#61538 - geordy - Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:39 am
I think I roasted it. Entirely. I'll start from the start. I have a grey DS with the older flashme loaded. I got it on there via wifime and my gbamp with the older version of that firmware. So fast forward to today. I'm overjoyed to plop in mario kart and see if it recognizes my router and bam! It froze trying to test the connection. So far so good right? I have a brick with a green power light. So I try the recovery hotkeys, no good. Try them again, A + B + Start + Select. Try all kinds of keys. Finally I took Mario Kart out of the cartridge slot and viola! I have life, er maybe half-life. It boots into GBA mode with static/snow looking crap around the boarder ring. So I'm thinking all is good. I look up various boards and see that I should upgrade to the latest GBAMP firmware (v2). So I do it (I think). Problem was that it kept booting into the GBAMP menu and ignoring _BOOT_MP.NDS. Oh well, at least I had SOMETHING. But then I got tricky and reran the GBAMP flashing program and this time opted to repair instead of flash. So it did it and looked successful then I rebooted BOOM! Instant brick, no longer will the DS respond to the recovery keys or anything really. Still get green lights. No backlights. Nothing on the screens. Just a brick.
On a side note, when I updated the GBAMP firware, it rebooted with a white screen and backlight on top and no backlight on the bottom but on the bottom the screen was showing the GBAMP menu.
So guys, any solution to this brick? Isn't it a bit of an impossiblity? Impossible to brick a NDS by:
A: simply trying to update a GBAMP
B: NOT shorting S1
Wouldn't the recovery code live in the part of the firmware protected by S1? I've been messing with this for several hours and I am now quite frusterated. Yes it has plenty of a charge on the battery. Any help would be great.[u][/u]
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#61557 - MaHe - Mon Nov 21, 2005 4:58 pm
Your NDS is probably fine, since you CAN'T delete data on the write-protected recovery code part, but that's still weird.
Maybe you somehow physically damaged it, but don't have a clue how could it happen. You should *try* to use your warranty ...
#61564 - Lynx - Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:16 pm
I don't know why you were trying to do all that.. All you should have needed to do was put FlashMe.nds on your CF as _BOOT_MP.nds, put the GBA MP (with any firmware upgrade), and hold the recovery keys.
Because you had not shorted SL1 at any time, I'd guess your DS is still fine. But, if you messed up your GBA MP, the only way I know to fix the firmware is to use another GBA MP, but you might want to put the latest update (e19) onto the root of the CF, and boot into GBA Mode. When it asks if you want to apply the upgrade, select "yes" (A I belive) and let it update.
Now, reboot into GBA Mode and see if the GBA MP boots as it normally would. If it does, put Chishm's current firmware update on it, and run that again. This should put the GBA MP back to a usable state for NDS.
Then, copy FlashMe.nds to the CF and rename it _BOOT_MP.nds. Again, boot the DS holding the recovery buttons.
You will need to short SL1 for this to work, as the current version has moved the FlashMe code to a new location.
#61574 - geordy - Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:00 pm
I put the gbamp into a GBA and it works just fine. It needed to have the update process finished with the e19 file and it worked fine.
Problem is that with or without ANY cartridges in either slot, the recovery keys don't get it into GBA or NDS mode. Are there different keys for NDS recovery mode? I've been using the A + B + Start + Select with success until they stopped working.
I don't know if the updating of the GBAMP coincidentally uber-bricked my unit or if it directly caused some other problem. Whatever the case. No recovery mode seems to be working.
#61575 - winhax - Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:23 pm
| geordy wrote: |
I put the gbamp into a GBA and it works just fine. It needed to have the update process finished with the e19 file and it worked fine.
Problem is that with or without ANY cartridges in either slot, the recovery keys don't get it into GBA or NDS mode. Are there different keys for NDS recovery mode? I've been using the A + B + Start + Select with success until they stopped working.
