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Hi there! I’ve had my Nintendo 3DS XL for a few years already (since May 5, 2014) and recently I wanted to update animal crossing new leaf. Anyway, every time I try to put a verified SD card into the system… It doesn’t work. So I can’t update my games, or take pictures! I’m starting to think something is wrong with the pins inside the system, because I’ve tried tons of SD cards and though they work on the computer, they don’t work in my system. How could I go about replacing the SD card port? Should I do this? I can’t find any tutorials, maybe I’m not looking hard enough. I found info on the back of the system: This is the 3DS/XL from 2010/2011 model SPR-001… Hopefully that helps. Thanks! Jin
@jinnypeaches, It must be the SD reader IC. You’ll have to get a new motherboard. iFixit sells it, but you can probably get one cheaper on eBay. One last thing to try: Format it as fat32, with an allocation unit size of 32 KB. Hope this helps. You might want to consider getting a new one if you can’t find any cheaper motherboards. Nintendo 3DS XL Motherboard
Have you tried formatting as fat32 or just fat? Use the SD card association’s SD card formatting tool to do so. Windows file explorer works too.
