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chemist2
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24. February 2008 @ 01:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi there
I have M3 DS Real. I downloaded the latest firmware at http://www.handheldsources.com/M3DS/Download_M3DSR.html
I unzipped the file and it created the system folder. I copied the whole folder into the micro SD. the folder name is "system" with no dashes..I also downloaded moonshl and copied it to the micro SD. I also have the _ds_mshl.nds file in the root. I created a folder called NDS and copied the game files (with extensions xxxx.nds.dsq and xxxx.nds.sav). Then I loaded the micro SD card into the M3 REal and started the ds lite. I can see different options. However, when I choose the folder NDS, I don't see any games listed. (I can see it when I look into using the card reader).

How can I see the files and play them? Pleaaaaaaaaaase help. I read somewhere that I need some .dat file. I am unable to find it.

Please let me know what to do.. thanks
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24. February 2008 @ 04:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hello and dont panic you will be playing roms easy enough mate , as follows -

first delete all files from your memory card and start again .

1, only copy the SYSTEM folder to your memory card .

2, create a NDS folder on your memory card .

3, put your games in the NDS folder , Important your games must be in .nds format only ( not .dsq or .sav ), your m3ds real will create its own save file when you play the game for the first time .

thats it mate simple enough .

also no need to copy moonshell to your memory card as its already installed in your system folder !

so to recap delete all files from your memory card and follow the my instructions .

any more questions let me know , woof811.
chemist2
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24. February 2008 @ 14:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi Woof811,
I deleted all the files, copied the system folder and the NDS folder containing the games. When I start the ds and try to find the games, I am unable to see the games. When I went into to the folders in the DS (using the DS interface), I don't see the game files.

Is there a way to convert the extensions .dsq and .sav to .nds externally (using pc). At this point, based on your advice, looks like the file extension might be the problem.

Please help.
thanks for your kind help and time.
chemist

Originally posted by woof811:
hello and dont panic you will be playing roms easy enough mate , as follows -

first delete all files from your memory card and start again .

1, only copy the SYSTEM folder to your memory card .

2, create a NDS folder on your memory card .

3, put your games in the NDS folder , Important your games must be in .nds format only ( not .dsq or .sav ), your m3ds real will create its own save file when you play the game for the first time .

thats it mate simple enough .

also no need to copy moonshell to your memory card as its already installed in your system folder !

so to recap delete all files from your memory card and follow the my instructions .

any more questions let me know , woof811.
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24. February 2008 @ 15:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hello again i would say 100% that your problem is you are trying to play .dsq and .sav files !

a m3ds real will only play .nds files and as for trying to convert .dsq to .nds i dont think thats possible ( i could be wrong though )

the best thing you could do is download some .nds games and put them in your NDS folder .

try here for .nds games -

http://www.dgemu.com/ ( normally lets you download 1 game a day )

http://www.nds-roms.com/?act=roms

http://frozen-roms.in/latest_nds.html

once you download any games unrar them so they are in .nds format and put them in your NDS folder , you should be able to play games then mate .

woof811.
chemist2
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24. February 2008 @ 20:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok Sure.. I really appreciate your help Woof811. I have been trying to trouble shoot for about a week. Thanks for helping me out..
chemist
Originally posted by woof811:
hello again i would say 100% that your problem is you are trying to play .dsq and .sav files !

a m3ds real will only play .nds files and as for trying to convert .dsq to .nds i dont think thats possible ( i could be wrong though )

the best thing you could do is download some .nds games and put them in your NDS folder .

try here for .nds games -

http://www.dgemu.com/ ( normally lets you download 1 game a day )

http://www.nds-roms.com/?act=roms

http://frozen-roms.in/latest_nds.html

once you download any games unrar them so they are in .nds format and put them in your NDS folder , you should be able to play games then mate .

woof811.
chemist2
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24. February 2008 @ 21:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi Woof811
yes, it is the issue with the file extension. Once I loaded .nds file, it works like a charm. Appreciate you saving my time and peace of mind.
thanks
chemist
Originally posted by woof811:
hello again i would say 100% that your problem is you are trying to play .dsq and .sav files !

a m3ds real will only play .nds files and as for trying to convert .dsq to .nds i dont think thats possible ( i could be wrong though )

the best thing you could do is download some .nds games and put them in your NDS folder .

try here for .nds games -

http://www.dgemu.com/ ( normally lets you download 1 game a day )

http://www.nds-roms.com/?act=roms

http://frozen-roms.in/latest_nds.html

once you download any games unrar them so they are in .nds format and put them in your NDS folder , you should be able to play games then mate .