I don't know if the updating of the GBAMP coincidentally uber-bricked my unit or if it directly caused some other problem. Whatever the case. No recovery mode seems to be working. |
geordy,
I have the same exact situation. I had FlashMe on my DS and V2 of flashmp on my GBAMP. I started playing MarioKart on my DS and while connecting, it froze. I turned it off and when I tried to turn it back on, only the green power light came on. When I insert my GBAMP in my DS and hold the recovery keys (A + B + START + SELECT) it boots up with the top screen with full backlight but pure white screen and the lower screen with no backlight but complete picture. I also did the repair function and used my GBA SP to reflash my GBAMP. The problem is just as you said: It won't boot anything except the GBAMP. it will NOT load with anything plugged into the DS port (including PassMe) I have found out that if you insert the GBAMP and use the recovery keys, wait for the GameBoy logo to display, then pull out the GBAMP and insert another GBA game it will then start the GBA game. I also discovered I can plug my GBAMP into my GBA/DS Max Drive and start my DS with the recovery keys. I'm running out of ideas. is there anyway to fool the GBA/DS Max Drive? I mean it does have onboard memory for DS saves and GBA codes afterall.
Thanks in advance,
J
#61580 - tepples - Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:53 pm
| winhax wrote: |
| When I insert my GBAMP in my DS and hold the recovery keys (A + B + START + SELECT) it boots up with the top screen with full backlight but pure white screen and the lower screen with no backlight but complete picture. |
This is what happens to me if I use PassMe(1) + GBAMP with chishm's mod and there's no _boot_mp.nds file on the CF card. It switches to GBA mode and goes to the GBAMP menu. If this is your problem, the solution is to make sure that FlashMe is correctly renamed.
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#61585 - winhax - Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:16 pm
| tepples wrote: |
| winhax wrote: | | When I insert my GBAMP in my DS and hold the recovery keys (A + B + START + SELECT) it boots up with the top screen with full backlight but pure white screen and the lower screen with no backlight but complete picture. |
This is what happens to me if I use PassMe(1) + GBAMP with chishm's mod and there's no _boot_mp.nds file on the CF card. It switches to GBA mode and goes to the GBAMP menu. If this is your problem, the solution is to make sure that FlashMe is correctly renamed. |
tepples,
I appreciate the help but I can't access anything other than the GBA side and I can only run .GBA files via the GBAMP Main Menu. Has anyone tried to "Hack" the GBA/DS Max Drive to maybe take adavantage of it's onboard memory?
#61592 - geordy - Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:35 pm
I would like to clarify something. BEFORE I did the update to the GBAMP (that works fine in my gba) I could boot it up with no cf card. It would pop the MP menu. Seems like it would also boot with no cartridges at all but perhaps I am mistaken. I will revert my firmware on the GBAMP and post my findings. I will have to do this via the GBA. Should be fine.
#61599 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:01 am
Guard your gameboys guys! I'm on a roll of destruction. Looks like I bricked my GBAMP now too. Perhaps I'm jumping to conclusions but I attempted to downgrade the firmware. It appeared to go sucessfully but now it doesn't boot the menu. It boots the gameboy logo screen and then it blackscreens. Now if I remove the CF card, I get the warning screen but that does me little good. I have included the _BOOT_MP.gba file on the cf card, I defragged it. No go. I even tried renaming the flashme to _BOOT_MP.nds (and defragging of course) and that would not boot either (obviously).
SO, if I get the warning without a cf card, have I really bricked my gbamp or not?
#61605 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:26 am
Alright, having fun talking to myself here. I have unbricked my GBAMP now by putting Update.e19 on the card and renaming the flash_mp.gba _boot_mp.gba. But now I'm back to the latest version of the GBAMP firmware again which my ds doesn't seem to like.
Is there a way to downgrade my firmware to v1 and see if my DS recognizes it again? Am I just fooked? No one else is having problems with a bricked NDS not reconizing an updated GBAMP? IF so, speak up. I don't want to be alone with this problem.
To clarify, right now I have a working GBA, a GBAMP functioning with the latest chisholm v2 firmware and a bricked DS not responding to the A + B + Start + Select. It stopped responding when I updated the GBAMP firmware.
