#81437 - fartz - Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:31 am
I have read that all new batches of nintendo ds lite are impossible to flash becuase they have a protection feature that turns them off if SL1 is breached. Is this true are all new ds lites inpossible to flash?. Can some one that recently bought a ds lite confirm this or any one who knows more on this subject thanks.
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#81444 - waruwaru - Sat Apr 29, 2006 5:07 am
Read this thread. Not sure if there is a way to do it without blown the fuse yet...
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#81474 - fartz - Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:59 am
I made that thread
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#81505 - waruwaru - Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:39 pm
| fartz wrote: |
| I made that thread |
Haha, my mistake. Then you should already know it's flashable once you fix the fuse... :P
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#81531 - fartz - Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:51 pm
No one on the fourm explained to fix te fuse to make the dslite flashable. any one willing to explain this or could some one post a link to a site that has a tutorial thanks.
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#81536 - waruwaru - Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:31 pm
| fartz wrote: |
| No one on the fourm explained to fix te fuse to make the dslite flashable. any one willing to explain this or could some one post a link to a site that has a tutorial thanks. |
There are no instructions, but I linked a pic to where the fuse is. The Chinese blog just said that he replaced/fixed the fuse and then soldered/shorted SL1, and that allowed him to flash. I suppose someone who is more familiar with electronic repairs might know how to do it...
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#81540 - fartz - Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:08 pm
Can some one more familler with electronic plz give direction on how to fix the fuse and solder the SL1 so the ds lite can be flashed thanks X-D
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#81553 - natrium42 - Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:58 am
| fartz wrote: |
| Can some one more familler with electronic plz give direction on how to fix the fuse and solder the SL1 so the ds lite can be flashed thanks X-D |
Yeah, solder a short piece of wire across the fuse. As always, you are doing it at your own risk - a fuse is part of power protection circuitry.
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#81562 - fartz - Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:01 am
Natrium42 i dont want to be mean but those wernt very good directions. :-p like you basicly told me to stick a peice of metal wire to the fuse. Im very confused like how is that supost make it work work ??. Can you give me less vauge directions on how to fix the fuse and solder the SL1 directly thanks. ^_^
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#81565 - The 9th Sage - Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:26 am
| waruwaru wrote: |
| Read this thread. Not sure if there is a way to do it without blown the fuse yet... |
The fuse on mine didn't blow.
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#81567 - fartz - Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:31 am
I made that thread and have read every post it did not help mr<;>_<;>.
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#81568 - waruwaru - Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:36 am
| fartz wrote: |
| Natrium42 i dont want to be mean but those wernt very good directions. :-p like you basicly told me to stick a peice of metal wire to the fuse. ^_^ |
You got it.
The reason it works is that you are replacing the original fuse (which shorts out to protect the system) with piece of wire (which won't short out and may cause other parts to short out).
I wonder if there is something software or hardware-wise to make it to not short out. When Nintendo refurbishes systems, they have to be able to flash it somehow. I wonder if there is some firmware call or a dipswitch that makes the DS to go into "low-power" flash mode, and won't pop the fuse when SL1 is shorted. Sort like pat-your-head-and-rub-your-tummy-at-the-same-time sort of trick.
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#81580 - fartz - Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:33 am
Do i rip the fuse out and solder a wire between the 2 contects the fuse i ripped out used to use is that right ordo i have it all rong plz explain. where do i get the wire can i use any wire or dous it have to be special or somthin??
Can some one plz tell me if i have to solder SL1 directly or is that optional and i also need to know where the fuse i need to fix is. Can some one link me to a picture of the ds lites mother board and show me where the fuse is located??? thanks ^_^
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#81581 - JaJa - Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:57 am
Permenently shorting out SL1 would be inadvisable, because it makes it always writable (brickers and whatever). Some people do this if they are playing around with the firmware a lot (like loopy).
If you don't know how to bridge two contact points with a piece of wire, are you sure you want to take a soldering iron near your DS?
Anyway, basically the fuse is too small for a lot of people to desolder and replace (i think it's about as long as this _ ), so you bridge it by a) soldering a piece of metal (wire, paperclip) over the top of the fuse, or b) you can just use solder.
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#81610 - Mr. Picklesworth - Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:36 pm
Hmmm... couldn't you run a wire above the fuse, where its contacts are, while leaving the fuse intact?
That way, you could potentially not ever need to use a soldering iron (though you may still want to since we don't know how well it's stuck in).
