How To Format a MicroSD Card for a 3D Printer

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Hello, 3D Printing friends! Today we're going to learn how to format a MicroSD card for your 3D printer, which can make firmware upgrades go MUCH more smoothly!
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Opening
00:42 Why format?
02:12 Solution - Windows
04:35 Solution - Mac
08:28 Closing

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@VSLURK3R Жыл бұрын

Dude you are by far one of the most, clear and concise instructors. Thanks

@robertlawrence6606 Жыл бұрын

Thank you good Sir!! Got my first printer today, Ender 3. Built, printing, and waiting for more. This is the 2nd video I watch and its just been smooth sailing!!

@Anonymous-ne6wu 6 ай бұрын

Wow. I had my card formatted wrong this entire time and I was wondering why none of my files were able to be read by my printer. I've been stuck on this problem for a whole 3 days. THANK YOU SO MUCH! The stress is all off of my shoulders now thank goodness. I wish there were a superlike button for situations like this. I appreciate you!!

@recklessnova74 6 ай бұрын

Wow! I have been trying to update my TTF for several days! This was the fix! Thank you very much for making this video!

@Zukes454 Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy, you're a life saver, this has been doing my head in all day as out of nowhere I could no longer view any saved files on my 3d printer

@creativejeanius5902 Жыл бұрын

You have helped me so much along the way, I cant thank you enough for these tutorials

@brodyswinehart8557 2 жыл бұрын

You are super helpful to me thanks. I just go into 3d printing and lost my og 3D printing card while installing the 2.4.7 motherbord lazzy i know but i got a new card and it works like a dream!!

@highgroundprints Жыл бұрын

Thank you, all of your tutorials are easy and straight to the point

@ethansdad3d 2 жыл бұрын

Great video showing some very important, often overlooked, details for formatting SD cards for 3D printers.

@BV3D 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Marcus! Thanks! 😊

@patrichadin4029 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! By far the most helpful channel🎉 Had problem with finding my sd card, this solved the problem😊❤

@davejake6147 2 жыл бұрын

hello thank you so much for this ! i was able to get back to printing thanks to you im a novice so this was great

@bIoodyrosemary 3 ай бұрын

im on a time crunch and couldn't print for weeks and my old disk was full but i couldn't erase it so i got a new sd card with bigger storage and it formatted PERFECTLY. im back printing THANK YOU!!

@chrishoina Жыл бұрын

This just saved me another 5 hours of troubleshooting. Thank you!

@WessCastings 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I needed this I had no idea why my stupid sd card would mot be read by the printer and this solved the problem!! Instant like.

@pimpdaddypete 5 ай бұрын

Thank you just bought a printer and am learning everything from scratch you are a god send. Better than any college professor lol

@mikececil6672 10 ай бұрын

Best instructional videos bar far. Thank you for sharing your knowledge friend.

@BV3D 10 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@MsBunnySenpai 3 ай бұрын

i wish you knew how much you helped a newbie like me. THANK YOUU!!!!!!!

@kbbg00141 2 ай бұрын

Hi there, just wanted to say thank you. I've tried several times to format a sd card and only following your instructions has it worked for me. So for the first time in my life I'm printing in 3d. GEEETECH A20M

@BV3D 2 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

@anakinkenobe Жыл бұрын

thank you, i just bought another ender 3 pro used and i wanted it to have the same software as my main and this video helped, not sure why the printer is so damn picky about sd card size and all of those other settings it need however it worked, thank you....

@aidenmunoz9118 2 жыл бұрын

amazing video really helped a lot. Thx!

@stevencatalano8229 Жыл бұрын

I am really enjoying your content. I am learning a ton.

@craigharrison5406 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this. I was getting the Frozen Ender 3 logo screen everytime I inserted the stock SD card that came with the printer. After I reformatted the SD card, it was working again. Phew...I thought my card reader was broken lol.

@user-oj4qf9hu3n Жыл бұрын

This was so helpful. Thank you!!!!!

@Thebigsnail Ай бұрын

Thank man this actually helped

@valeriekorszen2472 Жыл бұрын

Wow the allocation unit size was what caused me problems, the default setting was not working. Thanks for showing it in detail so I could get my LCD updated!