Anyone in the Seattle area with a gba flash card?
#61607 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:48 am
Loaded Update.e18 and it sucessfully backdated to v1.94 but still no go on the DS. I'm now looking for an older version via an "update.e??" file. Anyone have a helpful link? I think I need to get back to v1.2. How would I go about this?
#61611 - tepples - Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:17 am
First unbrick your GBAMP by following the instructions here on a GBA or GBA SP or a working Nintendo DS. Then press pageup to see how to reinstall FlashMe.
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#61612 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:18 am
This is getting VERY tedious. I hope this post helps someone later down the road. FINALLY I have signs of life once again on the NDS. I had to backdate the GBAMP to version e17 which THEN allowed my to load v1 on chisholm's update. so now it responds to the bypass buttons (A + B + start +select) and loads the GBAMP menu ((with static/snow around the boarder) so I'm nearly back to where I started. NOW FROM HERE, what exactly do I do to get the new NDS firmware loaded?!?
#61613 - tepples - Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:21 am
If you can see the GBAMP loader with the artifacts of switching to GBA mode, then put FlashMe back on your CF card. (Or is it already?)
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#61619 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:07 am
I put flashme.nds on the card. Renamed it to _BOOT_MP.nds and defragged but it still boots to the GBAMP menu. Simply ignoring the _BOOT_MP.nds. I even took all files off of the cf card and the GBAMP still boots. Seems that it doesn't mind that _BOOT_MP.gba is not present either. This the OLD version chisholm's hack on v1.94. This should work I would think but like I said, it simply ignores the _BOOT_MP.??? files and boots the menu.
#61620 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:30 am
Now I'm going in circles. I've loaded update.e19 successfully. Then applied Chisholm's hack and have the one white backlit screen up top and the non backlit gbamp screen below. Tried the mightymax menu, no go. Tried renaming the flashme file, no go. It's just ignoring the _BOOT_MP.??? files completely no matter what firmware rev I have. (Yes I defragged) WTF!?!?
So here I am with:
-GBAMP with e19 and Chisholm's newest hack
-Working GBA
-DS that has white backlit top screen and GBAMP menu and no backlight on the bottom
Where shall I go from here? Come'on people. Let's play choose Geordy's next DS brick adventure. Who's up first?
#61621 - Habeeb1000 - Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:41 am
Have you tried reformatting your CF card using this method. I've had some strange boot issues in the past with my GBAMP and this cleared it up for me. That won't fix all your troubles, but you should eliminate the chance that your CF is helping to create the problem. Also, I thought to force a boot from the GBA slot with FlashMe you hold A+B+X+Y. I could be wrong. I've never needed to do that myself.
#61628 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:19 am
Thanks for the suggestion. No dice though. Also, there doesn't seem to be a fill option in the edit menu so I just manually low-leveled the first sector. Still won't read the _BOOT_MP.nds
#61630 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:31 am
Tried formatting it in fat and fat32. Makes no difference. This has to be some small stupid mistake I'm making. What gives? Obviously I can't use wifime to reload the firmware like I used to initially load the hacked firmware. I don't have a passme. What's left of flashme (the part that mario kart didn't overwrite) SHOULD be enough to reload the updated flashme, RIGHT?
#61631 - winhax - Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:40 am
geordy,
I'm still having the same problem as you. just as a test, start your DS with the GBAMP inserted and press A+B+START+SELECT and when you start to see the GameBoy logo quickly remove the GBAMP and insert a regular GBA game and see if the game starts (with no backlighting though). As far as I can tell we're having identical issues.
J
#61633 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:05 am
That is a yes. I started it and did a quicky swap and final fantasy tactics booted up.
How did you get the updated DS firmware on to your DS in the first place? Passme or wifime?
#61641 - chishm - Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:22 am
Version 1 of the hack required that the files be named in all capitals, so it needs to be named _BOOT_MP.NDS
| geordy wrote: |
| Then applied Chisholm's hack |
Haha, that's the first time someone who has misspelt my nick has managed to spell my last name instead.
