Replacement SD Card

[SHoutzager]

Does Makerbot do anything special to their SD cards to get them to work? I want a 2nd one so I popped in one and my replicator 2 would not read it. Hmmm.

[macouno]

I think you need to format it correctly.... an older style formatting. And it doesn't like large sd cards (I think maybe under 2G).

I think I remember the formatting required was FAT16.

[Feliks87]

well... in the manual of my Rep2X (under "Specifications", page 8) it says

Connectivity: SD card [FAT16, max 2 GB]

http://www.eu.makerbot.com/fileadmin...Manual_Eng.pdf

same with the Rep2 (page 6)

http://downloads.makerbot.com/replic...ser_manual.pdf

[SHoutzager]

Yep. Fargo3dprinting.com now carries 1GB cards.

[wpilgrim]

Yup finding a true 1gb SD card these days can be a difficult task (a lot of 1 gb cards that you can buy are actually 2gb and up cards that had sector failures.)

A workaround to this and a generally great upgrade for your printer is to update your printer to run with Sailfish. One of Sailfish’s many great improvements is that you can use larger SD cards with your replicator. Right now I have a couple of 4 gb cards (don’t need that much space but they were super cheap) that I swap back and forth. They still have to be formatted to FAT.

To find out more about Sailfish and if it is something you might want to try out check out this site.

http://jettyfirmware.yolasite.com/features.php

[Feliks87]

Support for the Toshiba AirFlash Wi-Fi card: send files to your bot over Wi-Fi.

just for this feature I actually might upgrade to Sailfish ...

[SHoutzager]

I bought this 2GB SD card and it was formatted correctly! Only 7$ with shipping.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...SDHC_Card.html

[truly_bent]

Super moderator Geoff posted this link to an suitable SD formatter earlier today.