MK3 2006 - White Screens [Beginner Here, Plz Help!]

[supra21]

Firstly i'd like to say that it my first time doing any to this and i completely new to it.

I have the slim loader IV and NEOKEY cart. i have tried using a 512 MB transflash card with and SD adaptor and a 64MB simpletech SD card. I have formated the cards to FAT16 and 32 and i have also exracted and re-built the nds roms with ds lazy. I have also tested my for version to see if its compatible, which it is i DO NOT get the yellow screens. I use the NEO power kit to put the NEO_MK2_3_Menu_V0.6-BETA_2 meus software on it. The NEO power kit does read and write to the NEOKEY but everytime i go onto the NEO power kit after burning the menu software to the menu never shows up on the cart, its like it was never burnt to it in the first place. I have also tried the Neo Max software and tried to format my cart with it but that doesnt work, i keep getting an error saying no cart or somthing. So can anyone help me??

*EDIT*
I also wanted to know am i surposed to be using clean roms or patched roms?, how do i know if i have a patched rom?, if i do can i un-patch it?

[d-loader]

you're not suppost to use the Neokey after flashing the menu to your MK3.. just put it away  .. the menu is -in- the neokey, test yourself ^^

( if this is not the answer to your question, its because I didn't read it right, sorry in advance  )

[supra21]

how do i do that?

[boblen]

ok,
You should be useing the Neo-MAX software get it here: http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php/topic,1871.0.html

ok now put your Neo-Key into the slim loader.
Run Neo-MAX Software.
Select ADD.
Add the menu from where it is on your computer.
Select "Single Write" (the menu should write to the GBA Flash cart)

Insert the Neo-Key into NDS.

Copy games to SD/MMC Card.

Play 

[bruceg]

Firstly i'd like to say that it my first time doing any to this and i completely new to it.

I have the slim loader IV and NEOKEY cart. i have tried using a 512 MB transflash card with and SD adaptor and a 64MB simpletech SD card. I have formated the cards to FAT16 and 32 and i have also exracted and re-built the nds roms with ds lazy. I have also tested my for version to see if its compatible, which it is i DO NOT get the yellow screens. I use the NEO power kit to put the NEO_MK2_3_Menu_V0.6-BETA_2 meus software on it. The NEO power kit does read and write to the NEOKEY but everytime i go onto the NEO power kit after burning the menu software to the menu never shows up on the cart, its like it was never burnt to it in the first place. I have also tried the Neo Max software and tried to format my cart with it but that doesnt work, i keep getting an error saying no cart or somthing. So can anyone help me??

*EDIT*
I also wanted to know am i surposed to be using clean roms or patched roms?, how do i know if i have a patched rom?, if i do can i un-patch it?

I'm not sure about the compatibility of your particular sd cards (if one it not compatible, you generally get a message saying that it failed to initialize the card, when trying to browse the contents using the menu).

Copy clean dumps onto the sd card via your sd card reader.  You generally know it's a clean dump because it should be labeled as such (getting clean dumps is the easiest alternative).  The menu patches the roms automatically, so that's why clean dumps are initially required.  Don't worry about rebuilding/recompresing the roms, either.... the menu has a built-in trimming feature.

Get the latest version of Neo Power Kit (it sounds like you have it).  Older versions will not recognize the neo-key.  Next, flash the latest menu software onto your neo-key in nds mode (you double click that 'nds mode' icon on your desktop).  After you have added the file and burned it, it should say that burning was successful.  Don't worry if it doesn't show up in NPK (it lacks a proper gba header, so you won't see it listed, but it's definitely there).

Put your neo-key in the gba slot.... insert your sd card (loaded with clean dumps), and original ds game cartridge into your magic key 3 unit.... insert the magic key into the nds slot, and the menu should boot automatically.

BruceG

[boblen]

ok I have made a full Tutorials with picture and uploaded it onto my website.

http://www.aussie-play.com/user/tutorials.html

Enjoy 

[supra21]

bruceg i have already tried what you have told me to do but still no luck.  boblen i have followed your guide from your site, which is very good; but whenever i try to write the menu to the neokey using Neo-Max i always get the error 'no free memory' i then tried to format the neo key which looks like it is working but when finished i get the another error saying 'Not Find Catridge' i click ok and the same error comes up again i click ok again and nothing happens! after the formatting i tried to burn the menu again, i click add then slelected the menu.nds clicked ok then clicked single rom and i get the same error telling me that the neokey is full, no memory left. Whats going wrong??

*EDIT*
In the menu software folder i have 2 files one is .nds the other is gba.nds, which one am i surpossed to burn to cart? Also i have tried using the usb ports at the back of my computer, that makes no difference.

[boblen]

ok make sure when you format you DONT select add moonshell.
There are ment to be errors the software was built for Neo-MAX but you use it for the Neo-Key as well.

[supra21]

ok tried that and i get the same error 'no free memory' but after fromating the card i closed neo-max and opend again and click detect and it says no device, does that mean anything?

[boblen]

na its another bug in the neo-max software.
You should be able to just add the menu and not have to format at all.
keep trying it about 3 times. Add game and single write.
make sure your not copying anything else as well.

[supra21]

done it much more than 3 times and i got another error saying 'error in write' and somthing else. BTW In the menu software folder i have 2 files one is .nds the other is gba.nds, which one am i surpossed to burn to cart? Also i have tried using the usb ports at the back of my computer, that makes no difference.

[boblen]

the NDS one which one have you been useing?

[supra21]

i've been using the nds one, but is the menu software casing the white screens or the sd cards i'm using?

[boblen]

if you cant burn the Menu file to the GBA flash cart then you would be getting white screens.

At the moment you dont need to worry about the SD card.

[supra21]

ok, just tried neo-max again and i got a 'Write OK' message, i then tried it in the ds and still nothing just white screens!! is the menu being burnt to the cart in the first place?