@Cubuchin 10 ай бұрын

Quick and easy, thanks for the video.

@BV3D 10 ай бұрын

You bet!

@jodymason9243 2 жыл бұрын

very helpful!! Thank you!

@Gametime05577 7 ай бұрын

Thank You So Much

@gls_the_company 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much bro for the simplifications

@loganwbrownvids Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video!

@Michigander269 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the help man!

@standbyme182 Жыл бұрын

thank you this video was a life saver

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial. It helped me a lot 🙏

@BV3D 7 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that!

@Frague2 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for giving me this idea

@alexhasaaxe 2 жыл бұрын

Without watching the full video, I immediately subscribed. Love the backround, love your character. Great and informative content. Keep the videos rolling my friend. Love from Europe ❤️🙏🏻

@BV3D 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Alex! 😊

@willbrownsf 9 ай бұрын

This worked for my Elegoo, thanks!

@rossp87 9 ай бұрын

Hero 👍🏻 its was the mbr part of formatting i was missing

@themountain59 2 жыл бұрын

As always ...great!

@dungeondamsels Жыл бұрын

"The passage of time has brought satisfaction," XD I loved that line

@stevenm1954 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video like your last one on upgrading ender 3 max. I asked this on last video but not sure you seen it but how would I upgrade with JyersUI and color LCD with a bl touch probe. Thanks again for the great content

@Enigma-Sapiens 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and information, thank you! Now then, how can I adapt my Ender 3 Pro to use a USB stick instead of the Micro SD?

@ultimatesuperiority 5 ай бұрын

Thanks man, you really save me.

@yoboi29k35 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you soooo much because it was saying my sd chip was corrupted then I did this and it fixed it

@wayne5x 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your help. You deserve a like

@chaiiwi 8 ай бұрын

Legend! Thank You!

@douglascastillo1347 Жыл бұрын

I send you my like and a big hug thanks

@djkalu1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the tutorials, I made many attempts and the usb did not work for me, when I saw the tutorial on mac it worked for me.

@zimmy1958 2 жыл бұрын

Well done Bryan.

@duckpartain9462 Жыл бұрын

Thank you this was a life saver my micro sd that came with the prrinter decided to die the other night and I couldnt figure out why this one wasn't working either,.

@mgrenell Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

@PrimalEdge Жыл бұрын

groovy, thanks!

@nickademis22 Жыл бұрын

I bought a 64gb micro sd and this helped so much! THANK YOU!

@moji3812 Жыл бұрын

How did it work for you?

@nickademis22 Жыл бұрын

@@moji3812 It worked PERFECT I am so glad because now I can have 1000's of .stl files for my ender 3! My 3d printer came with one already but I wanted 2 so I could make models while printing them. I plug it into an adapter that goes into my MacBook pro

@jacksonistheGOAT 4 ай бұрын

@@nickademis22 did you do ex-fat instead of fat32?

@nickademis22 4 ай бұрын

@@jacksonistheGOAT no just fat32

@jacksonistheGOAT 4 ай бұрын

@@nickademis22I fried mine so now i am trying to format it to work for my 3d printer but when I tried to format it fat32 did not come up

@bravoyab9634 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir Vid:liked

@andrewennis6599 2 жыл бұрын

Something I think that was missed was what type of Micro SD card works best with the 3D Printers out there. Should it be a SD Card or SDHC or XC card? UHS-I U1 or A1 card? Not a dig but just rather certain types of cards work better with the 3D Printers than others.

@chino.0fficial 2 жыл бұрын

Thank u so much. New sub just now

@AddictRC Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@cabsquirrel Жыл бұрын

I love your vids

@jasonharvey1398 2 жыл бұрын

Saved my life

@prahjister 2 жыл бұрын

I really think using diskpart is the way to go instead of exclusively using Windows built-in tool. Here are the steps I use. Open a command prompt. Run the command "diskpart" It requires elevated privileges. Accept. Then "list disk" .....followed by "select disk x" where x is the number of the drive. Very important to get this right. You can screw up big time if the incorrect disk is chosen...you have been warned. Then "clean"...then "create partition primary"....this can be followed up with a format command but I don't use that. I then close the window and use the built-in tool to format. This will ensure a proper compliant partition table is created and any partitions errors are wiped out from when it was originally written in the factory. The built in tool is fine for formatting but in my experience can miss fixing the partitions.

