genfuyung Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 So I plugged my vec multi in tonight and its giving me an error on boot saying theres no sd card inserted and it goes into dev mode. So I took the sd card out (this is the card that came with it and was working when I last played about a month ago) and my pc recognizes it fine so I formatted it and reloaded all the original contents and ran the menu making program. After that I plugged it back in and its still saying the same thing. Anyone have any idea whats happening or how to fix it? Pretty bummed about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrumh2o Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 The one I just got shuts my system down after 10 seconds of gameplay. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vectrexer Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 So I plugged my vec multi in tonight and its giving me an error on boot saying theres no sd card inserted and it goes into dev mode. So I took the sd card out (this is the card that came with it and was working when I last played about a month ago) and my pc recognizes it fine so I formatted it and reloaded all the original contents and ran the menu making program. After that I plugged it back in and its still saying the same thing. Anyone have any idea whats happening or how to fix it? Pretty bummed about it. What is the partition size of the formatted sd card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 What is the partition size of the formatted sd card? Yeah..I believe to be on the safe side, you should use the SD formatter program to format SD cards. What OS you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vectrexer Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) Using Windows "diskpart.exe" command line utility here is the information from mine: DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- * Disk 2 Online 483 MB 0 B DISKPART> list part Partition ### Type Size Offset ------------- ---------------- ------- ------- * Partition 1 Primary 483 MB 0 B DISKPART> list vol Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 6 E VECMULTI FAT Removable 483 MB Healthy DISKPART> detail disk Generic SU512 SD Card Disk ID: 00000001 Type : SD Status : Online Path : 0 Target : 0 LUN ID : 0 Location Path : UNAVAILABLE Current Read-only State : No Read-only : No Boot Disk : No Pagefile Disk : No Hibernation File Disk : No Crashdump Disk : No Clustered Disk : No DISKPART> list vol Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 6 E VECMULTI FAT Removable 483 MB Healthy I have used other DiskPart commands to explicitly clean the micro sd card and set a specific a partition size. I recommend using the partition size and filesystem type above if you want to renew the sd card provided by Richard for the the VecMulti. Or your own provided card. Using tool under other operating systems may also require manual settings for partition size and filesystem type. Manual settings are definitely required if you are using a newly purchased 32GB sd card with VecMulti. For partition size 2GB is as large a partition size as VecMulti will recognize and you must limit the size when using your formatting tool. Automatic settings may choose a partition size and type that is incompatible. Edited July 13, 2017 by Vectrexer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genfuyung Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 I tried reformatting it all sorts of ways last night and could never get it to work. Got a new sd card today and will try it when I get home. Doesn't make any sense that the sd card worked fine, was never removed, and after it sits for a month suddenly stops being read by the vecmulti but is read perfectly fine by my pc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 You sure the SD card is clicked in all the way? Unlike my other flash cards, the VecMulti actually clicks in and latches to the SD card. I know it is obvious and I'm not saying you aren't doing that...just one of those gotcha things I forget about with the VecMulti sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrumh2o Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 I ordered a new 2gb card for mine to see maybe that's the problem with mine. Did yours ever just shut off your system ever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vectrexer Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Email, or message Richard H. on this forum. He may have some suggestions / options for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genfuyung Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 Tried it with a new sd card i bought today and its working fine again. No reasonable explanation I can think of. Oh well, at least its working again and I can play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrumh2o Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 (edited) I got a new micro SD card and I still can't figure it out. It won't recognize it in the VecMulti. It's 2GB and I formatted it as FAT. I transferred all the files from the one that came with it to the new one and it still says there is no SD card when I turn it on. What am I doing wrong formatting. FYI my technical skills when it comes to this stuff is low. I need the instructions for dummies version. Edited July 15, 2017 by redrumh2o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrumh2o Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Tried it with a new sd card i bought today and its working fine again. No reasonable explanation I can think of. Oh well, at least its working again and I can play. How exactly did you format your new card? My new one still won't be recognized and I am about to give up. I got a 2gb micro SD card, popped it into my laptop, went to format a d selected FAT named it VECMULTI then formatted it. Is there