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#61643 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:16 am
I think I have version 2 of the hack on there now and I just tried the all caps and it didn't work. Even defragged which shouldn't be necessary and it didn't work.
One issue I should mention that you've probably heard in the latest hack. The upper screen is white with backlight and the lower has the data with no backlight. Very strange since my default screen IS the upper one for GBA.
So Chishm (if you are still listening) I need to ask something. Even though both screens are in different modes of activity, it's still in arm7 mode, right? In other words, whatever controls the backlights and which screen has info displayed is controlled by something else, right? I'm kind of curious if this is a bug in your mp firmware or if it's a bug of your mp firmware's interaction with the bricked ds firmware. Your v1 hacked mp firmware displayed properly on the correct screen.
Can you think of any reasons that the v2 firmware would not load a _BOOT_MP.NDS file on my bricked DS? It just loads up as if the file is not there. Not a pause, not a hicup. It's as if it doesn't even stop to check if there is a _BOOT_MP.NDS file present.
If there was a corrupted/bad file named _BOOT_MP.NDS, would your loader ignore it and continue to load the GBAMP firmware or would it crash? Doesn't your loader blindly load whatever is in that file without any error checking function?
#61644 - winhax - Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:26 am
| geordy wrote: |
That is a yes. I started it and did a quicky swap and final fantasy tactics booted up.
How did you get the updated DS firmware on to your DS in the first place? Passme or wifime? |
I used PassMe because My laptop has built-in WiFi so I didn't have a compatible "chipset". Do you happen to have a GBA/DS Max Drive? I'm able to boot with my GBAMP inserted in the GBA/DS Max Drive and then pressing A+B+START+SELECT to start it.
#61645 - chishm - Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:35 am
geordy:
The screens shouldn't be going like that. On my DS, they work either way, with the GBA set to top or bottom. The screens are determined before switching to GBA mode. If the DS is starting the cart in GBA mode without switching the screens, then this would explain both problems (not starting the boot file and incorrect display)
I really should brick my DS just to see what happens, but I don't want to be left in an unrecoverable (undevelopable) state.
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#61646 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:35 am
I don't have a max drive. I flashed with wifime originally. I also have a laptop with builtin but I just bought a compatible pcmcia card and stuck it in with the custom driver. Worked like a charm. But now of course I have no way to point it at the wifi.
Do you still have the passme? Have you tried to troubleshoot with it at all?
It feels to me like the problem is that the bricked flashme code isn't not complete enough to boot a DS rom.
Has anyone else unbricked their NDS after Mario Kart with only a GBAMP?
#61647 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:44 am
Chishm, I totally understand why you would not want to brick your DS. The thing that kills me is that people are managing to unbrick them just as quick. Do you ONLY have a GBAMP? or do you have any other flash cards?
What would be your recommended way for me to backdate the firmware to v1? The screens don't seem to go funny in v1.
What I did last time was:
-run update.e17
-run ndsmp.gba (selecting bootstrap not repair)
Would e17 be the ideal base for v1 or does it really matter? I want to try to backdate and do all caps on the _BOOT_MP.NDS. It seems like I tried it before but I'm not sure.
One more strange occurance I need to mention. When I backdated to v1 last time, it did NOT seem that I required _BOOT_MP.gba to enter the menu. I tried it with only a _BOOT_MP.nds file on the card and it still booted. I wonder if v2 overwrote something in v1 that does not get rewritten by v1. (I hope all that makes sense still) Thanks for being a sport.
#61651 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:17 am
I just backdated to v1 (by first applying e17 and then running flashmp_mb.gba) and have confirmed that I'm not needing _BOOT_MP.gba to run the GBAMP menu. I can put in a blank CF card and it runs fine. Something seems fishy. I know this firmware was not necessarily designed to be downgraded but... Somehow in the midst of all of my upgrades and downgrades I think I've lost the ability to run _BOOT_MP.GBA OR _BOOT_MP.NDS.
