m actually worried 😖
Does it work if your joycons are red? Lol
Why would the joycons be the problem? You blow in from stupid town?
They wont
no
Can you help me because when i try to download a game on my microsd card it keeps saying error even though theres enough space for the games
Its bullshit . I just bought a switch & bought the SD card from nintendo & it still doesnt work.
This was not helpful do NOT use this tutorial
Why
U hate
I had to get a new switch because of this
@@fatyoshi4219 if your switch has cfw u must not update your switch
I’m so confused I always used this SD card and it worked fine for a long while and sudden my switch won’t read it. My laptop does read it. I tried the removing and such and yet nothing. I can’t format Bc it won’t read the card. On the laptop it reads but it can’t format. Other empty Sd cards my switch also doesn’t read. I’m stuck
Omg same what do I do
@@808boirapozo2 I tried everything but the card was protected and could not be wiped so in de end I learned it was broken. Meaning you need a new card so I did that .
I know for a fact it isnt the reader cause it knows the microSD is there but it keeps telling me to restart to use it but everytime i do that it dont read it correctly
I think my Micro SD Card is fake, my Sandisk SD Card works on my Switch Lite, but my new Micro SD Card doesn’t work, it keeps saying save data is corrupted, but it still doesn’t work even tho I redownload it.
yeah idk if anybody could help me with this but I would appreciate it 😭 my micro sd card slot just doesn’t accept the card and idk why, It’s a sandisk 512 gb so it’s not too big or unsupported but the switch just doesn’t let it click into the slot for some reason
bro this happens to to many people yet its no solution
That might be my problem too. None games are downloading with the card in
I already tried BOTH of my 512 sandisks
Same problem with my 512gb samsung
I have the one with Mario on it. SD card worked for 3 days and now I'm getting error codes. I went through all the steps and nothing.
Did you ever figure it out? Having the same issue.
@@soothingsensorycenter1913 I ended up returning it and getting a new one. Luckily it was still under warranty with Amazon.
Formatted and it still says “this microSD card cannot be used”. I even made sure it’s the type that works with the system
Hello, I did try those steps in the video but when I insert my sd card the console does not read it and when I insert it while it is powered off and turn it back on it says that it can't access my sd card and a black screen appears, and I cannot use the console until I take out the sd card (My sd card is the 256 gb nintendo microsd card the yellow one)
Oh and I also cannot format the card because it says the card is not accessed
Do you need that micro as part , I think my kids brother the little black thing where the as card goes
I took out the MicroSD card to copy the contents to my computer to copy, so I can use it in aother Switch. The computer won't see the MicroSD card, I put it back in my Switch, the one it came out of, and it's asking me to format. I have a feeling I lost everything.
Hello I have a SanDisk official Nintendo SdCard after about a month of use the Sd Card just stopped working. Whenever I would download something into the card it would download and the I could open the game. However I couldn’t play the game would just load, then crash with an error code. When attempting to move data from the SD card to switch memory it will load for like a minute and then will say unable to access SdCard
The card is a MicroSDXC 252 gigabit it’s the card that’s yellow with a star on it.
I'm having the same exact problem with the same card. Did you ever fix it?
@@smoke703 nope had to buy a new one
My son's Nintendo switch all of a sudden is not reading his microSD card and saying format it. Obviously we don't want to do that but he's going to lose everything and he's had this microSD card for a year or two is there anything we can do
i dont know if anyone can help me here, but basiclly my switch is saying that my SD card was removed even when i didnt remove it and the switch will now power off, ive tried everything i can so if someone knows how to fix this please tell me
try to tape it or keep it in place
Nothing works can anyone help me my SD doesn't work now for two hours suddenly stopped
Thank you so much this was very useful
I already did all of this before watching the video and it still doesn’t work
After a year my switch stopped reading the SD card it came with . Smh along with the left joy stick being shitty now I have another issue 😭
1st time?
i have 4 joy cons and a pro controller which all have drift and my switch never ever registered my micro sd card either
Putting in and taking out the card many times can damage the reader or the connector (shitty design I know) probably send it into Nintendo if it's under warranty.
@@LinkNS so you have 5 controllers but you don't even have a functional microsd? So you only have cartridges?
To everyone that strugles with there switch just take the card out and get a new one it will work when you take it out
I bought an original card from SanDisk with a reading capacity of 200 MB, but the download is still very slow. I hope you can help me find the solution, knowing that I have updated the device.
The fact that it cant read it but it knows when i take it out like bru
What do I do if I switched my sd card and now it’s slow and it won’t open games
i got a switch today and when i put my 512 switch sd card my switch powers off can i have help
I need help because my switch is updated and I keep on turning it off and buying the mircoSD card so someone help plz
My switch just straight up soft bricks
My SD card won't work at all. I tried formatting it, restarting my switch, blowing the SD slot, nothing worked. IT works in my PC, so oh well.
I bought an ENTIRELY NEW SD card, to no avail.
Mine works fine but feels like every time I turn it off games that are on it just won't launch. I reformat it works fine then little bit later it happens again
I have a challenge I did all of those but none worked how do I fix please
Every time I try to play overwatch 2 it either crashes immediately or mid match :( what do I do
I keep restart and nothings happening. It only sense when I take it out and not when I put it in…..
Mine freezes when I insert the sd card for some reason it’s compatible with the game & I’ve tried restarting & everything 😓
Everytime i turn on my nintendo it pops up the screen saying cant read it or bla bla turn it off and then my screen just goes black sometimes when i press buttons i something it makes the sounds as if i was moving around but cant and i have to press the power button a bunch of times for the screen to come back and if i turn it off and put it in same stuff happens when turned back on
I bought a microSD card and it was all fine until i tried to play a game and then it froze on me and after that my microSD card didn't work anymore
Lowkey bro I appreciate it I was scared so bad last night but bro thanks🤟
Do the memory card is compatible?
Ok but my issue is it won't lock into place, I can push it in furtherand it pops up "Sd card inserted" but then when I let go it pops back
Mine too, did you ever find a solution??
@@jubkri i honestly bought a new one at a pawn shop :( sorry
It recognizes it but it’s saying I don’t have space on it when I don’t have anything on it
My switch says that it can't read my card every time I put it into the console
I inserted in mew microsd card to my
Nintendo switch and it says new micro card detected You may need to update software and then When I choose update software it says your software is upto date. Go back to Home Screen.
But it does not read the microsd card. Any suggestions on how to fix this ?
I have the same issue yet my card is listed as compatible etc
But won't let me do this update it says I'm already up to date
I have the same problem just now.. maybe its because of the recent update?
@Lazgur G my exact same card and issue. Getting annoyed with this
@Lazgur G ill try this 1st thing in the morning
@Lazgur G tried it now it still dsnt work..
I put the the card and there was no response at all
Nice to know that I payed a lot of money just for nothing to work my freaking joy cons don’t even click into the system properly
If I format my card, I lose everything.
i put in a 60 in and it says i only have 30
None of these work
For some reason it's like my slot is broken I tried blowing into it but it didn't work I tried blowing on the MicroSD card but it didn't work so there's something wrong with my slot the MicroSD is fine the switch is fine but it's like my microSD slot is broken
My god i had such a schock mate you just saved my day
Which type of SD card
My switch can read as cards perfectly fine but won’t read my 126 GB one but for some reason reads my 16 GB one fine