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[Daveychan]

i'm suspecting my EZPass2 card is not working...
is there a way to see the logo screen without a passme device?

thanks

[bitblt]

yes, install FlashMe via the WiFiMe method

[Daveychan]

thanks, but ive already dropped 5,000 yen on a passme2, it should work, but i cannot get it to do its thing!

[bitblt]

Identify your DS firmware version, then make sure you follow the procedures for your version, else exchange it.  Do a search, it's all been covered here.  Good luck.

[Wario]

After FlashME a pink DS, i had only GB logo ...

BUT ...

After upgrading SuperCard firmware to 1.60, every thing is allright now  :idea:

So check your SC firmware level (hold L + R when powering the DS with SC, then hit A until you get the info)

[Daveychan]

Thanks, I am 1.6 as well...  I get SRAM okay when I hold L R.

Okay, I can now get two white screens if I boot with my EZPass2 and my original DS game and NO supercard.

So now, how do i get the supercard logo/GUI to come up?

- I have tried holding down x y a b buttons on startup

- I have tried holding down START SELECT a b buttons on startup

- I have tried holding down START SELECT  L R buttons on startup

- I have tried loading my DSgame.GBA file to put it in SRAM (writing success message appears) and inserting my EZPass2 with my DS card and then rebooting fast about 50 times.

- I have tried running the flashme.nds.gba but it just gives me one white screen on top and i never see the SRAM written message.

Please any advice?  I think I am close now because the EZPass2 card is now at least doing something!

Please and Thanks!

[bitblt]

It should be easy.  With passme (and game) inserted in DS slot on power up, the DS should boot to the supercard logo automatically, no need for button presses.  The A+B+X+Y button press is for use with FlashMe.

Did you identify your DS firmware version yet?

The reason I ask is because the procedure is different depending on what version DS you have.

I don't own an EZPass2 but the EZ-FLASH website says . . .

"EZPASS2 is the PASSME2 clone. it only used on new version DS, if you have an older version DS, just buy an EZPASS or PASSME"

http://www.ezflash.cn/en/article.asp?id=16

[Daveychan]

So... does this mean an ezpass2 will not work with my NDS because it is Firmware 2  It isn't backwards compatible?  No way!  It would certainly explain all of my problems, but odd that there is no way to make it work as an EZPass1 (Passme1).

thanks

[bitblt]

im not sure . . . it's just how the web page reads . . . i don't own an EZPass2 . . . it should be easy though . . . like passme . . .

(my superpass has a little switch on it to change versions)

[ratx]

genric "Passme2" works on all revisions of firmware - but who knows maybe they did something special...

[dannybroos]

When you have a superpass 2 and do nothing special to it but just stick an original cart in it and put it in your ds it should act like a superpass 1...
If you have the newer firmware version NDS you'll only get 2 white screens doing this!
So you need to program your superpass2 with your computer and select the right gamecartridge.
Copy the right files to the cf/sd card and put in your supercard.
Boot the DS with the supercard with cf/sd ONLY. Not the superpass!
In GBA mode select the .gba that you put on the cf/sd which corresponds with your original DS gamecartridge.
It should say something like: saving sram or something...
DON'T turn of your DS yet, insert the pass2+original game, power off and directly power on.
It now runs in NDS mode. Now you can select your DS roms and play...

[Daveychan]

Hello all,

Just wanted to give an update on my plight with all these EzPass2 problems.
This weekend I managed to get a SuperPass2 card and try my luck with that.  Absolutely no luck again! In fact, the same exact problems.  There are only so many ways to do this, and after a week of reading and getting advice from everyone, there is no way I'm doing this wrong anymore.

So, I hooked up with one of the great people from the forum (you are my hero Mavis!) who lives about an hour away from me.  We used his SuperPass2 card (with his MarioKart DS game), and BOOM!, it booted to the Supercard menu immediately.  Of course I am overjoyed at this new progress, but still a bit confused as to why mine wasn't working.

Next, as per normal, we run the latest 1.6 flashme file in order to permanently change the firmware.  It starts up and immediately gives a Warning Message that reads something like, "This firmware is not recognized.  Continuing will possibly render your NDS inoperable.  Proceed at your own risk."  We both sat there looking at it and said in stereo, "Oh shit!?!"  Mavis had never seen this before (has flashed about half a dozen NDS before) and we just sat there for a minute thinking on what we should do next.

Just to recap, I did the "Chatroom A" firmware check, and it revealed a bluish-grey screen which indicates a Firmware 2.  (I have to admit, I did find this odd because this is a Japanese Pink NDS and is fairly new on the market here.)  Well, after a week of losing hair on this upgrade, I decided to just go for it and roll the dice.  So, we followed the flashme instructions and shorted the metal bit in the back, waited till the counter reached 100%, held our breaths, and rebooted.  Voila, worked fine! (Big smile and big, big sigh.) Over the next two days I tested and played and tested, everything is working just great.

So, the mystery still seems to be why the (Japanese) "Nintendo Dogs: Chiwawa & Friends" DS game and corresponding cart flash files did not work on either the EZPass2 or the SuperPass2 cards.   Is it possible that this game really doesn't work with the carts?  It was the only game I had, so it was the only game I could test until I met Mavis.  Just a possible glitch that I wanted to pass on to all of you.  Also, for anyone with the same NDS that I was working on, you might get that message when you try to use the flashme.  I did not have any problems after ignoring the message and flashing anyway.  THIS ISN'T TO SAY YOU SHOULD IGNORE THE MESSAGE, only that for MY case, it turned out okay.

Thanks again to all of you for reading and trying to help me out.  Special appreciation to Mavis for being so generous and cool to a total stranger!

Cheerz and Best of Luck!

Daveychan

[Wario]

Did you read this : "New Ds firmware?"

http://www.scdev.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2691&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

That can explain your problem with your Superpass + Nintendogs, and FlashMe message  :?:

Anyway, thank's for your feedback  :idea:

[jconds]

just an idea on the problems using the superpass2...

In the end it could always be an unsuccessful write of the *.xsvf file onto the superpass2 itself.  Afterall, the software from www.supercard.cn will *always* output a "successfully flashed" message, even if >>playxsvf501b.exe<<  (the program working in the background from DOS) fails!!

I found that all of the Superpass2 software's *.xsvf were corrupt on my PC!

Check this thread on my problems with the superpass2...

http://www.scdev.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2709


Maybe the problem is not with this new firmware afterall...