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DS Flash Equipment > Recommended slot-1 device?

#132762 - Zeep - Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:15 am

I've been using an M3 Perfect SD for quite a few years now and I've decided it's about time to upgrade. this thing sticks out of my lite a full inch and lately a lot of the time I have to restart quite a few times before it'll successfully boot certain software.

what would anyone recommend for a new slot-1 device? I'm hesitant to get one that uses micro-SD cards, since then I'd have to buy a new one and I'd want at least 2GB, but by comparison the 2GB DS-Xtreme is really expensive. does anyone have any insight into which is a better value (a card with built-in memory vs. buying a new microSD) and which brand of card is the best?
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Hardware: DS Lite & Phat (both FlashMe v7), M3 Perfect SD, PassKey 1, Max Media Launcher, SanDisk 1GB SD card

#132772 - felix123 - Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:49 am

Get a R4/M3DSS. Reasonably priced, easy to use, auto DLDI patch etc.
All the slot 1 cards with built in memory have significant drawbacks. NCard is slow to write to, G6R doesn't have a DLDI driver and you can buy another DS with the money you spend on a DS-X.
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#132778 - Zeep - Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:19 am

how does auto DLDI patching work?
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Hardware: DS Lite & Phat (both FlashMe v7), M3 Perfect SD, PassKey 1, Max Media Launcher, SanDisk 1GB SD card

#132781 - OOPMan - Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:22 am

R4/M3 or CycloDS EVO are good bets, I think. Alas, the EVO is rather more expensive than the other two, which is the main strike against it :-)
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#132807 - josath - Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:59 pm

microSD cards are cheap these days, you can get a 2GB for under $20 if you look around. It's amazing...I paid less for my 2GB tiny tiny microSD card, than I did for my 128MB CF card.

#132947 - Dood77 - Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:03 am

I hope this isn't against the forum policy for retailers, etc. But there's a site called http://dealnews.com that finds the best deals from major retailers (newegg, buy.com, meritline, etc.) and organizes them so you can search through them in their site. (I once got a 2GB miniSD card for 3$ after rebates and a new 'google checkout' account. It's since gone missing though...)
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Original DS Phat obtained on day of release + flashme v7
Supercard: miniSD, Kingston 1GB, Kingston 2GB
Ralink chipset PCI NIC

#140363 - grafixbmp - Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:45 pm

Datel games n' music is cheap and mine works fine. Got it at about 20 bucks.