MK2: roms not loading (edit:card speed issue)

[celshader]

I just got an MK2, I can mount my card, I can see the rom(s), it shows the thumbnail...

When I select one to load it goes through the "press a to load" process.

I then get two white screens, sometimes followed by two black screens, but the rom wont actually load.

All the 64MB roms I have tried do this, while some smaller roms load just fine, although they crash frequently.

My card is 128mb (lexar), Im thinking slow media... any other ideas?


thanks


EDIT: also, I have found that a rom flashed from SD through the MK2 menu to the cart does not boot, although the same rom (after gst patcher) runs from the cart when flashed from the PC (with Neo Power Kit).

Bad flash to cart because of slow SD media?

[darksherman]

you can see the games working in te compatibility list in the first post of the forum...

and remember some games load more time and you see two white screen from 10 to 20 secs

[celshader]

Im using roms known to work in the list (checked that out b4 posting)... and Im waiting several minutes for it to boot.

The light on the MK2 will flash a few times brightly, then turn on dimly for a second and then turns off and the screens remain white, or sometimes turn black when the light on hte mk2 turns off.

Going to exchange my card this weekend, will report of it works correctly witha different SD card (going with sandisk).

[celshader]

My issues WERE media related. I purchased a 60x sandisk UltraII SD card (9mbps). All the roms I have tried load fine (some with a little slowdown).

Shy away from cheap media with this device.

[wals]

I have a silver NDS, with magic key 3. I have further a MyFlash 60x Adata sd-card.
I have the following problem: I can see the roms/homebrew on my sd-card but the problem is,
when I start one I have every time the same kind of problem:
I have every time  two white screens (in all the menus). Can anyone help me to solve this problem?
Thanks a lot.

[angelfly]

have you trying formatting the card then trying? Also which roms or homebrew have you tried becuse some just don't work when running from sd card.

[wals]

I have a silver NDS, with magic key 3. I have further a MyFlash 60x Adata sd-card.
I have the following problem: I can see the roms/homebrew on my sd-card but the problem is,
when I start one I have every time the same kind of problem:
I have every time  two white screens (in all the menus). Can anyone help me to solve this problem?
I tried many roms and homebrew , further  I formated, the sd-card with FAT 16
I tried about 20-30 roms and I always have two white screens,also with the hombrewgames at the neo-flash homepages (neo contest).
have anyone, any ideas, or any help to get all this working?

[wals]

Why am I not able to flash more than 128 MB in one time to the flash card? (with the neo powerkit and a 1GB flashcard)? You must burn all roms/homebrew in one time, otherwise you have problems (DarkFather menu).

[boblen]

What Rom are you trying to load?

Try loading Nintendogs that has a faster load time than other games.

Sometimes you have to wait 5 mins for the game to load and all you get is 2 white screens while you wait.

[wals]

which version of nintendogs did you mean?

[boblen]

any they should all work

[wals]

I tried the games from this site  http://www.retrocovers.com/advanscene/images/mk2.htm

[bruceg]

Flash menu 0.4 to your flashcart using Neo Power kit.  With Neo Power Kit, you can only flash a SINGLE rom to the cart using 'nds mode'.

Load clean dumps onto the SD card, and run them from the menu.  If you wait long enough, you should get some of these games to eventually load from the SD card.

If you are trying to run homebrew, those may be completely broken in the current menus, so wait for a future menu to fix that.

If you haven't already, test the menu by flashing a rom from the SD card to your flashcart (using the 'X' button).  You can also flash the rom to the mk3 internal memory (using the 'Y' button), but remember you are limited by the size of your mk3 (128, 256, or 512 Mb)

BruceG

[wals]

I waited (about 2 hours), and tried very long, and no results, is there perhaps an other possibility to get the roms (or apps) working?

[Kushan]

Check your DS to make sure it's compatible.
Turn on the DS with a regular DS game inserted.
Go into Picto-chat
go into Room A
take out the DS cartridge

If the screens turn yellow, that's your problem, new DS firmware.

Also, the 1Gb cart means "One GigaBIT", not GigaBYTE.
Basically, 128MBytes is 1Gbit.