My SC wont recognize my SD card HELLLP

joybulb · January 21, 2006, 03:44:35 AM

I am a noob to the SC and it wont recognize the card as being inserted. (yes it is all the way in and yes it has roms on it) I dont know what it means to FAT it, maybe that is my problem??? PLEASE HELP, i am so frustrated.

someone_Else · January 21, 2006, 04:01:19 AM

Quote from: "joybulb"I am a noob to the SC and it wont recognize the card as being inserted. (yes it is all the way in and yes it has roms on it) I dont know what it means to FAT it, maybe that is my problem??? PLEASE HELP, i am so frustrated.

Assuming you have your SD card mounted like a hard drive (usually removable disk X, where X is a drive letter), right click it and choose Properties. If it says the card is formatted in FAT32, you must right-click the drive again and choost Format, and reformat the SD card as FAT, not FAT32, and not NTFS, etc.

This might help, might not.

joybulb · January 21, 2006, 04:06:38 AM

Ok i formatted in FAT, now i just saw that people are saying that the impact brand cards dont work, if this is true then i need to pick up maybe a sandisk.

Next, I downloaded what i belive is the correct software for the SC, what files if any do i need to put on the SD card to make it run GBA and NDS roms correctly?

someone_Else · January 21, 2006, 04:13:02 AM

Quote from: "joybulb"Ok i formatted in FAT, now i just saw that people are saying that the impact brand cards dont work, if this is true then i need to pick up maybe a sandisk.

Next, I downloaded what i belive is the correct software for the SC, what files if any do i need to put on the SD card to make it run GBA and NDS roms correctly?

For GBA, you just need the Patching Software available here in the downloads section. After being output from the Patching software, just drop them anywhere on the SD card, subfolders, etc. Some games don't like certain patches applied to them, so keep an eye out.

For DS, you need a little more. You'll need some variation on passme, superpass, etc, (or a specific PC wireless networking card) to flash the DS firmware so that it can boot DS applications off the GBA slot. There should be plenty of threads explaining this in detail, so take a look.

joybulb · January 21, 2006, 04:18:53 AM

How would i know if i need the newest firmware or not?

someone_Else · January 21, 2006, 05:24:30 AM

Quote from: "joybulb"How would i know if i need the newest firmware or not?

You'll know by wether or not you've loaded the hacked firmware that enables the loading of DS programs off the GBA slot before?

joybulb · January 28, 2006, 02:41:07 PM

Quote from: "someone_Else"
Quote from: "joybulb"Ok i formatted in FAT, now i just saw that people are saying that the impact brand cards dont work, if this is true then i need to pick up maybe a sandisk.

Next, I downloaded what i belive is the correct software for the SC, what files if any do i need to put on the SD card to make it run GBA and NDS roms correctly?

For GBA, you just need the Patching Software available here in the downloads section. After being output from the Patching software, just drop them anywhere on the SD card, subfolders, etc. Some games don't like certain patches applied to them, so keep an eye out.

For DS, you need a little more. You'll need some variation on passme, superpass, etc, (or a specific PC wireless networking card) to flash the DS firmware so that it can boot DS applications off the GBA slot. There should be plenty of threads explaining this in detail, so take a look.

ok i got my kingston card in the mail and it works fine, now i just need to figure out the easiest way to flash my ds (well easiest and cheapest)