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    After a few idiot thoughts/wrong realizations, I finally figured out the problem with the chips I tried before for iQue.

    I bought 5, only 3 work. Reasons could be poor storage, they were broken, they were from aliexpress, they were fake, etc.

    I only tried one of the bad ones and gave up. So M45PE40s do work, just gotta get them from somewhere reliable (not fun when they're out of production...)
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    Also gonna try LE25FW403ATs. Those look much better and I'm not having any trouble finding them in the right size (physically).

    idk why I'm back on the iQue grind but hey, at least it's better than my usual doing nothing.
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    I really wanna buy a DS Lite or two and convert them tbh
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    My friend gave me some carts to make a few iQue WiFi boards. Thought recording the process might be fun.
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    More photo editing! I learned something kinda useful: make multiple edits for each part of an image (object, background) and then stick the best parts from each together.
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    Why does this look to me like a reshelled 3DS. The buttons look quite different to my aqua blue 3DS.
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    I just used whatever parts I had lying around.

    - Motherboard from a friend
    - Top shell + screen from junk thrown in with a package
    - Bottom shell from a hardware bricked 3DS
    - Backplate from random parts lot
    - SD card from a 3DS that was in a fire
    - Buttons from my random button drawer
    - Circle pad from a 3DS XL
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    Not the kind of buttons most people think of when they imagine a button drawer xD
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    Ouch... I didn't notice until now that you can see the edits in my pfp. There's a lighter color where I fixed everything. Will remember to look at different monitors in the future.
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    On a trip to the US and my only computer is a latitude D600 running windows XP. Thank god for mypal because somehow I can load gbatemp and discord with no issues. Might actually get some work done!
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    Indeed. :)
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    he he he, then I did a Nocto, "mypal" is the browser no the friend which helped to setup the computer, he he he, may be I am running low on energy.

    Thanks @SylverReZ :D
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    XP is the best OS ever, a trade secret: Microsoft Still support and make security patches for XP because the 80% of the ATMs and lot of Factory CNC machines uses Windows XP embedded and the builders of that machines have contract with MS until 2030 for support!!
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    LEDs should not require an internet connection and mobile app to work. Complete bullshit. Maybe I can fix that though?

    I see four pins. Three are for the colors and one is power (5v USB)

    Do you think I could solder a bunch of variable resistors like this and have full color/brightness control?

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    You can calculate the current with the I = V / R formula, it should be around 0.005 to 0.100 (5mA and 100mA respectively) for LEDs.

    Reverse-solving for R = V / I, 5V / 0.035 for pretty good brightness, you need around 142 Ohm (any close value works tbh).

    It's slightly more for the red LED, as it's more energy-efficient usually.
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    Oh, if you want some more good resources, I could link some Big Clive videos if you don't know who he is yet.
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    Addendum here, as it doesn't fit in any earlier message: measure the variable resistors in their lowest point, if they show acceptable non-zero Ohms, then you could probably even use them as-is without any extra inline resistor.
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    Tea collection update! This is an Unending Curse which is slowly consuming My life!!! Many thanks to everyone who contributes !

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    Never heard of jasmine? That's like the tea when you go to an east asian restaurant. Nice, slightly floral. Really soft taste.

    Genmaicha is a nice rice tea. Like a gentle green tea with a really nutty flavor.
    Darjeeling is a black tea with a bit of sweetness.
    Soursop is extremely floral, super sweet, a little bitter. Really potent stuff. Honestly sometimes I'll make a cup of soursop just as an air freshener..
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    hm, I had ginger tea at a thai place before - but never jasmine

    your tea knowledge is pretty interesting - I may have to check out the stock at the asia market nearby
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    I don't usually find good teas at "normal" supermarkets. Bigelow, tetley, twinnings, etc. Kinda all the boring brands.

    What you really have to look for are those little stores made to appeal to a very specific ethnicity. The ones full of imported spices and grains. Sometimes they can be a bit more expensive but almost always you're getting the good stuff.
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    I was thinking about how much I enjoy sorting my archives. It's a great feeling looking at hundreds of files in a clean archive. I've finally gotten all of my archives to the point where you can find anything in a few seconds. Kinda funny considering how I'm a complete slob in real life.
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    I've had two unread PMs for months. The unread icon has just become a part of the UI at this point. Shout out to the two unintentionally ignored people who have made my experience special.
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    I love fixing wikis with DSi dev info and citing my own pages. Source? I made it the fuck up.
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    Same. I love to operate a wiki providing the latest info on modding, without leaving it all behind.
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    yeah that is true. i like to visit Wiki and interact with other editors so we can enjoy reading up-to-date and correct information. Make sure to leave nasty comment's on your nemesis' Talk page too !!!!
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    Random thought, why does TwlNmenu have an option to delete private save data when NandFiler exists? It seems redundant to me, but if you still want to have an option for private then why not public too?
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    because nintendo forgor how to make good console debug
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    They forgot how to protect their consoles from hacking. xD
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    My dev cart was sent back today! Can't wait for it to arrive!
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    I can wait for the lovely import taxes though...
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    did you send a blank cart to someone to have something written to it?
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    I traded for it with the intention of having a friend write to it. Even though it isn't legit I just really really really want a Nitro EVA cart to go with my TWL EVA. Having both running in a display case would look awesome, plus there is a practical use for the EVA carts.

    Not blank, but I made sure to dump and redump everything before hand (EA Playground on hidden palace) so I figure there's no harm done.
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    gg
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    If someone has TwlSDK 5.0 then please get in touch.
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    Nope, thanks though. The 5.0s in that archive are just internal patches for 5.0.

    At some point I might be able to build twl_wrapsdk and I think that is close to 5.0.

    As long as it's pre-5.1 cause I NEED TO COMPILE SYSTEMMENU_RED! I HAVE SACRIFICED TOO MUCH TIME TO BACK DOWN NOW!
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    Maybe someone will upload them to TCRF.
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    Does anyone here have any idea why the prototype home menus won't boot? I know TCRF shows an error but I can't even get that. I've installed to NAND on both dev (TwlNmenu) and retail hardware (NTM), but all I get is a white screen. I didn't see any issues in the source code and I recreated the TADs with the same maketad as TwlIPL uses. Anything I could try?
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    Apparently so. But it's still weird that it works in no$gba, something doesn't add up.

    Although I do still have suspicions of modcrypt being off on retail with these apps, but I stopped investigating once I got frustrated with search engines (Bing, google, github, etc.) not finding tools I know exist to modify modcrypt and stuff.

    But why does WiFi start working???
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    It slipped my mind until now but this was the only one aside from the unversioned copy that booted. It needed to be installed on a dev unit with TwlNmenu.

    This copy must have some older settings format because it corrupts/breaks the settings and triggers the setup.

    It white screens on retail but does enough to break settings there too.

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    I'll dig through the source code for that version in the morning. I didn't think much of it until now.
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    You want to build systemmenu_RED with an older TwlSDK, so you have to build the TwlIPL libraries, but in order to do that you need to build other libraries from twl_wrapsdk, which means you'll need to find NitroSDK 4.0 and a matching NitroSystem. I think this is dependency hell. And best of all I don't know if it'll do anything!
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    My school board used to have the test website open to the public. I signed up to the test school mailing list and now I get fun test emails. Only problem is that they finally locked the site so I can't use the unsubscribe link lol (not that I'd want to)
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    I suspect you've mentioned this in your blog post once?
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    Not sure but I might've mentioned it before. I certainly do love complaining about things the board does...
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