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#81632 - fartz - Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:07 pm
Agh your basicly tell me noooo dont do it youl break it!!! every time i ask for help U_U. My ds is as good as broken for me if i cant flash it so when you tell me not to do the soldering becaause it dangerous it dousent help onley hurts me. Can some one plz tell me directions on how to permanity short the SL1 circuit and wire and replace the fuse thanks.^_^
And is it true that all new ds lites turn off when SL1 is touched becuase nintendo put a some stuipid protection feature on all new ds lites or is that false?. I need to know this because if not i can just sell my ds lite on ebay and buy another one or just get it replaced by nintendo and have hope that the new one will work or will it not and i shouldent bother?? thanks^_^
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#81634 - waruwaru - Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:43 pm
| fartz wrote: |
| Agh your basicly tell me noooo dont do it youl break it!!! every time i ask for help U_U. My ds is as good as broken for me if i cant flash it so when you tell me not to do the soldering becaause it dangerous it dousent help onley hurts me. |
Seriously, if you have to ask how to solder/what kind of wire to use, then it's highly likely that you will damage your shiny new DS while soldering. It would be much easier/safer to get a PassMe2/NoPass instead of flashing your DS. Then you don't have to worry at all.
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#81646 - fartz - Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:13 pm
What the hell is a nopass and no im not gonna use a freiken passme 2 the thing is huge. Is any one going to explain how to get my ds lite flashed or not?. If i cant ge it flashed im gonna end up breaking it and send it to nintendo to get it replaced for free or sell it any way so w/e just tell me plz. how to properly solder the fuse and the sL1 thanks. ^_^
Also need to know this ide apreciate it
And is it true that all new ds lites turn off when SL1 is touched becuase nintendo put a some stuipid protection feature on all new ds lites or is that false?. I need to know this because if not i can just sell my ds lite on ebay and buy another one or just get it replaced by nintendo and have hope that the new one will work or will it not and i shouldent bother?? thanks^_^
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#81654 - Mr. Picklesworth - Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:58 pm
I may be wrong here, but I believe a nopass is a device that runs homebrew without the use of a PassMe.
There have been recent developments in DS homebrew equipment, allowing for passthrough devices the size of regular NDS game cards.
What is NoPass?:
http://www.pineight.com/ds/pass/#nopass
The Max Media Launcher, for instance, is capable of this:
http://www.iso420.com/nds/dmax/index.htm
Also PassCard2:
http://shop.01media.com/en/info.asp?ProductID=16571
NeoFlash apparently has made a completely real DS homebrew card...:
http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=d43b42a52cd082a20ba3e7fce155511e&/topic,2174.0.html
PassCard2 / MML costs a bit more than a regular PassMe or PassKey, but a lot less than a new DS Lite.
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#81667 - fartz - Mon May 01, 2006 12:54 am
just tell me this tho are all new ds lites impossible to flash becuase of some sort of protection feature nintendo built into the ds lites hardware or is it just a flook and some ds lites are defective and have blown fuse's when manafactured wich made them impossible to flash?.
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#81668 - waruwaru - Mon May 01, 2006 1:17 am
| fartz wrote: |
| just tell me this tho are all new ds lites impossible to flash becuase of some sort of protection feature nintendo built into the ds lites hardware or is it just a flook and some ds lites are defective and have blown fuse's when manafactured wich made them impossible to flash?. |
At this point, it's hard to tell since DSLite just came out. Only Nintendo knows for certain.
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#81689 - JaJa - Mon May 01, 2006 9:19 am
Some DSLites have been flashed, other haven't.
But hey, now that the Datel MAX Media Launcher is around, there shouldn't be a need to flash a DSLite (of course you didn't have to before, but PassMe2 seems a real PITA if you need to do a lot of testing).
There are a few theories as to why you can't flash them.
From Magic firmware anti-flash protection to dodgy fuses to other contacts being shorted as well as SL1.
Fartz, seriously if you don't know how to solder a piece of wire (or blob solder) over the blown fuse, i doubt you will be able to do it.
Just google some soldering tutorials and practice on some old busted stuff like answering machines (soldering and desoldering, stuff like that) before attempting something like a DS.
If your DSLite had started flashing before switching off, then there is likley no recovery code so you would have to PPFlash it, which involves more soldering (and the construction of a cable).
Try eBaying it. Many people look for easily repaired items on eBay, like this, that are up simply because the person who has them either doesn't have the skill or the time.
