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DS Flash Equipment > How do I boot my DS with a PassKey2? [Renamed]

#101227 - daveward - Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:28 pm

i have a blue nds passkey 1+2 and a m3 perfect sd card with a 1gig card in it
i have flashme v 7
i have passme2_mb.gba
i have passme2buttonwait.gba
i have passme2flashme.gba
i have PassKey2V3.zip
i have flashme.nds
i have flashme_stealth.nds
i have noflashme.nds

i have sram
i have K2-HW03.gba
i have K2-RAM03.gba



the games i have are animal crossing code admpnoj13 trauma centre under the knife code akdpn0j22 and metroid demo code amfpnoj12
there all uk version

i have tried everything to flash this ds and cant do it i have already done my girlfriends silver one and it was easy to do very easy i know about the jumper thing i just cant seem to flash the blue one
when i turn it on with the m3 and the passkey 1+2 in the screens are white noting happens i hold abxy nothing happens i hold ab select start nothing happens i really need help with this pleease could some one give me a detailed tutoriel on how to do it please please

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#101293 - Sektor - Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:50 am

Read the manual in PassKey2V3.zip, there's also PassKey2 V4.rar.

You don't need passme2_mb.gba, passme2buttonwait.gba or passme2flashme.gba. They are for passme2 and not needed for passkey2.

Remove the passkey2. Put sram.dat and K2-RAM0?.gba on your SD card. Boot in GBA mode, run K2-RAM0?.gba. Select your game from the list (this game will be needed to boot into NDS mode).

Plug that NDS game into the passkey2, put the switch to passkey2, plug it into the DS and if it's the correct game, you should now be able to boot in DS mode to run flashme or any .nds files.

If your exact game isn't in the list, you will need a version of K2-RAM0?.gba and K2-HW0?.GBA that support booting from your game. Those game codes look strange, I don't see any of them on the list.
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#101390 - Lynx - Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:58 pm

Quote:
You don't need passme2_mb.gba, passme2buttonwait.gba or passme2flashme.gba. They are for passme and not needed for passkey2.


Actually, they have nothing to do with PassMe1/2.. They are SRAM writers and will work with any Passthrough that requires SRAM data to be in slot-2.

If you have a GBA Flash Cart, passme2flashme.gba just makes it easier to install FlashMe as you don't need multiple files on your Flash Cart, it contains both the SRAM writer and FlashMe in one file, and will boot in both GBA and NDS mode.

So, basically the 3 files listed replace the specific SRAM.dat and .gba file, as they both have the same purpose. Just the ones listed above have data for most (if not all) games supporting the PassMe2 boot method and the SRAM.dat and .gba are for a specific game only.

Anyway, see if this tutorial helps. Just make sure to program the PassKe2 for the game you plan to insert into it, and then follow the tutorial as if it was a pre-programmed PassMe2.
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#101394 - Firon - Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:46 am

You have the old Passkey v2 software, the newest is V4.
I never needed to use sram.dat. I just ran K2-HW04.gba (to upgrade the internal list of supported ROMs, you'll need the programmer), then K2-RAM04.gba to pick my game. Simple as that.

#102316 - daveward - Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:10 pm

cheers all i upgraded to passkey v4 the problem was my game code wasnt compatible as soon as i updated it my code was in the list thanks to all for your help if anyone needs help also dont be afraid to ask

cheers