GP32 Not Reading SMC Card, Garbled Error Messages


Duddyroar

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In a fit of nostalgia, I decided to pick up a GP32 off eBay, and I'm having some issues.

The device boots into the Game / Music etc menu fine, but won't read either of the SMC cards it came with. I get an error with garbled text ('SOC is not insertgd').

I've put both SMCs into a USB card reader. One cannot be read, so I assume it's dead, while the other had emulators on it. I've formatted that using my PC (which I now realise may have been a mistake) but it's still not recognised when I insert it into the GP32.

Are the SMC cards at fault here, or is the console faulty?

Any help would be amazing. If it is broken I have the option to return it, but I'd rather explore every other avenue before getting to that point!
 

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