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#81721 - fartz - Mon May 01, 2006 7:37 pm
I know how to solder trust me and if i dont ile get some one to do it for me. My probelm is not knowing what to solder and what you mean. What type of soldering do i have to do to solder SL1 directly if thats even necessary and fix the fuse. OOOO by the way what fuse am i supost to fix any way the small f2 one in the picture??.thanks and plz awnser my quistion this time plz im not mad its just getting anoying that people are acting like i dont know any thing >_>
One person said i can just run a wire through the Fuse or somthing without solding and it would work. What was he talking about could i just do that?
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#81769 - fartz - Mon May 01, 2006 11:34 pm
I dont even know y i made this topic you guys arent willing to help me and you just making excuses . You idiots dont understand my ds lite is useless if i cant flash it its as good as a brick to me. Because of you all im probley gonna have to end up selling it. U_U
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#81772 - tepples - Mon May 01, 2006 11:50 pm
Wait for Max Media Launcher; if you leave that in your DS, you won't have to flash it.
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#81786 - fartz - Tue May 02, 2006 3:26 am
All my hacked games like mario kart with the hacked lvls and animal crossing hacks wont be there because they onley work with flashme and i dont like naturiams method you cant have your saved game data.
Im sorry to say this but no one provided any help so i put my ds lite on ebay for sell already. I think im gonna leave the homebrew sean i havent had much luck with it latley. <;>__<;>
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#81791 - The 9th Sage - Tue May 02, 2006 4:24 am
| fartz wrote: |
| You idiots dont understand my ds lite is useless if i cant flash it its as good as a brick to me. Because of you all im probley gonna have to end up selling it. U_U |
Why on Earth do people ask for help then insult the people they are asking for help? I never understand this. :) No one is making you sell your DS Lite, you are doing that.
You could just try flashing it. Some people, it works fine, others have this problem of the fuse blowing. Mine turned off several times but I was able to use the recovery code and continue flashing and completed the process.
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#81801 - fartz - Tue May 02, 2006 5:20 am
First off every one that posted on this thread refusd to help me. The onley information i have received was about people saying do not solder your ds this is at your own risk and people assumeing i have no soldering skills out of no where . Most of you dont relize this but in ways all this stuff your telling me is just as good as people refusing or finding excuses not to help some one. Plz understand for the future to aculey help some one with the problem they requsted help on instead of finding excuses/bypass's that avoids helping the person on what they need.
Flashme isent the problem the ds lite turns off imedetly when SL1 circuit is touched even if there is nothing in the game slots so its impossible
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#81819 - melw - Tue May 02, 2006 8:48 am
Fartz,
Insulting and demanding for help hardly works. Also, writing in clear language helps - I find it taxing to read your posts because they're long and full of typos.
What comes to the topic - when I'll get me a DS Lite I won't probably flash it right away, reading about all the various problems on these forums. Especially when there's still the old DS model to develop with and you can boot homebrew with PassMe2 without flashing the firmware. When DS Lite gets launched in the US (announcement on this expected to arrive on Thursday), and more people have DS Lite, there's going to be more information on this for sure.
#81823 - waruwaru - Tue May 02, 2006 9:11 am
| fartz wrote: |
| First off every one that posted on this thread refusd to help me. The onley information i have received was about people saying do not solder your ds this is at your own risk and people assumeing i have no soldering skills out of no where . Most of you dont relize this but in ways all this stuff your telling me is just as good as people refusing or finding excuses not to help some one. |
I wasn't going to say anything, but I can't resist. You need to understand something:
1. DSLite is very new. It's likely very few of us have one yet. And even more likely that we have not seen this turn-off-while-flashing problem wiht our own eyes. I can't speak for other people, but the information I shared with you are 2nd hand information I read else where on the internet. This is why I can not tell you exact what wire to use, which fuse to repair because I have not done the repairs myself.
2. I don't know what your goal is, and why you *MUST* flash your DS. If you want to run home-brew, people have already given you other solutions without flashing/modifying your DS. If you feel confident about your soldering skill (then you should be skillful enough to pick the right tools/solder/wire), feel free to solder away. We were just tring to save you from ending up with a $200 brick.
3. If our answers aren't good enough for you, feel free to go find answers you like somewhere else. Stop insulting the people who tried their best to help you. This is an internet forum, people who really don't care about your questions won't even read/post in your thread.
