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

[wals]

 the screens turn blue

[boblen]

yer its the same with the Neo-Max

[bruceg]

Are you following the exact procedure outlined in the FAQ section?? (this is for Neo Power Kit)  Probably won't make a difference, but you can also format the sd card using fat32...

http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php/topic,1529.0.html

For commercial roms, are you positive that you are using clean (unpatched) and verified dumps??

I assume you are trying to run them from the SD card.  What happens when you flash the roms to the mk3 or flashcart using the menu software??  What kind of flashcart are you using BTW and what type of mk3 (128/256/or 512)?

BruceG

[wals]

I followed the exact procedure (about a month ago)

but no results

I will explain my problem better:

-I have a NeoFlash 1024 Mb flash cart;
-I have a magickey 1 & 3 (256M+64M ZIP) (I bought the magickey 3 especially because it has a (better) menu function)
-further I bought especially for the mk3 a new sd-card (that I had firstly did not work);
-the sd-card that I bought was a MyFlash Adata 60x 126 sd-card,according to the forum it would have work.
- I have a silver Nintendo ds with number: NEH 10133705 ( maybe it has a old firmware, because I bought it in summer 2004)
 (according to the guide (in the forum) this firmware is well)
-I have the next orginal ds-cards: -wario ware touched!
               -Rayman ds
               -prime hunters (demo)(coming with the nds).
-I formated the sd-card with FAT(Fat 16).
-and I tried 100% clean roms (by example I tried:0123 - Nintendogs - Dachshund & Friends (E)(Trashman)).
-the problem is still the same: I can see the roms and homebrew (with picture) but when I boot them I always get immediately two white screens (And I always waited more than 10 minutes)

Thanks a lot.

[bruceg]

So let me just confirm:

Magic key 1 generally works fine with your existing dumps (gst-patched with 3.1)

You recently purchased magic key 3, and it has never worked with clean commercial roms on the sd card.
You are currently running menu 0.4, and you can both see AND browse the icons: SD card, neo, and mk3 internal memory
You've tried all your original ds game cartridges in the mk3, with the same result.
You've tried to run a lot of different clean roms from the SD card (all resulting in white screens)
You've flashed these same roms to the the neoflash cart using the menu function (using button 'X) and run them from there (with the same result -- white screens)
You've flashed these same roms to the mk3 internal memory (ones up to 256 M - using button 'Y'), and run them from there (with the same result -- white screens)


Just curious, have you tried using gst-patcher 3.4r to patch a clean dump, and flashed that SINGLE gst-patched rom to the flashcart using Neo Power Kit.  Don't use the menu at all in this case.  Do you get white screens here as well?

BruceG

EDIT: You have also formatted your sd card using FAT32 (with the same result)??

Please refresh post and read again (made a few changes)

[wals]

Single roms (patched with the gst patcher 3.4R) works very well, all the single roms I tried works, no slow downs and no black/white screens.

[bruceg]

The mk3 seems to be functioning correctly as a passme....

Are you saying you have tried/confirmed everything else I mentioned?? (flashing to the mk3 internal memory using the 'Y' button, AND neo-cart by using the 'X' button in the menu)

If so, I assume that is the only compatible SD card you have to test??  Besides A-data, Kingston and Sandisk generally work fine.

BruceG

[Kushan]

It sounds like the MK3 is faulty

[wals]

burning to the flashcart via the menu works good, but burning to the Mk3 goes never good.

[bruceg]

Well, if you have tried all the above, then thoroughly clean AND check all the contacts/slots on the mk3 as well (for bent pins, tiny obstructions, etc.).  You can clean the 'gold fingers' with a q-tip and a tiny amount of isopropyl alcohol. 

If none of this works, then yeah, it could be an issue with faulty hardware.  The mk3 flash zone probably has the best compatibility of all (you shouldn't be seeing a lot of white screens), and something should at least boot from the SD card.  It's still a little strange that other functions work perfectly.

Just for the heck of it, you can try testing with a different SD card that's compatible (borrow a Sandisk from a friend or something). 

If you decide to return/exchange the mk3, you would need to contact the store you purchased it from...

That's all I can really think of at the moment...

BruceG

[boblen]

Try inserting the Magic Key with a game and NO SD card and NO GBA game cart.

If two white screens come up then your Magic Key is working.
If you get the NDS screen with (There is no DS Card inserted.) - then it could be a Magic Key fault.

Also can you use a normal DS card in there with No Magic Key inserted?

[bruceg]

yeah, that's a good idea, but he's already established that the magic key 3 is working properly as a passme device (I'm assuming he doesn't have flashme installed).  Roms are also working perfectly from the flashcart.  It's just the SD card and mk3 internal flash that's apparently creating problems.

BruceG

[boblen]

o sorry i dident read befor 

[wals]

- I checked all the slots and contacts (and I cleaned them)
- I have also formatted my sd card using FAT32 with the same result.
- when I flash a (patched) rom to the flashcart. I can see the flashed rom(s)
on the flashcart with accompanying picture of the rom (but when I boot them I have the same results as I boot them (clean roms) from the sd-cart(two white screens)
-Adata must be compatible, I read it in the forum  (http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php/topic,1018.0.html)
which sd card do you use, and which is the best.
-which is better: a sd cart, MMC or CF-cart?
-are there also other menu(s) not DarkFather's menu but another (that runs  *nds.gba or *.nds files?).

thanks a lot

[boblen]

I like the SD card more than the MMC cards.
Also i could only find SD cards not MMC cards in the shops.

A CF cart - Which one would you buy or have?
If its a GBAMP - you can only put the menu onto it and not any roms.