Switch won't boot after switching from exfat to fat32

babayaga

Noob Account
Sep 13, 2019
6
3
Norway
Hi!

I've come across a weird problem. After reading a lot about the issues of using ExFAT on the switch, i decided to go over to fat32. I turned of my switch the usual way, took out the sd card, formatted to fat32, copied my files over, and tried to boot it. Now it won't boot with sx dongle inside, i only get a black screen; the unit does power on without the sx dongle. I've tried formatting the card back to exfat now, but it still won't turn on. Does anyone know what kind of problem this is?
 

Hackerjac

The Minifigure
Staff member
Troll Eating Dogs
Jun 2, 2010
1,332
108
Denmark
Have you tried redownloading the boot.dat file ?
 

Spacerat

Junior Member
Jan 28, 2019
20
3
Germany
Hi!

I've come across a weird problem. After reading a lot about the issues of using ExFAT on the switch, i decided to go over to fat32. I turned of my switch the usual way, took out the sd card, formatted to fat32, copied my files over, and tried to boot it. Now it won't boot with sx dongle inside, i only get a black screen; the unit does power on without the sx dongle. I've tried formatting the card back to exfat now, but it still won't turn on. Does anyone know what kind of problem this is?
Since i doesn't know the sx dongle, i can only guess. Is there a LED, which indicates whether the payload is injected or not?
Maybe the battery of your SX pro is empty.
I had a problem with a switch, where the payload was not injected, when the injector was plugged in while entering RCM. The following helped here.
Enter RCM first. (insert the jig, press and hold Vol+, press Powerbutton for 1-2 sec.) - If entered the RCM succesfully, the screen still stays black.
Now insert the SX Pro. The payload should inject now.