something else I should be doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Because the OS formats can do odd things and add stuff we don't really need or want to a removable device...I use this when formatting my SD cards. https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genfuyung Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 How exactly did you format your new card? My new one still won't be recognized and I am about to give up. I got a 2gb micro SD card, popped it into my laptop, went to format a d selected FAT named it VECMULTI then formatted it. Is there something else I should be doing? I actually didn't do anything to it. I opened it, put it in ad reader, copied files over from old as card and stuck it in the vecmulti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vectrexer Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 How exactly did you format your new card? My new one still won't be recognized and I am about to give up. I got a 2gb micro SD card, popped it into my laptop, went to format a d selected FAT named it VECMULTI then formatted it. Is there something else I should be doing? Using Microsoft Windows Disk Partition Tool (diskpart.exe) to Clean and Format a memory card for VecMulti. Locate the Microsoft Windows command line disk management tool called "diskpart.exe". The tool is located in %SystemRoot\System32 For system with Windows installed on the "C:" drive the tool is located in "C:\WINDOWS\System32". File path "C:\WINDOWS\System32\diskpart.exe" Run the "diskpart.exe" tool file with Administrative level access. To run as administrator do this, * Locate the file. * Using your mouse, Right-Click on the file and choose "Run as administrator". * When asked to confirm click "Yes". Disk Partition Tool Prompts: The following is a set of prompts, commands and responses used when formatting a micro SD Card for use with VecMulti. * 2 GB card was used. Any size up to 32 GB physical size can be used in VecMulti. * When inserted into the computer the drive number seen in DiskPart was drive 2. You may need to adjust the drive number used when cleaning and formatting the SD card. * Logical Drive size used during the partitioning was "1875 MB". You can format smaller logical drive, but not larger one. C:\WINDOWS\system32>diskpart.exe Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.16199.1000 Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. On computer: E6530 DISKPART> LIST DISK Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 2 Online 1876 MB 1875 MB DISKPART> SELECT DISK 2 Disk 2 is now the selected disk. DISKPART> LIST DISK Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- * Disk 2 Online 1876 MB 1875 MB DISKPART> CLEAN ALL DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk. DISKPART> CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=1875 DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition. DISKPART> SELECT PARTITION 1 Partition 1 is now the selected partition. DISKPART> LIST PARTITION Partition ### Type Size Offset ------------- ---------------- ------- ------- * Partition 1 Primary 1875 MB 64 KB DISKPART> FORMAT FS=FAT 100 percent completed DiskPart successfully formatted the volume. DISKPART> ASSIGN DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point. DISKPART> DETAIL DISK Generic 0000 SD Card Disk ID: B4C57DC2 Type : SD Status : Online Path : 0 Target : 0 LUN ID : 0 Location Path : UNAVAILABLE Current Read-only State : No Read-only : No Boot Disk : No Pagefile Disk : No Hibernation File Disk : No Crashdump Disk : No Clustered Disk : No Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- * Volume 6 F FAT Removable 1875 MB Healthy DISKPART>EXIT Leaving DiskPart... C:\WINDOWS\system32> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vectrexer Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 On second thought. Stick with the 512 MB Partition size for best results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrumh2o Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 When I do this everything I do looks like yours above except mine shows type=unknown. Could this be why when I put it in it says no SD card found? How do I make an SD card know it is an SD card? lol Thanks for the help BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vectrexer Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 You might try a different adapter. In the past I had a USB adapter that would read okay, but not write correctly when cleaning some cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genfuyung Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 Well I'm an idiot and tried to load some new stuff onto it and now the vecmulti wont recognize this card again. What a nightmare this thing is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 I suspect it isn't the VecMulti mind you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genfuyung Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 I suspect it isn't the VecMulti mind you... Yeah using multiple sd cards that work in every other flash cart I own, reformatting them every possible way, and the fact that normal vectrex carts still work fine definitely point to user error... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vectrexer Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Yeah using multiple sd cards that work in every other flash cart I own, reformatting them every possible way, and the fact that normal vectrex carts still work fine definitely point to user error... Windows 7 or 10? Or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genfuyung Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 10. Honestly, I think the sd socket just went bad and needs to be replaced. I'm gonna send it back to rich for him to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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