Re: a problem with my Ender Pro 3D printer

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Every time I put my SD card with my stored files into my 3D printer I get a error message from my Ender Pro printer saying the SD card is bad. When I stick the SD card in my laptop, the laptop reads the SD card and the files on it with no problem. What gives?   PS. The 3D printer has been in storage for a little over a year.  I just got the 3D printer out of storage after I moved into the larger apt.

 

 

Steve kc7byp

Edited August 31, 2024 by reble

[Slashee_the_Cow 621]

HI! Your friendly Assistant Moderator Slashee is moving this to the "third party products" section that's a more appropriate place for it.

 

Your regular friend Slashee asks: are you using the SD card that came with the printer? Because the ones that Creality include with their printers are basically trash. I've never had one last more than a couple of weeks, including the same problem as you're having.

 

You can try fixing it (but don't count on it) by reformatting it: it needs to have a FAT32 file system and you need to set "Sector size" to 4096 bytes.

 

I don't know about new ones with actual brains like the K1 or the E3 V3 but the older ones (including my E3V3SE) like SD cards 4-16GB because that's the range that can have that sector size. Finding anything smaller than 16GB is practically impossible and a 16GB card will probably cost you about as much as something with four times the storage 😕

 

(Fortunately for me I've collected many gadgets over the years so found a decent quality 16GB card in my stash)

[reble 3]

The 2 SD cards have worked before the 3D printer was put in storage for a little over a year and the printer worked just fine.

[Slashee_the_Cow 621]

57 minutes ago, reble said:

The 2 SD cards have worked before the 3D printer was put in storage for a little over a year and the printer worked just fine.

Did they come with that (or another Creality) printer? Because the cards I've gotten with them work fine, until they don't. Including the exact same problem you're having. You don't have to be using a memory card for it to spontaneously fail over time (especially lower quality ones). And did you try reformatting?

[reble 3]

On 9/3/2024 at 11:46 PM, Slashee_the_Cow said:

Did they come with that (or another Creality) printer? Because the cards I've gotten with them work fine, until they don't. Including the exact same problem you're having. You don't have to be using a memory card for it to spontaneously fail over time (especially lower quality ones). And did you try reformatting?

 

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I got the SD cards from places like Wallmart and Best Buy. I tried re formatting the SD cards in the 32bit format. They worked fine in the laptop but not in the 3D printer. And I never ran in to this problem on the 3d printer.  The 3D printer starts up, the display comes on, the bed heats up and the nozzle heats up just fine. But I don't get ANY answer from Creality Cloud directly period.  Am I trying to get an answer from the wrong Co?

Edited October 16, 2024 by reble

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I Still have the same problem and I re- formatted the SD card to fat 16.   But still no change  the 3D printer is still saying  "SD card not working"

[Slashee_the_Cow 621]

3 hours ago, reble said:

I re- formatted the SD card to fat 16

It needs to be FAT32, not FAT16. You couldn't even fill the capacity of most cards with a FAT16 partition and some printers may have issues if there are significant amounts of free space in the partition table.

[reble 3]

To Slashee the cow.  I tried  FAT 32 like you told me,  NO go.  I tried FAT 16 like an other person told me. Again NO go. The Ender still won't see the SD card..   If nothing works then I am going to have to make an over seas call to the factory for help and that an't going to be cheap. And my sister (who pays my cell phone bill)  will probably blow her stack about the over seas call.   I am trying to avoid the over seas call.

Edited October 24, 2024 by reble

[Dustin 193]

19 hours ago, reble said:

To Slashee the cow.  I tried  FAT 32 like you told me,  NO go.  I tried FAT 16 like an other person told me. Again NO go. The Ender still won't see the SD card..   If nothing works then I am going to have to make an over seas call to the factory for help and that an't going to be cheap. And my sister (who pays my cell phone bill)  will probably blow her stack about the over seas call.   I am trying to avoid the over seas call.

While I understand your upset, there is no reason to get mad at Slashee they are only trying to help and are just a normal user just like you.

Additionally your better seeking help from Creality3D or the Users community around your 3d printer specifically.
This is the UltiMaker Community Forum. UltiMaker has no affiliation at all with the maker of your 3dprinter.
While there is people on this Community Forum that have Creality3D printers no one her is obligated to provide you help or support.

Please dont be hostile with our community users.

I am now locking this thread for no further responses. 
Please dont open another one for this issue, if you do it will be deleted.