woof811.
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25. February 2008 @ 03:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no probs mate glad your sorted , woof811 :o)
vaio2001
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16. March 2008 @ 07:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi. I got the M3 DS REAL with a 8 GB card and a Rumble pack. I have download the system file and the games work fine but i can not get the rumber pack to work . When i switch on the DS it rumbers for a second when the ds starts up and it does nothing after that. Am i doing something wrong..Can you help......
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16. March 2008 @ 10:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The rumble pack only works with certain games that support the rumble pack such as Metroid Pinball.
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20. March 2008 @ 06:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by woof811:
hello again i would say 100% that your problem is you are trying to play .dsq and .sav files !

a m3ds real will only play .nds files and as for trying to convert .dsq to .nds i dont think thats possible ( i could be wrong though )

the best thing you could do is download some .nds games and put them in your NDS folder .

try here for .nds games -

http://www.dgemu.com/ ( normally lets you download 1 game a day )

http://www.nds-roms.com/?act=roms

http://frozen-roms.in/latest_nds.html

once you download any games unrar them so they are in .nds format and put them in your NDS folder , you should be able to play games then mate .

woof811.
Woof811 how do u unrar the folders?
plz rite back
vaio2001
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20. March 2008 @ 10:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks
chemist2
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2. April 2008 @ 23:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You can unrar the files by downloading hte program winrar
it is similar to winzip
Originally posted by Jaz671:
Originally posted by woof811:
hello again i would say 100% that your problem is you are trying to play .dsq and .sav files !

a m3ds real will only play .nds files and as for trying to convert .dsq to .nds i dont think thats possible ( i could be wrong though )

the best thing you could do is download some .nds games and put them in your NDS folder .

try here for .nds games -

http://www.dgemu.com/ ( normally lets you download 1 game a day )

http://www.nds-roms.com/?act=roms

http://frozen-roms.in/latest_nds.html

once you download any games unrar them so they are in .nds format and put them in your NDS folder , you should be able to play games then mate .

woof811.
Woof811 how do u unrar the folders?
plz rite back
Jaz671
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3. April 2008 @ 07:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
but like when i download them games from the websites you've given they're downloaded in a .zip format could some1 plz help me on hw to unrar them
thanx
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3. April 2008 @ 12:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
to unrar the downloaded games you will need winrar or any other type un uncrompressing software , 7 zip is free and you can get it here - http://www.7-zip.org/

once you have unrared the games they will then be .nds games , these then go onto your memory card in the NDS folder .

woof811.
Jaz671
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3. April 2008 @ 12:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thank youu so so so much!!!
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3. April 2008 @ 15:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by woof811:
to unrar the downloaded games you will need winrar or any other type un uncrompressing software , 7 zip is free and you can get it here - http://www.7-zip.org/

once you have unrared the games they will then be .nds games , these then go onto your memory card in the NDS folder .

woof811.
errrm i kno ur probably thinking im like realli stupid but the 7-Zip file tht i downloaded i dnt kno how 2 use it lol : (
i realli need ur help :(
plz reply back
cube889
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6. April 2008 @ 15:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Jaz671:
Originally posted by woof811:
to unrar the downloaded games you will need winrar or any other type un uncrompressing software , 7 zip is free and you can get it here - http://www.7-zip.org/

once you have unrared the games they will then be .nds games , these then go onto your memory card in the NDS folder .

woof811.
errrm i kno ur probably thinking im like realli stupid but the 7-Zip file tht i downloaded i dnt kno how 2 use it lol : (
i realli need ur help :(
plz reply back
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15. April 2008 @ 11:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Quote:
errrm i kno ur probably thinking im like realli stupid but the 7-Zip file tht i downloaded i dnt kno how 2 use it lol : (
i realli need ur help :(
plz reply back
If you have the 7-Zip program you just have to right-click the file you want to unrar and choose "7-Zip" + "Extract".

Or you could open 7-Zip, and then browse to find the file you want to unrar (or unzip or whatever), you click on that file and choose "unpack" (or something like that). Then you can choose where to unpack it.
bigdarern
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15. April 2008 @ 20:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm having the same problem as the start of this thread now on two different M3 DS Reals....

My Daughter's had one for about 2 months and started having the problem after about 2 weeks. I just ordered another M3 DS Real for a friend and set it all up only to find that it has the problem right off the bat...

