micro sd card issue nintendo switch

[TetraSky]

Just now, Agena_ said:

using one of these, not same one btw

Yes, it's fine. These card slots typically run at usb 2.0 speed. Which officially max out at 60 MB/s, but 40 to 50 is more common. For microSD cards, 10MB/s is common as well, nothing to write home about though.

[Agena_]

1 hour ago, TetraSky said:

Yes, it's fine.

'There is something wrong here. 78604 MByte test data
were expected, but only 0 found!
Possibly the file system has been corrupted or another
process has deleted some of the test files.
Warning: Only 78604 of 255937 MByte tested.
Writing speed: 14.6 MByte/s
Reading speed: 0.00 KByte/s
H2testw v1.4'

 

[TetraSky]

Well that's bad.

But I see you haven't formatted the SD card. It would've been better if you had and there was no more data on it for the test. That way it would be able to test more than just the "free space". Which seems to indicate an error here and makes me think it could very well be a fake card.

[Kilrah]

Also leaning towards a potential fake, the 8-15MB/s speed is also not normal since from reviews I can see that card should sustain 60-70MB/s writes and thus constantly saturate a USB2 reader at about 40MB/s unless the reader is real trash.

[Agena_]

13 hours ago, Kilrah said:

Also

 

13 hours ago, TetraSky said:

Well

ok so i have formatted it fully, to exfat (as it was before)

 

now its running h2testw

and after that i will run spacemonger as @Kilrahhas said

[TetraSky]

1 hour ago, Agena_ said:

ok so i have formatted it fully, to exfat (as it was before)

 

And was it still showing only like 150GB in use? Or the entire SD card was free?

[Kilrah]

3 hours ago, Agena_ said:

and after that i will run spacemonger as @Kilrahhas said

No point running spacemonger now that you've formatted, the point of it was to see what was there at the time and if something was hidden.

[Agena_]

3 hours ago, TetraSky said:

And was it still showing only like 150GB in use? Or the entire SD card was free?

shows free is 255936mb on h2testw

so yes, entire is free.

[Agena_]

6 hours ago, TetraSky said:

And was it still showing only like 150GB in use? Or the entire SD card was free?

@Kilrah

 

 

it hasnt finished yet. and this is what it says.

[TetraSky]

45 minutes ago, Agena_ said:

@Kilrah

 

 

it hasnt finished yet. and this is what it says.

Right now I'd be tempted to say the SD card is a fake and is actually only 16GB in reality (or 14.9GiB, as you can see being shown here)

This isn't normal. You could let it complete or just stop it there. Contact the seller with your findings (take plenty of screenshots, maybe take a video with your phone showing the SD card being scanned, stop the scan, remove the sd card, show it well... Basically as much "proof" as you can get that this is the SD card you received that is being scanned).

If they call you a liar or whatever else and refuse to actually be of help, report them to ebay and you will more than likely get your money back.

[Kilrah]

Yup that's almost 100% a fake or defective card.

[Agena_]

35 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

Right now I'd be tempted to say the SD card is a fake and is actually only 16GB in reality (or 14.9GiB, as you can see being shown here)

This isn't normal. You could let it complete or just stop it there. Contact the seller with your findings (take plenty of screenshots, maybe take a video with your phone showing the SD card being scanned, stop the scan, remove the sd card, show it well... Basically as much "proof" as you can get that this is the SD card you received that is being scanned).

If they call you a liar or whatever else and refuse to actually be of help, report them to ebay and you will more than likely get your money back.

agreed. will do that.

 

thanks for your help for the past few days, also @Kilrah

i appreciate it guys

[TetraSky]

41 minutes ago, Agena_ said:

agreed. will do that.

 

thanks for your help for the past few days, also @Kilrah

i appreciate it guys

Btw, just so you can see what it would do with a legitimate card. This is my Samsung Evo 32GB microSD and shows what you should've seen, more or less, had yours been legitimate, test finished without errors.

 

All I can say, is don't buy SD cards from Ebay. Get them on Amazon or a reputable store.

[Agena_]

On 8/5/2021 at 9:47 PM, TetraSky said:

Btw, just so you can see what it would do with a legitimate card. This is my Samsung Evo 32GB microSD and shows what you should've seen, more or less, had yours been legitimate, test finished without errors.

 

All I can say, is don't buy SD cards from Ebay. Get them on Amazon or a reputable store.

so i am going to return the sd card to the seller.

i have foramtted it already

 

what software can i use so that the sd card data cannot be 'recovered' by the seller

[TetraSky]

6 minutes ago, Agena_ said:

so i am going to return the sd card to the seller.

i have foramtted it already

 

what software can i use so that the sd card data cannot be 'recovered' by the seller

Considering you've used H2Test, you're fine.

The software has already written over the entire nand, there's nothing to be recovered. Not to mention, all you had on there was Nintendo stuff, no? It would be useless to anyone but you.

[Agena_]

3 hours ago, TetraSky said:

Considering you've used H2Test, you're fine.

The software has already written over the entire nand, there's nothing to be recovered. Not to mention, all you had on there was Nintendo stuff, no? It would be useless to anyone but you.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324716796548

 

hi just a question, on the listing it says not compatible with switch,

 

what makes a micro sd card compatible and not?

[TetraSky]

1 hour ago, Agena_ said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324716796548

 

hi just a question, on the listing it says not compatible with switch,

 

what makes a micro sd card compatible and not?

For that price, you can bet this microSD is also a fake. 

Seriously, don't buy microSD on ebay. You won't find any legitimate microSD there for that price, especially not at that capacity. £7.99 gets you 32GB, at best. A 256GB one is closer to £40. "If it sounds too good to be true... it's because it's not true".

 

A MicroSDXC UHS-I  is compatible with the Nintendo switch.

The official licensed MicroSD for the Switch are XC UHS-I and is also what Nintendo recommends for the best experience.

 

This Sandisk U3 V30 one, meet and exceed these specs and will be better for your purpose and will easily be able to handle the Switch. Choose a lower capacity one if you don't want to pay as much. Switch games are relatively small, you could get away with 64GB to 128GB if you wanted.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07FCR3316/