@Ecbonilha 2 жыл бұрын

thanks 😁

@TheBrodalorian 2 жыл бұрын

Occasionally after i start a print the printer stops as soon as it is done with the bed leveling step. I'm using a Soval SV03. I will remove the SD, turn off insert SD, turn on, and then everything works again. Hoping maybe formatting the card correctly fixes this for me :) Thank you for the info on this, very helpful!

@ZBubbie 4 ай бұрын

Great video. Why did my CR-10 smart pro print fine until yesterday? I printed something and then changed out the filament to print another file and the screen froze and no files showed on the screen. I bought a new SD card and same issue. Formatting new card now and praying. The printer is only 4 months old. Thanks

@dericklong6191 9 ай бұрын

I bought a used V2 if I format the SD card do I need to leave anything on it for the printer to work or can I leave it empty and just put the G Codes on it once I do a firmware upgrade? I'm also installing a biqu microprobe bed level sensor do you know if and what firmware I need for it and how to put it on the printer? Do I need to re put all firmware on it to do it or can I just ad the BQ firmware. Thanks

@AndrewAHayes 2 жыл бұрын

I have started sticking labels with the name of the printer onto my SD cards as some printers eg. the Ender 3 save printer specific data to the card

@randimarkson2080 Жыл бұрын

I’ve done everything like you said in the video and my files are still not showing up, is there anything else I can check or should I just get a new SD card all together?

@AtrumNoxProductions 2 жыл бұрын

I will be upgrading my E3V2 firmware to Jyers. I have yet to install my BLTouch, do I have to install the Stock V2 BLTouch firmware, before going to the Jyers BLTouch 5x5? Or will the Jyers BLTouch have everything I need?

@Najemnik79 4 ай бұрын

thanks

@BV3D 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@woodwaker1 2 жыл бұрын

Good information, and the hair is so luxurious

@Amathusukx Жыл бұрын

I want to know what sd cards you can use, I've read you can not use sdhc cards

@kylephipps4930 2 жыл бұрын

i have a chromebook and the sd for my anycubic mega pro has the actual manual on the sd and my computer wants to erase the info before reformat like you explained. how do i retain the info before format? it wont even let me open it before format.

@MrGsking12 2 жыл бұрын

Your a 3d god

@mohammadareeb1794 Жыл бұрын

I have a cr10 v3. And my thermistor is lying to me. The info screen is showing information even though it's cool it's showing high temperature. What could be the cause? And when I print something the extruder gets too hot because it's already high in the info screen and the bed doesn't even get hot. Although I checked all the ports for the voltage and it's also good.

@teehranfrancis221 2 жыл бұрын

Just wondering. After I format this card. Can I still put STL files on it for my 3D printer? (Sorry I only use the SD card that came preformatted with my printer)

@yukinosteelw1832 Жыл бұрын

I USE A MICRO SD TO MY CELLPHONE AND IT WORKS VERY GOOD, ONLY WITH FILES ANDROID LOST.DIR SCAN (IN THE MICRO SD) FOR MY FOKOOS ODIN F5)

@kylekellerglass 2 жыл бұрын

Having issues with mine. Let's hope this helps

@RyZeBLAZE 3 ай бұрын

Hello DV3D, I recently acquired an Ender 3 Pro 3D printer for a family member. However, I encountered an issue as the printer did not come with an SD card. Consequently, I had to purchase one separately. Could you please provide guidance on how to rectify this situation?

@mattsmith3716 Жыл бұрын

What partition size should I do for a 34gb SD card?

@K.Russian 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks see you later worth subscribed easy explanation

@szlachta1alek Жыл бұрын

why MS DOS fat not EXFAT? I'm wanting to reformat a 128gb card, should I format it as an ExFat?