When you go into NDS from the main menu for games, it flashes something like "listing games" ever so quickly, but then does not make a list - just has an empty screen...A workaround my daughter has been doing for months is to just browse into the NDS folder thru the card and not going into the NDS icon...Then you see a listing of all games and can still just choose one....But why am I having this problem displaying games thru the NDS icon? Especially on two different cards...

- Both cards are on latest (E21), but one card has had the same issue thru several different revisions - the other card is brand new.
- I've tried upper and lower case on the name of the NDS folder.
- there are NO files other than .nds files in the NDS folder (no sav's or anything else).
- I removed all special chars from all the games' filenames (no &, -, ., etc).
- The new card only has 3 games on it, not like theres 100 or anything.

Anyone have any ideas for me?

Thanks!
Jaz671
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16. April 2008 @ 05:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by bigdarern:
I'm having the same problem as the start of this thread now on two different M3 DS Reals....

My Daughter's had one for about 2 months and started having the problem after about 2 weeks. I just ordered another M3 DS Real for a friend and set it all up only to find that it has the problem right off the bat...

When you go into NDS from the main menu for games, it flashes something like "listing games" ever so quickly, but then does not make a list - just has an empty screen...A workaround my daughter has been doing for months is to just browse into the NDS folder thru the card and not going into the NDS icon...Then you see a listing of all games and can still just choose one....But why am I having this problem displaying games thru the NDS icon? Especially on two different cards...

- Both cards are on latest (E21), but one card has had the same issue thru several different revisions - the other card is brand new.
- I've tried upper and lower case on the name of the NDS folder.
- there are NO files other than .nds files in the NDS folder (no sav's or anything else).
- I removed all special chars from all the games' filenames (no &, -, ., etc).
- The new card only has 3 games on it, not like theres 100 or anything.

Anyone have any ideas for me?

Thanks!
i think u should ring up the company tht u got it frm nd whts an M3 Real?
jnd792529
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28. April 2008 @ 14:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi please can someone help me!
i got a m3 real card last week and ive downloaded the system and put it on my sd card along with two games saved as .nds files.

when i put this in the ds i go to the game menu to play it and on the top screen it says loading and creating save file then after 10 seconds the bottom screen goes black and says save data file format error!

i downloaded the manual for m3 card and it had a page on saving and how to change it but no matter what i try following those directions it wont let me it just says default save change failed.

please help as i am really stuck!!

thanks
Jo
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15. May 2008 @ 22:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
when i only have the system file and i made a folder for NDS for games, I put it in my nintendo ds right. i click on file on the y button and it said GBA loaded? i touch okay but nothing seems to happen. do i have to download GBA or something like that? i can't seem to play my games. :(

jennybui
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20. June 2008 @ 17:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hello,

I am having some difficulty.... Please help, I have no idea what I'm doing and this is for my son...

I am trying to load the M3 DS Real for the DS Lite. On the SanDisk, I have a "System" and "NDS" folder. I tried by deleting everything and re-loading it back to the disk, and the games are .nds format (which I can see the games in the MyCard icon in the NDS folder). I can see the M3 DS Real Screen, but unable to play the games. These are the icons I have on the main menu: MyCard, Boot, Media, PDA, and Settings. When I did some Googling, I found an example and seem to be missing the "Games" and "GBA Function" icons.

Does anyone know how to get these so I can play the games??
Or if I need to do something else? Please help....

Thank you soooo much!!!!!
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20. June 2008 @ 18:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
first of all are you using the very latest firmware for the m3ds real ?

its ENGLISH System V3.7e and you can get it here - http://www.handheldsources.com/M3DS/Download_M3DSR.html

just download it and unrar it and copy the SYSTEM folder to your memory card .

also make sure your games folder is named NDS and your games are in .nds format.

your screen should look something like this -




to play games you just need to click on the top left icon named NDS and your list of games will then show on the screen .

any more probs just let me know , woof811.
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20. June 2008 @ 18:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi woof811. Thank you for your quick response. Ok, I deleted everything from my "System" folder on the SanDisk and just re-downloaded it from the site you provided (just to make sure I had the correct version). I'm so sorry, but what is "unrar", how do you "unrar" it?

On the SanDisk, I have 2 folders, one is "System" and the other is "NDS".

So when I just tried it again, the screen is now black and says "no system file found, put system file in". I was originally getting this error, but somehow fixed it and it came back....

Sorry... and thank you again for your help!!!
 
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