I'm back to running on the proper screen now however. That problem travels exclusively with the Chishm hack. When I load v2 the screens get messed up. Then I can run through e13-e19 and the screens are still screwed up. Then when I load v1, the screen returns to normal.
#61652 - chishm - Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:30 am
The _BOOT_MP.GBA file was a workaround for the crappy way v1 would run in GBA mode. Basically, it would search the directory until it got to the end, or until it found a boot file. If you had a large root directory and no boot file, it would lock up (this is due to the CPLD protecting the GBAMP firmware from pirating). You should still be able to rename another multiboot GBA ROM as _BOOT_MP.GBA and have it boot up.
No I don't have any other flashcarts. As they say, necessity is the mother of all invention (or something like that), so I created the hack to run NDS code.
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#61654 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:05 am
I have verified that the GBAMP IS loading _BOOT_MP.gba. I tested this with the freeware doom mode 7 demo rom. That's an 8mb file and it booted just fine. So. Just seems that _BOOT_MP.NDS is not loading from GBAMP with Chishm v1 firmware on my MK bricked flashme'd DS.
Ugh...
#61655 - winhax - Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:09 am
Chrishm,
I would only brick your DS if you have a flash cart. It seems that because the GBAMP will only boot to the main menu, that it's almost impossible to run .nds extensions as far as I know anyway. Do you own a GBA/DS Max Drive by any chance? is does have USB access and it has onboard memory. and firmware updates. I wonder if it would be possible to boot a DS with just the GBA/DS Max Drive? Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part.
geordy,
I downgraded to the Version 1 GBAMP Flash hack and I have the same as you: Fully lit upper screen (default GBA screen on my DS) as well as the "snow" around the upper border but nothing on the lower screen of course. I still have my PassMe and I'm trying anything and everything to unbrick my DS.
J
#61656 - winhax - Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:24 am
Chishm,
What does this mean exactly?
FlashMe Firmware Features:
Using the button combination A+B+X+Y, gamecode "PASS" or title "DSBooter" on the GBA cartridge automatically starts programs from the GBA cartridge.
J
#61693 - geordy - Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:30 pm
So my DS still appears to be hosed. Feels like day three of some kind of crisis. Does anyone have a suggestion of what I should do or buy that will allow me to unbrick this thing. The GBAMP is obviously not doing the trick. Which flash card would work best? Where can I buy it? Seems like a lot of the flash cards cost more than buying a new DS.
#61698 - josath - Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:58 pm
at this point, it seems like you aren't going to be able to fix it with just a gbamp. so now you have two choices that I know of:
1. buy a flash cart
2. manually flash the firmware (involves opening DS, soldering, and connecting a cable to your PC's parallel port) - instructions here: http://darkfader.net/ds/files/ppflash.zip
If you buy a flash cart, i suggest getting the smallest & cheapest one you can find.
These guys have one for $55: http://www.kicktrading.ca/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=28
But it is 256mbit...you may be able to find an older 64mbit cart for cheaper. Also they only ship to north america i believe, so you'll need to find somewhere else if you are in europe.
#61703 - Mr Snowflake - Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:16 pm
Seeing the GBAMP can't recover, is the M3 capable of recovering, since it has build in memory, it should work like a normal flashcard doesn't it??
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#61712 - josath - Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:18 pm
I dont think the M3 has any advantage over the gbamp in regards to recovering, the only factor i think is how the m3 firmware handles being booted in recovery mode.
#61717 - winhax - Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:28 pm
All,
I just purchased the EZFlashII PowerStar USB 128Mbit GBA DEv Kit for $58 (Including Shipping) from http://www.jandaman.com. I think they'll ship tomorrow so when I get it I'll let everyone know if I'm able to unbrick my DS.
J
#61773 - geordy - Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:36 am
I'm eagerly awaiting to here if your flashcard does the trick. Even moreso hoping that Chishm will have a brainstorm about this whole mess. I would help but my programming skills a limited when it comes to firmwares and such. Perhaps I'll read the code and see where it leads me.
