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NEO Team's Projects for the GBA/NDS/NDS lite => NEO Flash and Magic Key 1/2/3 help, FAQ/guides and discussion => Topic started by: mtora83 on March 25, 2006, 01:56:40 AM

Title: Cant save
Post by: mtora83 on March 25, 2006, 01:56:40 AM
I put Metroid Zero Mission in my 512 MB Neo flash cart but I cant save. What's wrong.  ::sm-05:: Please Help me. :o
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: angelfly on March 25, 2006, 02:38:30 AM
Try changing the battery
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: mtora83 on March 25, 2006, 05:00:25 AM
But It was new though.
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: boblen on March 25, 2006, 06:28:47 AM
if that was your first batery in the GBA flash cart,
you may have handled it too much which means it could be flat,
it is best to hold them of the side only not on the top or bottom.
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: bruceg on March 25, 2006, 06:55:44 AM
Some of the batteries that come bundled with neoflash products are fairly old and not fully charged (you can test with a voltmeter to verify).  Maybe they have been sitting on the store shelves for a long time before being sold...

BruceG
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: mtora83 on March 25, 2006, 07:07:21 AM
I dont get it, why the battery. Why does it need the battery to make it save-able.
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: boblen on March 25, 2006, 07:11:36 AM
the battery keeps the save "alive" if there was know battery there would be no save
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: BuLLa on March 29, 2006, 03:48:21 AM
I have the same problem!! And i have changed the battery but still i cant save >:(  Oh, by the way the game is Animal crossing WW and i got a 512 MB Neo flash cart.
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: totokan on March 29, 2006, 07:35:22 AM
Here's my question: Why can't the save be like SD saves, where it auto-saves to the cart?
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: bruceg on March 29, 2006, 11:38:46 AM
They're thinking about adding a feature to backup gba saves to the SD card, just like with nds roms...

BruceG
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: totokan on March 29, 2006, 07:40:58 PM
Ah. And this will come when there is a menu that supports .gba files on the SD card, I'm assuming.
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: bruceg on March 30, 2006, 03:20:32 PM
I'm not sure of the order of what will be introduced first...  The coders have their own work schedule they adhere to....

And this is for the mk2/mk3 menu (sorry if I didn't make that clear before)

BruceG
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: totokan on March 31, 2006, 08:19:05 AM
Ah. Makes sense. By my interpretation of what i've read here, the only way a menu would run GBA games would be through an emu. Is that correct, or just my misinterpretation...
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: bruceg on March 31, 2006, 11:36:05 AM
The menu can't run the gba rom directly from the SD card (gba mode has no access to the ds slot).

 It would need to be flashed to the gba cart first... so yeah, you're on the right track  ;)

BruceG
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: Raponchi on March 31, 2006, 02:43:49 PM
hi!
   I have the same problem with saves!!! I bought the NEOFlash a week ago and I tried with GBA games in a NDS and GameBoy machine with the same problem in both. I can play with them and it looks like it´s saving them correctly but the next day the saves have disappear!!!.

   I´m also having problems to load NDS games, it flash correctly the game into the cartrige but when I push A to start it nothing happend ?!!!  :-\ My NDS S/N is NEH11166319. I´m lost. Please Helppp!!!

Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: totokan on April 01, 2006, 06:27:01 AM
hi!
   I have the same problem with saves!!! I bought the NEOFlash a week ago and I tried with GBA games in a NDS and GameBoy machine with the same problem in both. I can play with them and it looks like it´s saving them correctly but the next day the saves have disappear!!!.

   I´m also having problems to load NDS games, it flash correctly the game into the cartrige but when I push A to start it nothing happend ?!!!  :-\ My NDS S/N is NEH11166319. I´m lost. Please Helppp!!!


Try changing the battery, or using neoMAX software. That seems to be the solution, but only from what i've read.
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: boblen on April 01, 2006, 07:03:21 AM
ok What Magic Key did you get? Magic Key 1 (included whith the Neo Kit)
or Magic Key 3 (included with the Neo-MAX)

They come with no battery in the GBA cart. You need to pull out the little slot at the top and place one in there. Be carefull not to touch it to much.
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: Raponchi on April 03, 2006, 03:15:26 PM
hi again,
   I don´t exacly know which magic key is it, i don´t have it here, I guess is magic key 3 'cos it´s new, anyway I did what you say, I even bought a new battery last weekend with same problem.
No worries, I´ll try to take my money back, too much problems for a quite expensive product.  ::sm-16.gif::

Thanks for answer.
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: bruceg on April 03, 2006, 05:19:46 PM
If it's a neoflash 512 or 1024 set, then it's an old magic key 1.  Since saving is unreliable from the cart, I would personally return it also...

You can wait for the official mk4 announcement.  That may turn out to be much easier to use with higher compatibility levels...

BruceG
Title: Re: Cant save
Post by: Raponchi on April 03, 2006, 06:24:25 PM
thanks man,
I´ll be waiting for mk4