#81839 - kojicolnair - Tue May 02, 2006 12:33 pm
so you think if people cant give you answers EXACTLY the way you like them that they are stupid and not helping you? wow get a reality check buddy every person nearly ive seen post on this thread posted some kind of answer you just are too busy insulting everyone to actually read I guess. and if you aren't willing to leave passme2 in then its your own fault for HAVING to flash it.
#81858 - tepples - Tue May 02, 2006 2:56 pm
| fartz wrote: |
| Plz understand for the future to aculey help some one with the problem they requsted help on instead of finding excuses/bypass's that avoids helping the person on what they need. |
So do you require that the answer address specific points of the original question? If this is what you want, I will do my best:
| fartz wrote: |
| I have read that all new batches of nintendo ds lite are impossible to flash becuase they have a protection feature that turns them off if SL1 is breached. Is this true are all new ds lites inpossible to flash? |
No, not all DS lite units are affected. You can determine if your own DS lite unit is affected by shorting SL1 in a program that does not try to write to the firmware, such as DesktopMan's Tetris 1.1 from ndshb.com.
| fartz wrote: |
| Can some one that recently bought a ds lite confirm this or any one who knows more on this subject thanks. |
Not many people who read forum.gbadev.org are likely to have "recently bought a DS lite" because not many people who read forum.gbadev.org live in Japan, the only market where the DS lite is sold in stores. People who do not own a DS lite, such as myself, are doing their best to give you the best general knowledge and second-hand knowledge that they can give you.
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#81863 - JaJa - Tue May 02, 2006 3:19 pm
If you can't figure out how to bridge a fuse, then I would assume you have little electronics experience, let alone soldering skills.
In other threads you have played the dumb card. I mean
http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?p=79824#79824
"EDIT: And tepples your expecting some one named fartz would be inteligent X-D and look at my sig come on dude you serouis lol"
And then in the next post down from that you insult US AGAIN.
I mean if you act like an ass do you really expect us to help you?
And then when people help you (like they did a few posts after you insulted us) you don't even thank them.
And please, clean up your posting style. It really is difficult to read sometimes.
The solution is to use your soldering skills and bridge the fuse. Check both F1 and F2 with a multimeter, identify the blown one and bridge it.
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#81921 - fartz - Tue May 02, 2006 8:45 pm
Thanks tepples that cleared things up alot. i decided to buy a new ds lite with the money i got for sellling my old one. hopfully a new one will not have the same anoying Sl1 problem.
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#81929 - The 9th Sage - Tue May 02, 2006 9:30 pm
| fartz wrote: |
Flashme isent the problem the ds lite turns off imedetly when SL1 circuit is touched even if there is nothing in the game slots so its impossible |
As I said, mine flashed succesfully. Therefore...it wasn't turning off immediately when SL1 was 'touched'. If you're this worried I suggest getting one of those Max Media Manager things Datel has brought out. They sound like a fairly good solution.
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#81932 - Materialist - Tue May 02, 2006 9:36 pm
There is no such thing like a general Problem with the Lite shorting sl1.
Except Pebkac :D
You just have to shorten it the right way without touching something to the left or right of it.
Use something with a flat tip e.g. a bit or the head of a small nail.
Peep through the hole an Take a look at the sl1.
Try to find something which has nearly the same diameter as the hole and a flat tip.
Like the bit to the far right: http://www.feinewerkzeuge.de/bith5.jpg
It will work like a charm, on every lite, anytime...
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#81957 - fartz - Wed May 03, 2006 1:33 am
Not true if the SL1 is shorted at all it turns off i do not touch any thing except the SL1 and it still turns off
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#81966 - HyperHacker - Wed May 03, 2006 3:31 am
Well then it seems you have one of the affected units. That or you did it wrong, which doesn't seem likely given how many times you've done it.
#82000 - Materialist - Wed May 03, 2006 10:32 am
Maybe it got damaged during the first attempt.
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#82269 - Behemoth - Thu May 04, 2006 10:08 pm
Hi everyone,
I've got a similar problem to this. I haven't been poking around enough here, so i didnt realize there was a potential problem with flashme & dslite. I just got one yesterday, and used m3/passkey2 with it. When i tried to use flashme, it turned itself off after it reached ~47% complete. Now only the indicator lights will turn on, the screen stay off.
Is this because that fuse is blown? Or is it because I screwed up the firmware?
Will it most likely turn on again if i bridge that fuse?
Is the firmware likely recoverable if i made it to 47%?
I think I can do the soldering okay, but I'd rather not open it up and make it obvious that i've violated warranty, if its not likely to be fixable this way...