#62006 - Bertie - Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:57 am
I'm in exactly the same problem. Is there not some way the firmware could be reflashed GBA side?? Or is the GBA function of the DS completely locked out of the necessary resources.
#62019 - thoop - Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:01 pm
my friend had flashme v3 and then played mkds download play, not knowing that that would brick his ds too, we're out of solutions now. It doesn't boot anything, not even the gbamp menu. we tried firmware 1 and 2 for the gbamp, still no luck. Has there been anyone who managed to recover his ds with flashme?
#62030 - geordy - Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:21 pm
Seems like a lot of people have recovered their DS's with flashme. Just not with a GBAMP. But then again, no one has spoken up so it's hard to say. I'm still interested to hear if winhax can do it with his new flash card. If not, I'm going to send my unit to ahead and see if they have any luck. IF they can't do it, then it will finally be time to whip out the soldering iron and do the parallel port thing.
#62037 - chris271 - Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:03 pm
Hello , i'am French and i have the same problem ! i can only boot on GBAMP screen and it's not possible to launch _BOOT_MP.nds (i try it since two days) .is it not a problem with tha adress launch of flashme fail safe ?
I try so to use ppflash but i don't know how to launch it !! may i use cygwin ? the program say : error exeption ........ .is someone know how it work ?
may be i can buy ez-flash 256mb but i don't know if it work to recover the firmware.
Thanks
#62054 - Sausage Boy - Sat Nov 26, 2005 10:48 pm
I have the same problem, but not from MK. I thought it was because it hadn't flashed enough of the recovery code, but I was wrong, it seems. My DS is currently in pieces awaiting successful ppflashing, since I don't have a flash cart. Ohhh, the irony, if I had known this when I choose a GBAMP over a Flashcart... It's at least comforting to know that my DS isn't bricked beyond help, and if ppflash doesn't work, I can get a flashcart. I hope someone looks into a solution for this.
Chism, you should ask olimar what the recovery process is actually doing, ask for code and see if you can see why it doesn't work with the GBAMP. I would try myself, but it's kinda hard to test without a DS.
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#62089 - winhax - Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:37 am
OK,
I got my EZ-Flash II Powerstar USB 128Mbit Dev Kit today and after doing some thinking I was able to get DS working with FlashMe V5 installed. I'm currently trying to intentionally "brick" my DS again to try again with GBAMP. But what I did with this flash cart is:
1. Installed drivers
2. Charged flashcart for 10 hours (they only require 8 but I was out for most of the day anyway).
3. Put flashme.nds and ndsloader.bin in "c:\flash"
4. Click Start->Run and type "cmd" if you are using Windows 2000 or XP, or type "command" if you are using Windows 95, 98 or ME
In the box that opens type "cd c:\flash"
5. Type "copy /b ndsloader.bin + flashme.nds flashme.nds.gba"
6. Flash flashme.nds.gba to your flash cart, by itself, without any other loaders.
7. Inserted PassMe and Flash Cart into my DS and pressed "A + B + START + SELECT" then Power and it booted to the FlashMe screen.
8. Shorted the SL1 pads with the blunt end of a 7/64 drill bit.
9. Brought my DS back to life.
If anyone has any questions about what I did, feel free to post.
*Note*
Everything I did can be found on Google. I just took what other people said and modified it to my advantage because apparently most people have mixed ideas.
J
#62092 - geordy - Sun Nov 27, 2005 10:06 am
fricken awesome!!! I guess I need to buy a flashcard now :-( Oh well, I suppose that's useful anyways. Does the one you got support GBA roms and saves? And NES emus, etc, etc? I want to make sure it's REALLY worth it and not just something needed to make my ds useful again....
#62093 - winhax - Sun Nov 27, 2005 10:35 am
geordy,
Yeah it actually has a conversion program for Action Replay GBA codes as well. It didn't come with any software but you can download from the website http://www.jandaman.com (where I ordered from). It also has Goomba.gba, PocketNes.gba, PCEAdvance.gba, it support rom back-ups, Rom Patching and of course game saves. it came with about 1,300 GBA cheat codes.
