Surface Pro 3 Micro SD problems


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I have a surface pro 3 (i5/128/4).

 

i love the device other than its lack of storage.

 

for Christmas my fiancee got me a 128gb sdxc card for it. :  http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Micro-SDXC/SanDisk/Sandisk-128GB-Ultra-Micro-SD-(SDXC)-Card-%2B-Adapter-48MB_s-Class-10

 

when i put the card in, nothing happens, i refreshed Windows 8.1 on the surface which made no difference.

 

when the card is inserted, the realtek usb 3.0 card reader shows in device manager with no problems, but no disks show in disk manager.

when i remove the card the reader disappears from device manager as expected.

 

 

I found 2 other random micro sd cards (a 1gb and a 2gb)

 

when i install these cards it behaves similar except it shows a 30.6mb drive this drive wont format it just errors.

 

any thoughts ?

 

i would rather not have to RMA my surface just because of the micro sd slot.

 

thanks

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Try them on a PC and if needed format/initialize them there.

 

A Surface Pro IS a PC.

 

According to this: 

 

http://www.lovemysurface.net/add-a-micro-sd-card-to-surface-tablets/

 

One of the author's replies says this is a common issue and to contact MS - they often replace the unit.

 

On another note, I didn't even know my Surface Pro 2 HAD a Micro-SD slot until I read this. So thanks for that! 

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A Surface Pro IS a PC.

 

According to this: 

 

http://www.lovemysurface.net/add-a-micro-sd-card-to-surface-tablets/

 

One of the author's replies says this is a common issue and to contact MS - they often replace the unit.

 

On another note, I didn't even know my Surface Pro 2 HAD a Micro-SD slot until I read this. So thanks for that! 

 

Thanks.

 

 
i cant see the authors comment in that post though saying to contact MS?  Im pretty sure i read them all.
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Thanks.

 

i might just look for a tiny sized decent capacity and speed usb drive instead, RMA process might take a while and i use my surface daily.

 

There's also this comment - don't know if it applies to you or not:

 

There is a problem using SDXC when USB devices are plugged in. The USB device(s) override the SDXC card and it does not recognize that the SDXC card is plugged in. I think that it has something to do with the drive letter assignments. I am investigating this some more because I want to use USB datasticks, USB drives, and the SDXC card all at the same time. Maybe I am asking too much from my Surface Pro 3, but WIn 8.1 should be able to handle this.

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It was a faulty card, I tried it in 2 different usb memory card readers in 3 different machines.

 

I got a Kingston one and it works fine. (not as fast as the sandisk could've been but oh well)

 

Thanks for the input guys.

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It was a faulty card, I tried it in 2 different usb memory card readers in 3 different machines.

 

I got a Kingston one and it works fine. (not as fast as the sandisk could've been but oh well)

 

Thanks for the input guys.

See I do know what I'm talking about :p

 

@episode: Yes a Surface Pro may be a "PC" but it is not really a true PC :p

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See I do know what I'm talking about :p

 

@episode: Yes a Surface Pro may be a "PC" but it is not really a true PC :p

im not following you, how is it not a true pc? it runs windows 8.1 professional, what else does it need to do to be a true pc?

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Well, I am glad that you figured out that your SanDisk is defective.

 

It's definitely a compatible model though.

 

My brother and I gave a Surface Pro 3 to our cousin for her birthday and he figured that she might need more storage so he loaded it with a SanDisk 128GB MicroSDXC card.

 

She loves the Surface Pro 3 and always carry it with her.

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She loves the Surface Pro 3 and always carry it with her.

Me too :-)

See I do know what I'm talking about :p

 

@episode: Yes a Surface Pro may be a "PC" but it is not really a true PC :p

No Sorry,

 

It is a 'True PC' its as much a PC as any desktop or laptop out there.

However trying the card in other 'True PC's' is always a good way to find if its defective or not.

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See I do know what I'm talking about :p

 

@episode: Yes a Surface Pro may be a "PC" but it is not really a true PC :p

 

How is it not? It's basically a laptop with a removable keyboard. Unless you don't consider laptops true PCs either?

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