@renomiller7790 Жыл бұрын

Hello, I have a Voxelab Aquila C2 and the only SD card I had for my son ,we lost it. Can I buy an SD card that's already loaded with stuff to print ?

@elis51501 Жыл бұрын

Can this be done for a 3d printer with a 32 gb version sd card? Thanks

@tsm_spider-man_6253 8 ай бұрын

So my sd card when i put it in my computer freezes everything and i got a new sd card but the files i put on it wont show up on my ender 3 s1 if you could help would be greatly appreciated

@jtadams8500 2 жыл бұрын

In my experience, if it was not mentioned in the video, have only the bin file on the memory card and nothing else. Every time I have tried to flash the firmware and simply added the file to the memory card with other files on it, I always get the black screen and then the printer will no longer boot up, even after the memory card is removed. It will fix itself though if you remove all other files from the memory card except for the bin file you are trying to flash.

@Giosmelmyfart Жыл бұрын

Can you email me the bin file? Accidentally deleted mine and my sd card won't show any g.code on the printer

@beefsoda1 3 ай бұрын

How did you get to that first screen on your computer???

@bruceyoung1343 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry I forgot to Thank You for how to format a 16gig micro SD card for a printer to “see”, So THANK YOU. Since I formatted to fat32 I have no problem

@masterqbj 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you this was about to make me throw the whole printer away.🤣🤣🤷🏾‍♂️

@jamiedrake2824 2 жыл бұрын

Might be an air headed question but what do I do next? I’m getting SD Init Fail

@enigma_7 Жыл бұрын

I'm new to 3d printing. Only been printing for a week and my sd card that came with it now says no files found. I did not copy the files to anywhere else. I have an elegoo neptune 2s. I'm going to get another card but how do I get the files from the old one to the new one or do I not need them?

@FireFalcon917 Жыл бұрын

My micro SD card is suck on read only and wont let me reformat. And I cant get it to switch away from read only. The adapter I'm using is a usb stick adapter and it doesn't have a lock on it like the ones that look like larger sd cards.

@FilamentFoundry 2 жыл бұрын

Another excellent video

@Abbyevans007 6 ай бұрын

Can you do this for a 16 gb card?

@CommanderJPS Жыл бұрын

hopefully i can get the firmware into this anycubic mega zero 2.0 without using my size 11 boot to force it in... usb port on the mainboard just will not play ball no matter how many different cables i try lol

@KT-lh9gp 2 жыл бұрын

Is this compatible with a skr mini?

@WoolaMartian 2 жыл бұрын

Mine formats to 32768 bytes/cluster. Any ideas on how to change it to 4096?

@rdgd1rd Жыл бұрын

Can you use a 64 card on the Ender 3 pro ?

@josephestrada9824 Жыл бұрын

Can anyone help with my issue? I actually got a couple of prints on my printer, but now the upload screen won't even stop recycling itself in an infinite loop unless the SD card is taken out. Then it works normally. But I am also noticing that when I attempt to extract or just simply interact with any files off the SD card, it's considered unreadable or corrupted. At first, I thought the printer bricked, but now I see it can't read the card. Thanks for any advice.

@3sotErik 2 жыл бұрын

I used a 4Gb micro SD card for the screen but it wouldn't work for the firmware. My 64Gb micro SD card works for flashing firmware, but not the LCD. Go figure. Keep up the great vids.

@ryantyanna7999 2 жыл бұрын

When I do this on my Mac it shows up under internal. Any help?

@JerseyStyle7 Жыл бұрын

Ok 😖my neptune 3 should be here tomorrow, i have a ipad pro, can i slice on my pro ? I DL cura but i cant open file, can i print on my ipad pro, i also ordered a adapter that holds a micro card for my ipad pro ? So confused

@BV3D Жыл бұрын

Hi! Give Kiri:Moto a look ( grid.space/ ). It's a browser-based slicer, so it *_MIGHT_* work in Safari on an iPad Pro. I have only used it once or twice, from a desktop computer, so I can't offer a lot of advice on it. They do have a video they say is "The Definitive Guide" to using it; give that a watch here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zp5nbJiEz5iWgXk.html