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***M3 USERS: Guide to using homebrew and ROMs on the Nintendo DS and Lite***
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2. November 2006 @ 11:58 |
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Look for a folder in the root of your drive called NDSSAVE. For example, if you just have one hard drive, check for a folder called C:\NDSSAVE\ and the saves will probably be in there.
Whenever I write the roms and save to my hard drive instead of the SD card, they always default to that folder no matter where I specify the program to write them.
Wii baby!
PS2 V10 DMS4 EZI Lite Maxtor 120GB HDD - HD Loader 3.0
GC w/green LED mod
M3 w/1GB SDMini & X-ROM2 GBA 512MBit FlashROM
VZW LG VX9800 w/256MB miniSD card
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compy168
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3. November 2006 @ 09:38 |
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Thanks Mr_Hanky and Krystover for the help!
I am able to copy games over from HDD to the SD and
play. But if I copy more than 4 to 5 games into SD,
the M3 won't load any of them, it just hang there.
And if I just copy 4 or 5 games, the bigger ROM (>32MB)
sometimes have blank screen when loaded. And I can
add more ROM to the SD anymore on the 2nd time. I need
to format it in order to make it work again. Is it
the M3 problem or the SD problem? I have the Kingston
2GB SD from Buy.com. Is it good compatible with the M3?
Thanks again!
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compy168
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5. November 2006 @ 05:01 |
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How do you find out which version I have and update the firmware on the M3? Thanks
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5. November 2006 @ 05:17 |
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How do you find out which version I have
Turn on your M3 in DS mode, go to settings then press select, yo will have three options, one of these wll show you what firmware you currently have installed on your M3, i can't check what option shows this as my DS is 48 miles away ¬_¬
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and update the firmware on the M3?
Check my guide at the beginning of the thread, it says near the top how to update the M3 firmware.
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11. November 2006 @ 01:59 |
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UPDATE:
Have changed the latest firmware revision from V29 to V30
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11. November 2006 @ 09:41 |
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out of curiosity.. whats this about at the end of your post?
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Info for University of Portsmouth:
Student ID ......
Unit ....
(....'d stuff just in case you were going to remove it)
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11. November 2006 @ 10:27 |
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I used some parts of the guide in a technical essay I wrote, I disscussed wether I could use it with my tutor and was told that if I added my course info to the guide to prove it's my work it's fine.
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11. November 2006 @ 12:22 |
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ah thats cool
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minhxminh
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21. November 2006 @ 14:52 |
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isn't the nds mode cropped screen too? in gba mode you can just change the settings in the main menu to play gba games on the top screen. is the quality better in nds mode? like super mario for nes. will it be better to use nesDS to play it or just use the gamemanager?
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 21. November 2006 @ 15:20
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21. November 2006 @ 15:21 |
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you cant play GBA games in NDS mode
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minhxminh
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21. November 2006 @ 15:48 |
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Originally posted by kcajblue:
you cant play GBA games in NDS mode
Sorry I meant GBA games on the top screen and bottom screen. nvm
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pk1324
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23. November 2006 @ 21:59 |
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Originally posted by mr_hanky:
Depends wether you have the newer or older version od the M3 Mini SD
The newer version is the same size as a GBA game so will only stick out as far as a GBA game would.
The older version is slightly larger, see this chart for an idea of how far it sticks out:
is the M3 Perfect SD V2 the same as the M3 Perfect SD (Slim)?
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24. November 2006 @ 01:26 |
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Yes, the Slim is the V2.
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mybangu
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5. December 2006 @ 18:03 |
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hey i have m3 lite pro (SD) version.
i was wondering if i can play ANY/ALL NDS games?
cause i tried final fantasy III (E) but then after loading i just get a white screen...
can anyone tell me why?
thnx :D
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minhxminh
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5. December 2006 @ 19:13 |
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convert it with the m3 game manager using safe mode. and not EVERY single game is supported. it says 99% support only
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5. December 2006 @ 23:48 |
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6. December 2006 @ 12:27 |
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doesn't the M3 pro not have any type of memory on board? that means all games would have to be "Fast Boot" 4x.. right? A friend of mine bought one and he can only get games to work when its in 4xDMA mode
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6. December 2006 @ 12:39 |
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I've never thought about it, I've always assumed the M3 Pro was only missing the hardware required to play GBA games.
Looks like I need to do some research :-)
EDIT:
Well whaddya know, it dosn't have it :P
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The M3 pro doesn't have the 32 MB of RAM that the perfect and lite have so that why the normal mode does not work. Normal mode only works for games <= 32MB where the M3 loads it to the RAM instead of reading directly from the card.
So having a Pro will lower the compatibilty overall, however only a few games should be affected (can't think of many that must have Normal load to work)
Is a problem for larger homebrew applications though.
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6. December 2006 @ 20:16 |
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fast boot only loads the first batch into the memory though doesn't it? so it shouldn't affect compatibility too much.. just in regards to what settings to use
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7. December 2006 @ 01:06 |
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Fast Boot runs the game directly from the SD/CF card no additional memory needed - hence why it has always been a good idea to get a fast card, normal load moved the game into RAM (where it was guarenteed to run fast from) but only games under 32MB would fit.
GBA games needed to be copied into the RAM to work, but as it's not there they obviously can only use the DS's RAM (4MB)
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Ocean23
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7. December 2006 @ 11:27 |
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I'm trying to find the newest version of the m3 games manager and firmware, dualscene only has v29, and the m3adapter site isnt loading up. anyone have a link to download the newest version? the newest i could find is v30, but its from a very sketchy site...
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7. December 2006 @ 13:04 |
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Ocean23
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7. December 2006 @ 14:05 |
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With the link you gave me, after i click on M3 V30 (Latest Version) it opens up a sub tree, of a ton of files, what files do i need out of there? I'll be using a M3 Perfect, with a 2 GB miniSD, on a normal Blue DS not a light. With
e -- English
b -- Chinese Big5
c -- Chinese GB
j -- Japanese
k -- Korean
f -- French
g -- German
i -- Italian
n -- Dutch
p -- Portugese
s -- Spanish
t -- Thai
so download all of the ones with the e?
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 7. December 2006 @ 14:12
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7. December 2006 @ 14:29 |
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updagcsd.e30c.rar is what your after, you will also want the GM 30a
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compy168
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7. December 2006 @ 14:48 |
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I got the latest V30A Game Manager fro dualscene. It doesn't have the force R/W option anymore. And whenever I put a lot of ROMs into my SD (>500MB). The M3 will read corrupted filenames and the everything get corrupted reading from my laptop. I have to format it. Do I use FAT or FAT32 format?
Thanks!
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