#82273 - waruwaru - Thu May 04, 2006 10:26 pm
| Behemoth wrote: |
| Is the firmware likely recoverable if i made it to 47%? |
Since you've reached 47% already, have you tried the recover routine yet? I think it was holding A+B+START+SELECT when you power on...
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#82275 - Behemoth - Thu May 04, 2006 10:28 pm
no that does nothing. :( but I was wondering if that is just because that fuse is blown.
#82278 - waruwaru - Thu May 04, 2006 10:31 pm
| Behemoth wrote: |
| no that does nothing. :( but I was wondering if that is just because that fuse is blown. |
Sounds like it. Good luck.
Btw, when it went off during flashing, were you wiggling around in SL1? Or did you have a good steady connection?
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#82280 - Behemoth - Thu May 04, 2006 10:36 pm
| waruwaru wrote: |
Btw, when it went off during flashing, were you wiggling around in SL1? Or did you have a good steady connection? |
I had a good solid connection initially, but then it stopped working so i was wiggling a bit. before i read this thread i had initially thought I had accidently hit the off switch. :)
So 47% should have the recovery code already written, right?
What does a ds normally do when its firmware isnt working. do the screens come on at all?
#82284 - Materialist - Thu May 04, 2006 11:17 pm
Just try to reflash it using start+select+a+b "blindfolded".
If your lucky the ds will come back to life.
A blown fuse would keep the device from comming to life at all.
Blown fuse = No power at all, no led, no nothing.
Note to all other guys: Dont wiggle under any circumstances!
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#82289 - Behemoth - Thu May 04, 2006 11:58 pm
Sorry, I don't know what "blindfolded" means.
Isn't it possible that part of the board (eg the power supply part) is working, but that the rest of the board isnt?
What does a nds with bad fw do when you try to turn it on?
#82290 - MaHe - Fri May 05, 2006 12:05 am
I'm sorry, that's completely offtopic ... Does Max Media Launcher still need something in the SRAM or is it compatible with GBAmp?
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#82297 - waruwaru - Fri May 05, 2006 1:04 am
| Behemoth wrote: |
Sorry, I don't know what "blindfolded" means.
|
I think he meant just press the keys as if the screen is working... I think that's kinda hard since there isn't any ways to tell when the progress reaches 100%. Maybe a new FlashMe can blink led lights or play a sound when 100% is reached...
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#82321 - HyperHacker - Fri May 05, 2006 6:44 am
| Behemoth wrote: |
Sorry, I don't know what "blindfolded" means.
Isn't it possible that part of the board (eg the power supply part) is working, but that the rest of the board isnt?
What does a nds with bad fw do when you try to turn it on? |
From what I've heard you just get two white screens. The backlights might not be on either.
And yes, 47% should definitely have the recovery code installed.
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#82331 - Behemoth - Fri May 05, 2006 9:11 am
okay guys, thanks for the tips and the links. I need to go buy a triwing screwdriver tomorrow. I'll report back and let you know if it worked or not....
#82394 - TheSabin - Fri May 05, 2006 11:25 pm
Hi there,
I was reading all there stuff about flashme and DS Lite and i think i got the sollution. Lets go back to electronic bases. If a fuse is broken is because there was too much current throught it. But what reduce current, a resistor. Current=Voltage/Resistor. What if we put a resistor between the SL1 contact? Or better, try to know what is the max current the fuse can take(guess its hard) and mesure the voltage between SL1 and then, put a resistor at the good Ohm value. Put a 10KOhm and try to flash the DS Lite, or use the tetris stuff just to test the SL1, if it disnt work, reduce the Ohm value until u can flash you're DS at 100%. I dont know, im proposing stuffs but i think it could work because electronic is applicable too in a DS.
#82395 - Materialist - Fri May 05, 2006 11:40 pm
Ok I gonna repeat it really slow for you.
There is no problem flashing the ds lite else people dont doing it right!
All lites have exactly the same hardware, there arent any that are less easy to flash than others.
Simply do it right.
If the process cuts after 25% reached reflash it without having the screens working.
There are enough threads regarding this situation.
If your ds does not turn on and is flashing the led once when put to power cord your fuse is dead... search for the solution, otherwise it isnt blown at all.
And please, please dont fuse any resistors into your ds... thats bullshit!
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#82419 - TheSabin - Sat May 06, 2006 3:02 am
I just found something interesting:
| Quote: |
Hey guys,
This is totally unconfirmed, but I wanted to post it anyway, just in case ...
