The best source of recent information is the Arduino forum http://arduino.cc/forum/ Also search the Adafruit forum http://forums.adafruit.com/ If you are using a Teensy try http://forum.pjrc.com/forum.php Try running the SdInfo sketch in the SdFat/examples folder to get more information. The most common problems are: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wiring errors with card.init() failure and errorCode == 1. This means the first command, CMD0 - SPI init, failed. SdFat is not seeing the card. This is a basic hardware problem. Do not reformat your SD. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- card.init() failures caused by resistor SPI level shifters. Some, mostly older, SD cards work with resistor level shifters but may be flaky with random errors. Many newer SD cards have edge detectors and fail with errorCode() = 1. These cards will not work with resistor level shifters since SdFat does not see the card at low SPI clock rate. Other cards fail with an errorCode() > 1. These cards see SD commands at low SPI clock rate but fail at higher SPI clock rate. It may be possible to use these cards by replacing card.init() with card.init(SPI_HALF_SPEED). This will slow the the SPI clock by 50%.