#148458 - jay001 - Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:58 am
i was wondering if it is possible to use my supercard lite micro sd slot 2 card as external ram, if i buy a supercardDS ONE sd?
if it is possible, is it as easy as plugging it in or do i have to put special firmware or what? will i have to use my sd card (1mb) as the ram or is it built in?
sorry, but i have absolutly no idea about how ram works.
#148459 - simonjhall - Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:41 am
Yep it's easy - just plug it in and any homebrew app can use the memory, assuming it supports slot-2 memory. I leave my ez 3-in-1 RAM permenantly plugged in.
Don't forget to hold down select though when turning your DS on (with the supercard one plugged in) to boot from slot-1.
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#148460 - jay001 - Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:50 am
ok thanks, thats good to hear.
Will i need to use the SD card(1mb)? as i only have the one at the moment, and not realy bothered about extra storage, and would rather take the SD from slot 2 and use it in slot 1.
#148461 - simonjhall - Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:02 am
You just need the card plugged in. You won't need an SD card in there for it to function.
HOWEVER, I do find sometimes with the memory in the Supercard that it will just refuse to work until I go into the card's menu then reboot to my M3 Simply and it'll be fine... I think the menu sets something up. It may not do this set up if there's no card in there. 99% of the time though it'll be ok to run without a card.
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#148462 - jay001 - Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:08 am
thanks for all the help. cheers
#148465 - jay001 - Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:57 am
also wondering what games/homebrew i can play with this extra ram?
i know about opra and im pretty sure i can use it with quake in some way.
what other ram abusing homebrew is there? and is it even worth it?
#148481 - OSW - Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:04 am
| simonjhall wrote: |
| Don't forget to hold down select though when turning your DS on (with the supercard one plugged in) to boot from slot-1. |
i'm pretty sure that you don't need to do this unless your DS is flashed :)
#148484 - sonny_jim - Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:05 am
AFAIK there's only three homebrew applications which use Slot-2 for extra RAM at the moment, QuakeDS (which you already know about), Moonshell uses it for larger images/mp3's (I think) and DSLinux. Be warned that Slot-2 RAM isn't particulary fast compared to system RAM hence it isn't the magic 'cure-all' bullet for the DS's low RAM, but it is significantly faster than streaming from media.
#148489 - OSW - Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:27 am
SNEmulDS and moonlight's ImageViewer also can use it i believe.
however no applications seem to rely on it to the degree that they can't run most functions without it.
#148501 - lord_hardware - Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:22 pm
something deleted my posts in this topic... was i too off topic? or is it because i swore :P
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#148505 - simonjhall - Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:38 pm
No, there's an identical topic in DS Misc - that's where your comments are!
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#148508 - jay001 - Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:43 pm
| Quote: |
| No, there's an identical topic in DS Misc - that's where your comments are! |
yea sorry about that, but i didnt seem to get much help over there.
and i wanted to get the DS ONE just for an upgrade as its just all round easier than the SClite. withought all the hastle of converting and such.
#148564 - lord_hardware - Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:15 am
| simonjhall wrote: |
| No, there's an identical topic in DS Misc - that's where your comments are! |
Oh i see, my mistake :)
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