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Troubleshooting reprapdiscount SD card reader

Posted by dengerin 
Troubleshooting reprapdiscount SD card reader
March 22, 2016 09:39PM
Greetings-

I'm having some trouble with the SD card reader on my smart controller from reprapdiscount. I recently replaced my reprapdiscount RAMPS shield with one from SainSmart (long story). I assumed that these would be interchangeable and for the first couple of runs everything worked just fine but suddenly the SD card reader reads "no card." I do get "card inserted" when the card is first placed.

I've tried the following:

Blow out SD card slot
Send M21 - returns "error: echo: SD init fail"
Check continuity of cables and connections - all are in tact
Re format the SD card (FAT).
Reformat 2 other SD cards of various sizes (have now tried 2,4,8 GB cards).

Is there something different about the SainSmart shield? Is there a bad solder connection on the board (where should I look)? Any help is appreciated.
Re: Troubleshooting reprapdiscount SD card reader
May 09, 2016 08:55AM
I am having similar problems, I have tried multiple cards and it eventually worked, but not its stopped again.
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