I have the old DS, the big one not the lite and I just got the m3 adapter which uses an SD card. I'm still waiting for my SD card to arrive, but I had some questions on how to use the m3. I have read a couple of guides on how to do use it for the first time and a lot of the guides say a bunch of different things. First thing most of them say is to get the latest firmware update and I think its at e22 right now, but will I need an older version to update or do i just use that one? also How do i use it? Will I just put it in the SD card and then load it or something? On the cd that came with the m3 it says to do something with the K2-RAM03.gba and K2-HW03.gba files but I didn't really understand what to do can someone please clarify on how to do this exactly? Also I've been looking at guides saying that by flashing the DS I wouldnt need the passkey 2 anymore, would it be easier if I just did that and is there a big risk in messing up my DS?
If I'm not mistaken, the K2-RAM03.gba and K2-HW03.gba are used to program the PassKey2. Basically, the PassKey2 has to be programmed to work with each DS game. Huge hassle.
Flashing the DS with FlashMe is an excellent choice, since that PassKey2 you have isn't convenient. I flashed my DS using my brother's SuperKey since I didn't want to buy one myself. With the original DS, the risk is minimal, especially with FlashMe v7. The only way you could mess up is if you somehow manage to short something besides SL1 or if your DS shuts off before 5% of the installation is complete.
In the guide in dspassme.com it says if I am using the passme2 i need to load the sram data, is the passme2 the same as a passkey 2 if so, what do i load the sram data into? or could i just switch it to passkey 1? I saw the video and just saw that he removed the battery cover put in the game and shorted the sl1 and that was it. Could I just do that with the passkey1 / 2 exactly as in the video? thanks in advance.
I've only used a Super Key (third generation PassMe), so I don't know how to use the older ones.
However, I did find this on the official M3 website
Quote: In your website in the news section there is a photo with a DS with a
strange angled hardware inside the gba slot. Is it the passkey 2 programmer?
Is it used ONLY to put the right boot code ? .How to program it ?
Yes , it is the passkeyII programmer .
Our PassKey 2 is different from most other compatible devices on the market. It's easy to reprogram and update from NDS/GBA. There's no need to connect the PC through external cables & no need to re-program the
passkey every time.
But you need to put a right boot code & need initially to program it .
How to program the Passkey2 device ?
Please download our PassKey2 V3 (16-2-2006)
It included the software & manual .
http://www.m3adapter.com/Download.htm
If your planning on using FlashMe, you do not need to to anything special to the Passkey2, just program it as you would to play a normal game, load the M3 then install FlashMe.
So if i wanted to use flashme all I do is put the file into the m3 and insert the passkey2 and do what the guy in the video did with the SL1 and all? sorry about all the questions, very new to the modifying the DS and all.