There are multiple reports from people with new DS Lites that their Lites have shut off when attempting to flashme them - apparently they've all shut down at 1% so they're completely unrecoverable. This seems to be happening with 'third wave' Lites (Nintendo sent out a massive shipment of Lites at the end of March, here in Japan) although launch day Lites like mine don't seem to have any problems at all. There are also unconfirmed reports that the ppflash procedure will NOT work with the Lites due to a different pinout - I'm not sure about this one, but I suppose it's worth mentioning.
Sorry for the bad news, and if anyone has anything to help shed some light on this turn of events please post a comment ASAP!
thanks / mavis
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Probably the US Wave of DS Lite will have this problem fixed.
#82427 - Behemoth - Sat May 06, 2006 5:18 am
Okay, I got my ds lite flashed, and its working great now! Yay!!!!
First of all, thanks to all of you for you suggestions and help!
But I did learn two things when I finally got it to work, that I hope can be helpful to others flashing their ds lite:
1) Once the recovery firmware successfully loaded onto your ds, and it gets turned off for whatever reason (probably #2), you need to take out your pass me. The recovery fw won't work with it (or anything probably) plugged into the ds slot. Once I took that out and tried it, the recovery fw worked fine.
2) I believe there is some component within the sl1 hole which is very easy to touch and short out in at least this version of the ds lite (I got mine around May 1, from lik sang, its navy blue). It seems signficiantly easier to short that than it is to short sl1. Whenever that happens the nds turns off. I can easily understand why people are having this happen to them when they have only gotten to 1%. I consider myself very lucky to have gotten to 47% the first time. It literally took me 15-20 tries before I got up to 100%, just to get the correct orientation & size of the tool in the hole, to get sl1 shorted, while not making the ds turn off.
This seems to be pretty dangerous for flashme and the dslite, although not really a problem unless you are trying to flash firmware. Probably there is a good workaround for this. (Perhaps putting something insulating on the right side of the whole before putting in whatever you use to short sl1?) It probably would be a big help to figure this out exactly and put a note about it in the flashme docs.
thanks again all
#82437 - fartz - Sat May 06, 2006 9:24 am
Dude your the man. I used some paper and made it so the other fuse's couldent be touched by puting it on the sides of the hole to make it more acurate for flashing and flashme was sucessfull ^_^. Now Screw the idiots that bid on my ds im not selling it any more X-D thanks alot for your sugestion. turn the brightness lvl down when flashing
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#82525 - HyperHacker - Sun May 07, 2006 1:53 am
| Materialist wrote: |
Ok I gonna repeat it really slow for you.
There is no problem flashing the ds lite else people dont doing it right!
All lites have exactly the same hardware, there arent any that are less easy to flash than others.
Simply do it right.
If the process cuts after 25% reached reflash it without having the screens working.
There are enough threads regarding this situation.
If your ds does not turn on and is flashing the led once when put to power cord your fuse is dead... search for the solution, otherwise it isnt blown at all.
And please, please dont fuse any resistors into your ds... thats bullshit! |
It sounded to me like he just meant to use a resistor to short SL1, so that not so much power goes through; enough to disable the protection but not enough to blow the fuse. A possible solution, but we don't know whether that's the problem to begin with.
#82532 - Materialist - Sun May 07, 2006 2:34 am
To have a resistor short SL1 is just plain bullshit.
The fuse is not blowing because of to much current, it is going down because of people touching components that are placed near the SL1.
Therefore shorting the SL1 with a resistor or anything else will have no effect at all.
If you want a save method using soldering techniques just solder SL1, that will work.
But keep in mind that having SL1 shorted all the time means less security for you bios.
Desolder it instead, after flashing.
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#82535 - caitsith2 - Sun May 07, 2006 3:15 am
Or even safer, assuming you are skilled enough, install a switch under the battery cover that when on, shorts SL1. Then desoldering isn't needed.
#82553 - tepples - Sun May 07, 2006 6:54 am
| TheSabin wrote: |
| Probably the US Wave of DS Lite will have this problem fixed. |
It depends on what Nintendo considers "fixed". Perhaps Nintendo marketing considers powering off when SL1 is shorted to be "fixed" because it deters pirates, at least until NoPass becomes widely available.
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#82556 - Behemoth - Sun May 07, 2006 7:02 am
it's not really a big deal if you know about it; like fartz said, you just need to put a little roll of paper around the sides of the sl1 hole. This really needs to be added to the flashme install walkthrough.