I'd Suggest the 128Mbit as the 64 Mbit won't get you much.
J
#62094 - thoop - Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:04 am
i'll see if i can maybe borrow one :)
#62097 - chris271 - Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:14 pm
Hello , some news today , the problem is the GBAMP boot only in gba mode not in ds mode and i know that is not possible after to switch in ds mode.So Chishm, is it possible there is a bug in your patch that make when we use flashme failsafe the GBAMP only boot in GBA mode ? may be is it a different adresse in normal mode or in failsafe mode.
I can buy in france a ez-flash card 256Mb do you think it will work with this or not ? thanks
#62101 - thoop - Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:31 pm
i still can't even get my ds booted in gba mode with the gbamp, how did you guys do it?
#62102 - Sausage Boy - Sun Nov 27, 2005 2:00 pm
thoop:
Insert GBAMP only, _NO_ PassMe. It doesn't seem to matter what you have on the cf card. Hold A + B + Start + Select and turn it on (yes, it's hard to do with only 2 hands, but it's possible). You should be greeted with the GBA intro animation on the bottom screen without backlight and some jittering, and a white backlit top screen. It'll then take you to the gbamp firmware thing.I did it with V2 of the firmware, but every version appears to work.
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#62113 - thoop - Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:27 pm
doesn't work :S but i am sure his ds was flashed. COuld this mean his recovery code is not working, or just because of another version of flashme? (he had/has v3)
edit: on my working ds, the recovery code does the same => black screens.
#62157 - winhax - Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:52 pm
You don't need a CF card in the GBAMP because if you used the GBAMP firmware hack then the CF is really useless. Remove the CF card, insert the empty GBAMP, then hold A + B + START + SELECT, then press Power and your DS should start in GBA mode depending on what GBAMP firmware hack you have on the GBAMP you'll get two different results. GBAMP Fimware Hack Version 1: You'll get a snowy border, but fully lit GBA boot screen, GBAMP Firmware Hack Version 2: You'll get the upper screen in pure white with bright backlight and the lower screen will be a full GBA screen with no backlight.
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#62158 - thoop - Sun Nov 27, 2005 10:28 pm
still the same, could this mean that the recovery code is not working correctly? On my working ds it gives exactly the same result, strange ....
#62194 - The 9th Sage - Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:44 am
| winhax wrote: |
Chrishm,
I would only brick your DS if you have a flash cart. It seems that because the GBAMP will only boot to the main menu, that it's almost impossible to run .nds extensions as far as I know anyway. Do you own a GBA/DS Max Drive by any chance? is does have USB access and it has onboard memory. and firmware updates. I wonder if it would be possible to boot a DS with just the GBA/DS Max Drive? Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part.
J |
I have heard of someone getting DS code onto a GBA/DS Max Drive (don't recall how...into the space it saves savegames too I assume) and running it, but there wasn't much space for code...don't think they are working on it anymore anyway.
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#62376 - geordy - Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:32 am
DOH! I failed to see that you used a passme too. So I need a passme to do this? I guess I'm halfway there. I need to find someone on the hardware exchange to hookup with that has one.
#62478 - chishm - Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:33 am
I have updated the firmware hack, to hopefully fix this. Try downloading the newest version and use it to flash your GBAMP. Then see if you can boot into recovery mode.
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#62479 - skabio - Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:02 am
Sweet it worked. I'm in ds mode now. I'm flashing now.
edit: I worked its alive. Thanks chishm.
#62482 - chishm - Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:31 am
| skabio wrote: |
Sweet it worked. I'm in ds mode now. I'm flashing now.
edit: I worked its alive. Thanks chishm. |
That's good to know. Sorry about the delay, but I was kind of distracted by other projects. It was a simple fix, I just needed to wait for the CF card to initialise before trying to read it. This wasn't a problem in the normal startup mode because the DS is delayed while initialising everything. This gives the card enough time to initialise. However, in recovery mode it jumps straight to the GBA MP firmware, and the CF card doesn't have enough time to initialise. That's why I have added a wait loop.
