First Time Setup

the memcard pro gc requires a properly formatted microsd card (not included) in order to work any microsd card rated class 4 and above will work for basic functionality, of any size up to 2tb each gigabyte of storage space amounts to approximately 2048 gamecube 59 block virtual memory cards (vmcs) to prepare your microsd card, you will need any computer and a microsd card reader (or a full size card reader with a microsd to sd card adapter download the official “sd card formatter” software from the sd card association website run the formatter and select your sd card select “quick format” and give it a “volume label” if you’d like press the “format” button you will also need the memcard pro gc latest firmware files and operating system you can download the files from our firmware update page the memcard pro gc comes with the latest firmware installed, however depending on whether there have been any newer updates published since purchasing your card, you may need to update it to the latest version once you have downloaded your file, extract its contents to the newly formatted microsd card you should have two new items in the root folder of your card mcp2gc bin (file) mcp2gc s bin os (folder) safely eject your microsd card from your computer and plug it into the microsd card slot of your memcard pro gc if you prefer to use a usb storage device instead of a microsd card to store your saves, you can do that by connecting a flash drive or external ssd or hdd drive depending on the type of usb drive you're connecting, you may need to supply power to it externally make sure you format your drive with a simple mbr partition scheme and fat32 or exfat file system then you can prepare the files in the same way as described above for the sd card if you decide to replace the microsd card or your usb storage device on your memcard pro gc , you will need to repeat the process for the new storage medium you can plug the memcard pro gc in to either slot of your gamecube or wii console