#74229 - xproductions - Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:32 pm
Hello everybody,
I bricked my DS yesterday when flashmeeing, I accidentally dropped the ds and the battery flew out when it showed about 1%. So I disassembled it, soldered the wires, but my computer's LPT port is 5 volts. Which method to reduce voltage do you guys reccommend: resistors or a CMOS buffer ie (74HC07)?
My second question is that I don't have a flash cart so is there any way to directly load the FlashMe firmware into the firmware chip?
Thanx.
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#74245 - tepples - Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:13 pm
If you don't have a flash cart, then how did you plan on loading DS software while you are away from your PC?
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#74262 - Lynx - Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:17 pm
Better question, if you don't have a Flash Cart, how'd you install FlashMe?
#74304 - Nushio - Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:24 am
| tepples wrote: |
| If you don't have a flash cart, then how did you plan on loading DS software while you are away from your PC? |
This can be done with Wifime and WMB, however, as Lynx states, if he doesnt have a flashcart, how did he flashme in the first place ;)
#74318 - xproductions - Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:06 am
| Quote: |
| Better question, if you don't have a Flash Cart, how'd you install FlashMe? |
Wireless multiboot. I don't plan on using homebrew away from my PC, i'm just gonna use my ds for debug.
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#74337 - tepples - Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:38 pm
| xproductions wrote: |
| Quote: | | if you don't have a Flash Cart, how'd you install FlashMe? |
Wireless multiboot. |
If you used wmb -data flashme.nds, how did you get past the RSA check?
If you used wmb -data wifime, what did you stick in the GBA slot?
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#74341 - xproductions - Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:19 pm
| Quote: |
| If you used wmb -data flashme.nds, how did you get past the RSA check? |
If you read my 2nd post here http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=8719,
I found out that I have old firmware but I assumed that I had the new one since I just bought it.
Now can you guys answer my question?
PS. I read in a ppflash tutorial http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=7187 that you need a full firmware dump but I doubt the legality.
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#74344 - tepples - Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:38 pm
The old firmware still performs an RSA check.
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#74345 - olimar - Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:44 pm
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#74346 - tepples - Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:47 pm
| olimar wrote: |
| Cripes. Instead of badgering the guy to death |
I was only curious. If it is possible to start flashme.nds on a stock fw1-3 DS with only a Ralink wireless card and no GBA card, then I want to know how to do it.
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#74381 - xproductions - Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:38 pm
| Quote: |
| The old firmware still performs an RSA check. |
Sorry guys, I was inaccurate to you. It didn't actually show 1%, i just thought that was it since the screen went dark and immediately shut down so fast i couldn't see if anything was there. I thought I saw something.
If the FlashMe loader didn't run how come my DS just shows the logo and shuts down?
Sorry for the mistakes, my head is just not functioning very well the last two days.
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#74382 - acky - Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:40 pm
| xproductions wrote: |
| Quote: | | The old firmware still performs an RSA check. |
Sorry guys, I was inaccurate to you. It didn't actually show 1%, i just thought that was it since the screen went dark and immediately shut down so fast i couldn't see if anything was there. I thought I saw something.
If the FlashMe loader didn't run how come my DS just shows the logo and shuts down?
Sorry for the mistakes, my head is just not functioning very well the last two days. |
Maybe the fact that you dropped it has something to do with it.
#74387 - xproductions - Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:36 pm
| Quote: |
| Maybe the fact that you dropped it has something to do with it. |
Don't think so; the fall was pretty short. Anyway I checked Fuse F2 (I read somewhere DSs fail often due to a damaged fuse.
olimar: pm sent.
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#74392 - vb_master - Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:20 am
Did you try the recovery tool, see if that will even work.
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#74455 - HyperHacker - Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:16 am
You mean you just sent the FlashMe binary, and it showed a corrupted Nintendo logo, started to fade out and froze? That's what happens when the RSA check fails. If that's the case then you didn't really flash anything.
#74496 - xproductions - Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:09 pm
| Quote: |
| You mean you just sent the FlashMe binary, and it showed a corrupted Nintendo logo, started to fade out and froze? That's what happens when the RSA check fails. If that's the case then you didn't really flash anything. |
It didn't show anything (that I could make out anyway) before shutting down. But the weird part, again, is that why does the ds now just boot and shut down immediately if the firmware wasn't damaged??? Anyway, I already soldered the wires and have the setup complete (I tried buffering the parallel port and my multimeter now shows 3 v instead of 4.5 v) so I guess just reflash it.
Olimar: | Quote: |
| If you need help acquiring a firmware dump for ppflash, PM me. |
Sorry forgot to ask: which version of firmware do you have and is it flashmeed yet?
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#74504 - vb_master - Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:16 pm
So you're saying that if you press the power button, it turns on the screen backlights then it turns off? If that's the case, the fuse broke.
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#74531 - xproductions - Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:47 pm
OK, I removed all wires and connected pin 28. I then removed fuse F2 next to the battery connector, soldered some wire instead of a fuse, inserted battery, and booted. It however, still immediately turns off. Sometimes, it will show the nintendods logo and then turn off. I believe there must be a fuse F1 somewhere, could this be the cause of the problem?
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as soon as you are dead and rotten,
either write things worth reading
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#74616 - xproductions - Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:09 am
I checked fuse F1 too, its behind the touchscreen. My multimeter shows continuity. What else could it be? Or I have permanently bricked my ds?
Update: I also checked the lcd connectors. They seem to be ok. However, I've noticed that after bridging fuse F2, the DS boots with a red light instead of a green light. The battery is not discharged yet; I measured it with a multimeter and it shows about 3.4 volts.
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If you would not be forgotten
as soon as you are dead and rotten,
either write things worth reading
or do things worth writing.
-- Benjamin Franklin
#74666 - HyperHacker - Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:09 pm
Is it plugged in when you try it? Any carts inserted? Mine occasionally froze there if a dusty cart was inserted.
#74794 - xproductions - Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:09 pm
| Quote: |
| Is it plugged in when you try it? |
Thanks! My DS is now working again!
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as soon as you are dead and rotten,
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#74823 - HyperHacker - Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:28 am
Even after unplugging it again? If you measured the battery at a full charge, but it acts like it's empty, then there may be some problem with the power management system. Or you could have just measured wrong. ;-)