Hopefully this will also fix some CF cards that didn't work before (they may have taken longer to startup).
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#62489 - thoop - Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:50 pm
damn, still doesn't work =(
#62506 - Sausage Boy - Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:58 pm
Ok, it doesn't work, here's what I did.
I flashed the gbamp with the new update, repair thing. I couldn't make it work with the DS. It gives me a black screen in the gba if I run it with card, and the "please insert card" message if ran without card, but it hangs on that screen, and I cannot continue.
I used my xboo to flash it with the non-repair thing, and it's all the same. Black screen.
My observations on the DS with the recovery code might not be entirely accurate, as the DS currently is in a soon-to-be-ppflashed stage, meaning I have to hold in the battery, s wire into a hole to short a connection, and A+B+Start+Select. Not an easy task.
The gba on the other hand is completely functioning, and it's the same in a working DS's gba mode.
Edit:
After further investigations, I've found out some new stuff.
Installing e19 on the gbamp and then the latest chishm driver solved the not-working-in-gba problem. It boots flashme in the working DS, but not in the broken one. I'm pretty sure I'm holding everything that should be held in in, but all I get is 2 black screens. I don't even get to the fucked up gba mode anymore.
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#62512 - chris271 - Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:55 pm
Hi , my DS is coming back !! all is ok now .
I flash GBAMP with firmware 2.02 after i install
flashme v5 to file _boot_mp.nds and i can recover the firmware and now..... play mariokart in wifi !! Thanks a lot Chishm
#62525 - geordy - Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:54 pm
Alright! You're the man Chishm! It worked. Now I wish I waited on ordering that flash card. Oh well. It's a nice new toy I suppose. I'm going to change the topic to reflect your breakthru ;-)
#62534 - tssf - Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:34 pm
Meh, the flash card will allow you to use ds.gba things, something the GBAMP won't allow you to do. So, that's the added benefit of having a flash card.
Thoop, here's a very stupid question but, are you booting with a passme? or no? I didn't see anything that said you were or not. It's possible I missed it.
There's one thing you should keep in mind while trying to run DS code with flashme installed, or by using a passme.
The GBAMP will NOT boot any NDS file unless there is a _BOOT_MP.NDS file in the root directory of the CF. It will only boot in GBA mode.. However, it's possible the GBAMP in GBA mode will not boot (past the GBA bios logo) unless you have _BOOT_MP.GBA in the main root directory as well. (is this correct chishm?)
So when trying to recover, keep those things in mind.
If all else fails, you're probably going to have to figure out ppflash, as that's going to be the only method you could use to recover your DS.
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#62536 - tepples - Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:16 pm
| tssf wrote: |
| Meh, the flash card will allow you to use ds.gba things, something the GBAMP won't allow you to do. So, that's the added benefit of having a flash card. |
A program for the GBAMP can be much larger than a .ds.gba program, given that 1. there aren't Free drivers for all the GBA ROMs' bank switching and 2. a SuperCard adapter ($50) and a cheap 2 Gbit CF card ($20) cost the same as a 256 Mbit NOR card ($70).
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| However, it's possible the GBAMP in GBA mode will not boot (past the GBA bios logo) unless you have _BOOT_MP.GBA in the main root directory as well. (is this correct chishm?) |
It used to be true until chishm started releasing early versions of firmware hack version 2.
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#62540 - chishm - Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:54 pm
Well tssf and tepples covered most of what was asked, but I still have somethings to add. Not booting into NDS mode means it is still not initialising the compact flash card. Then black screens in GBA mode means it has locked the GBAMP's firmware, due to the many CF reads performed while waiting for it to become ready. This is an unfortunate side effect of the delay, but shouldn't occur when everything is working normally.
I suggest you try another CF card (but don't bother buying one). Also, if you can, try compiling the source yourself. You'll need DevKitPro r17 and the source in the file. You can increase the delay by increasing the number on line 454, (i < 1000000). Try adding an extra 0 to increase the wait to about 10 seconds. If that doesn't work, then something else is wrong that I haven't figured out yet.
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