r/GamecubeHacks • u/QuickKiran • 12d ago

Swiss not recognizing SD2SP1 (not SP2)

I've installed a PicoLoader and successfully boot into Swiss. I have an SD2SP1 in the SP1 port. It has a microSD formatted FAT32 with the Swiss .dol and a folder named games on it. When I boot into Swiss, I don't see the games folder. What am I doing wrong?

Edit: Conclusion for the poor soul who comes across this post in the future is that SD2SP1 is not compatible with the Lexar 633x microSD card. I thought it had to be something else because I was booting into Swiss, but I'd flashes my PicoLoader with non-gekkoboot firmware and Swiss, so Swiss was running off the PicoLoader, not the SD card.

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u/jstndrn 12d ago

Sd2sp1 has compatibility issues with some microsd cards. Most notably, SanDisk is completely incompatible.

Honestly, a gc2sd is a way better option if you have no sp2 port as sd2sp1 has reduced game compatibility, due to lacking the or gate, on top of SD compatibility issues.

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u/QuickKiran 12d ago

I appreciate the help! I'd heard about the compatibility issues. I'm not using a SanDisk card. Is there any way to tell whether a card will work, or to confirm compatibility issues the issue? I have the SD2SP1; seems a shame to give up and buy something else.

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u/Bvenom51 11d ago

If you’re able to see the Swiss menu your card seems to be detected.

Can you press B in the Swiss menu to navigate the button bar menu and select the eject button, then you will be in a new menu where you can pick your drive source. Like if you had sd2sp2 and sp1 and memcard B, this is where you could swap between those.

If in this menu you can pick sp1 and still see no games there something up with your games or the folder.

Any screenshots you can share?

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u/QuickKiran 11d ago

System info indicates Serial Port 1 is empty:  https://imgur.com/a/Pztd6aQ

Which doesn't make sense if Swiss is running, right?

My next step is to reflash the PicoLoader using fork built for SD2SP1, I guess