Supercard miniSD v1.60 won't upgrade to 1.61

darkuni · April 25, 2006, 08:43:52 PM

Well ... I cannot get my 1.60 miniSD Supercard to upgrade to 1.61 ... ALWAYS get a DATA VERIFY ERROR ... I've tried formatting the card clean, putting the SCU on the root, DS mode, GBA mode ... everything.

Games, utils, etc. all run fine off the card.

Thoughts? Anyone?

darkuni · April 25, 2006, 08:57:49 PM

Appears its a problem with 2GB cards .. sigh ... Okay .. back to the drawing board...

Critical_Impact · April 25, 2006, 09:38:16 PM

Prehaps you could try formatting the card to like 128MB and try running the patch with that

darkuni · April 25, 2006, 11:05:45 PM

Okay .. here is the deal...

It seems the supercard has a KNOWN problem running the 1.61 update off a >1gb supercard.

There are a number of possible solutions over at the Official Site. Let me save you the time - none of them work.

What has to be done is to RE-PARTITION the SD card into something SMALL to house the update.scu file.

Unfortunately, NOTHING (save one program I found) will actually TREAT a removable media device like this as a FIXED hard drive - so it simply will NOT repartition it. The problem isn't knowing what to do - its finding software to support the action.

Well, here you go:

http://www.modaco.com/Partition_your_sd_minisd_cardHERE_-t239450.html

1) Get the partitioning software named.
2) Insert your card and run the PRO software.
3) It works a lot like other partition software. Just delete the SD card's existing partition. Create a 32MB or smaller partition (leave the rest of the card unformatted). Format the partition.
4) You'll probably have to remove and reinsert the card for the changed to pick up.
5) Copy the SCU file to the root, boot in your Supercard - enjoy updating now.
6) WHen done, repeat the process - delete the partition, create a new, full card size partition, format. Copy your crap back on. Enjoy.

Hope this helps... I've burned MOST of my night tonight solving this issue.

AndY1 · April 26, 2006, 01:36:26 AM

Does this mean that I will have to repartition my mini SD card everytime I want to do a firmware update?

Edit: Does it affect only >1GB SD cards or does it affect 1GB mini SD cards as well?

Daveychan · April 26, 2006, 01:43:11 AM

Hmmm.. i might be wrong, but I do believe this is only a problem with some mini supercards. My friend's mini wouldn't update with his 2Gig miniSD, but would with my 1Gig miniSD. I didn't have to reformat or use any tool. It was however, the ONLY file on my 1 GbminiSd.

Hope this helps a little.

cheers

m2pt5 · April 26, 2006, 07:41:55 AM

Quote from: "Daveychan"My friend's mini wouldn't update with his 2Gig miniSD, but would with my 1Gig miniSD.

Supercard SD cannot update its firmware from a card greater than 1GB in size. This applies to both SD and SD mini.

Vulpix · April 26, 2006, 09:09:24 AM

Quote from: "darkuni"Okay .. here is the deal...

It seems the supercard has a KNOWN problem running the 1.61 update off a >1gb supercard.

There are a number of possible solutions over at the Official Site. Let me save you the time - none of them work.

What has to be done is to RE-PARTITION the SD card into something SMALL to house the update.scu file.

Unfortunately, NOTHING (save one program I found) will actually TREAT a removable media device like this as a FIXED hard drive - so it simply will NOT repartition it. The problem isn't knowing what to do - its finding software to support the action.

Well, here you go:

http://www.modaco.com/Partition_your_sd_minisd_cardHERE_-t239450.html

1) Get the partitioning software named.
2) Insert your card and run the PRO software.
3) It works a lot like other partition software. Just delete the SD card's existing partition. Create a 32MB or smaller partition (leave the rest of the card unformatted). Format the partition.
4) You'll probably have to remove and reinsert the card for the changed to pick up.
5) Copy the SCU file to the root, boot in your Supercard - enjoy updating now.
6) WHen done, repeat the process - delete the partition, create a new, full card size partition, format. Copy your crap back on. Enjoy.

Hope this helps... I've burned MOST of my night tonight solving this issue.

So can anyone confirm that it works as well? Getting a 2GB minisd card.

darkuni · April 26, 2006, 09:45:57 AM

I tell ya .. what a struggle.

Yes, every time firmware comes out, you're going to have to repartition this beast and put the SCU on the "smaller than 1GB" partition.

Next update, I'm going to try to make a dedicated "offline" 1MB partition that I can turn on and off for updating. So, I will have two partitions - only ONE active at a time; when updating I put the 1MB partition as ACTIVE, copy the file over, flash, then toggle the MAIN partition back on line. This might save HOURS of work. I don't know if the Supercard will deal well with that - if someone wants to try it for us before the next update, I'd appreciate the input.

From what I understand, ANYTHING above 1GB (i.e. 2GB) won't flash the upgrade firmware properly. That means if you ONLY have ONE SD card (one miniSD card in my case), then you'd better get good at doing this.

If there is enough call, I'll create a tutorial topic on my own DS Hacking Page - maybe with a nice video or something. Partitioning hard drives was common in the old school days, but I doubt most people today have any idea how it works.

Vulpix · April 26, 2006, 10:03:29 AM

Quote from: "darkuni"I tell ya .. what a struggle.

Yes, every time firmware comes out, you're going to have to repartition this beast and put the SCU on the "smaller than 1GB" partition.

Next update, I'm going to try to make a dedicated "offline" 1MB partition that I can turn on and off for updating. So, I will have two partitions - only ONE active at a time; when updating I put the 1MB partition as ACTIVE, copy the file over, flash, then toggle the MAIN partition back on line. This might save HOURS of work. I don't know if the Supercard will deal well with that - if someone wants to try it for us before the next update, I'd appreciate the input.

From what I understand, ANYTHING above 1GB (i.e. 2GB) won't flash the upgrade firmware properly. That means if you ONLY have ONE SD card (one miniSD card in my case), then you'd better get good at doing this.

If there is enough call, I'll create a tutorial topic on my own DS Hacking Page - maybe with a nice video or something. Partitioning hard drives was common in the old school days, but I doubt most people today have any idea how it works.

Umm... Isn't it simpler to just grab a 16/32mb miniSD card from a relative who doesn't need it? :razz:

moviecouple · April 26, 2006, 10:10:56 AM

If you look around... you can find 256mb cards for $10-$12 each. I have a few and really just use them to test the newely released games. A 2GB for my main games that I enjoy and play and a 256mb to test new stuff out. Worlks well for me.

Jackalo · April 27, 2006, 03:36:22 PM

I'm having the problem with a 1GB Kingston miniSD card, so it's not just 'above 1GB'.

Jackalo · April 27, 2006, 04:41:46 PM

I've tried repartioning my miniSD card to 256MB, 128MB, 64MB, 32MB, and even 16MB. None of them seem to help me get past the data verify error. =\

skidmarkz · April 27, 2006, 04:58:38 PM

If you our a UK resident just do what i've done. Bought a 64mb MiniSD off ebay for £2 inc postage. If your quick the seller has another 9 for sale.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-SANDISK-64MB-MINI-SD-CARD-FREE-P-P-UK-SELLER_W0QQitemZ9130325121QQcategoryZ98876QQcmdZViewItem

Jackalo · April 27, 2006, 05:27:54 PM

Ooo... I used Darkuni's idea of having two partitions and only setting one of them active, and it worked. I created a 16MB partition (I tried 1, 2, 4, and 8, but it defaulted them up to 16MB) and the remaining space of the 1GB as the other partition. I set the 16MB as active, put the 1.61 update on it, and it worked. I was then able to set the second partition as active and use it for holding roms.