Why wont my micro sd work?

Jye · Nov 18, 2017

Hi,
I recently purchased my mavic pro and a 256gb samsung micro sd card. The problem is that my sd card wont be recognised by my mavic. I do not think the problem is with the card because it is recognised by my laptop and DSLR, if you have any reasons or solutions to my problems they would be much appreciated,
Thanks.

Former Member · Nov 18, 2017

What kind of card is it and why do you need such a large capacity card?

4wd · Nov 18, 2017

I'm sure that i larger than recommended, however I would have hoped it would just not read the size correctly and work anyway.
The SD seems to do a little more than just store recorded data and needs to be fully compatible.

Bunny Too · Nov 18, 2017

Jye said:
Hi,
I recently purchased my mavic pro and a 256gb samsung micro sd card. The problem is that my sd card wont be recognised by my mavic. I do not think the problem is with the card because it is recognised by my laptop and DSLR, if you have any reasons or solutions to my problems they would be much appreciated,
Thanks.

The card may be too big, I use mostly 16gb however I do know the 164 gb will work.

Cyberpower678 · Nov 18, 2017

The card is way too large if you ask me.

Mavic_Pete · Nov 18, 2017

256 gb lol.... Did you read the manual? Next Thread "Mavic Crash"..

"Camera Micro SD Card Slot
To store your photos and videos, insert the Micro SD card into the slot, as shown below, before
turning on the Mavic Pro. The Mavic Pro comes with a 16 GB Micro SD card and supports Micro
SD cards up to 64 GB. A UHS-1 Micro SD card is recommended due to their fast read and write
speeds allowing you to save high-resolution video data."

Haloweenhamster · Nov 18, 2017

128GB is tried & tested ok

locoman · Nov 18, 2017

to larger and read/write speed probably to slow.

Cyberpower678 · Nov 18, 2017

I use a 128GB U3 card. Those work okay on the Mavic.

Anthony · Nov 18, 2017

256 is to big ..... I use a Samsung 128 and that works just fine.

Jye · Nov 19, 2017

Ok thank you, I will just use it in my DSLR.

Shush_ya_mush · Nov 19, 2017

It will be formatted differently to smaller cards, try formatting it to FAT32 using HPUSB. My dash cam will only accept up to 32gb but if if format a bigger card to FAT32 they work.

Jye · Nov 27, 2017

Thanks, buuut care to explain how to do so (not being rude just curious).

Vilco · Nov 27, 2017

Jye said:
Thanks, buuut care to explain how to do so (not being rude just curious).

In a windows PC, after you put the SD card in a SD card reader and connect the reader to the PC, you should see the micro-SD as a drive/unit (one is C: for your main HDD/SSD). Then you can right click it and choose "format", there you'll get to a windowd with the options regarding the format: NTFS, exFAT, FAT32. Choose the one you prefer and go, aAfter this you should put it in the Mavic and use the DJI GO 4 App feature "format SD card"

Jye · Dec 1, 2017

Vilco said:
In a windows PC, after you put the SD card in a SD card reader and connect the reader to the PC, you should see the micro-SD as a drive/unit (one is C: for your main HDD/SSD). Then you can right click it and choose "format", there you'll get to a windowd with the options regarding the format: NTFS, exFAT, FAT32. Choose the one you prefer and go, aAfter this you should put it in the Mavic and use the DJI GO 4 App feature "format SD card"

Thank you I will try that.

Jye · Dec 2, 2017

I right clicked on the drive and selected format but it only had the option of NTFS or exFAT (exFAT was already the default option) any ideas on what to do now?.

wytnyt · Dec 2, 2017

locoman said:
to larger and read/write speed probably to slow.

agreed,video needs hi read/write speed

Qoncussion · Dec 2, 2017

Jye said:
I right clicked on the drive and selected format but it only had the option of NTFS or exFAT (exFAT was already the default option) any ideas on what to do now?.

That's because FAT32 has a 32GB disk size limitation. So it shouldn't show as an available option for any disk larger than 32GB. As stated above, the card is just too large. You'll constantly be wondering why you're having problems. I use 16 & 32GB cards. They work great.

Jye · Dec 3, 2017

Ok thanks I will just keep it in my dslr.

Vilco · Dec 4, 2017

Qoncussion said:
That's because FAT32 has a 32GB disk size limitation. So it shouldn't show as an available option for any disk larger than 32GB. As stated above, the card is just too large. You'll constantly be wondering why you're having problems. I use 16 & 32GB cards. They work great.

I'm using a 64GB SanDisk and it's formatted exFAT, the Mavic likes it a lot