GC Loader Not Loading Swiss On GC Startup

[TeriTakeout]

Hello,

I purchased a GC Loader from https://www.black-dog.tech/product-page/gcloader-pnp in the US recently. I followed instructions online to install it safely into a functional GameCube DOL-001.

I am using swiss_r1984 (latest release as of last week) and also tried swiss_r1527. I put it on a FAT32 (and tried exFAT) formatted SD card. I have tried on a SandDisk Ultra 128G, and on a Samsung 128G Evo Plus SD card.

Both SD cards were tested for issues and reformatted both in exFAT and FAT32.

When I boot my GC Loader GameCube, the GC Loader lights up, but it goes straight to the default GC startup menu and says there is no disk.

I have tried the Swiss GC Loader specific boot.iso and the US specific boot.iso, double checked the naming, and have even taken apart and re-put together the GameCube. It is not working. What am I doing wrong? Thank you in advance.

[emu_kidid]

Does it error out or just doesn't read your SD card?

[TeriTakeout]

Its just not reading my SD card. It goes straight to regular GameCube boot screen. The light is on in the GC loader itself, and I triple checked boot.iso naming, put boot.iso in the root, formatted both exFAT and FAT32, etc., but nothing's worked to get it functioning.

[TeriTakeout]

Sorry for my delay btw, I was busy this week

[TeriTakeout]

Does it error out or just doesn't read your SD card?

As a quick update, I have since tried a few more versions of swiss and still no luck. Still just loads into the default GameCube screen. No error message.

[emu_kidid]

I think you should follow up with where you bought it from, sounds like the SD card slot might be faulty? They can better diagnose it.