Hardware Anybody ever heard of N-Cards?

[Disturbo]

For sure will do, hopefully by the end of the coming weeks. Also I think I figured out how the corrupt byte in my N-Card affects functionality: card fails to open on my pc when using Up+A+B+L+R with an I/O device error. DS screen shows USB SAFE MODE D14.
Any ideas to solve this?

Edit: I suppose I should be able to fix it by flashing a dump of your cart using nrioTool

 

[Apache Thunder]

The IO device error is normal. The card doesn't use normal IO commands when in safe mode and won't mount as a proper drive on PC. You use N-Card's software to update uDisk section when in that mode. That's primarily what the safe mode option does. it doesn't support doing anything other then that while in that mode.

Only uDisk supports mounting the card in proper flash drive mode.

 

[Disturbo]

Oh I see, then I'm not sure what the corrupt byte may be doing. Hopefully nothing and the cards is alright!

Edit: I've located an 8G Fire Card, no connector, and two DS Linkers, 8G and 16G respectively, with the connector.

 

[Apache Thunder]

Where are you finding all these N-Cards?

Are you somewhere in Europe/UK by chance? I noticed they seem more plentiful there. They are super rare here in the USA. That eBay seller who used to have a stock of 20 ExpressCards was a unicorn. Doubt we'll ever see listing like that one again.

I might have to buy one off you eventually. Maybe one of the DS Linkers (maybe the 8g one if you aren't willing to part with the 16g one and since I already have a slot2 device for it I would only need the card). I had one but it's bricked currently.

(That card has a nice looking banner too)

Only one DS Linker on eBay I know of and it's international seller who doesn't ship to my location.

 

[Disturbo]

Wallapop! European (Spanish and Italian afaik) second hand marketplace. I've been looking for super

Updates on the cards:
- Boxed N-Card 2GB: pending pickup
- Boxed DS Fire Card 16G: pending pickup
- G6 real + dongle + broken DS lite: pending pickup
- DS Linker 16G + Writer: pending pickup
- DS Linker 8G + Writer: pending pickup
- Spare DS Fire Card 8G: pending pickup

There's a spare DS Linker 8GB card, I can get it for you if you'd like. It's 8€ and shipping should be cheap, though it's a bit scratched up. There's some pretty wild stuff here, a boxed SuperCard DS One, boxed M3 Lite, boxed G6 lite, boxed CycloDS evolution, boxed EDGE. Crazy.

 

[Trevor_2012]

I have a real G6 but I don't have the usb dongle, has anyone tested SMS4 on it?

 

[Disturbo]

I have never seen one of those :o
Do you have more info on it?

 

[Trevor_2012]

I found him on the old neoflash website, and he supports R6.

 

[SylverReZ]

I have a real G6 but I don't have the usb dongle, has anyone tested SMS4 on it?
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There are some on AliExpress as of lately, perhaps somebody could test one out. Haven't tried it yet, but it "might" work.

 

[Disturbo]

Just took a quick look and it's around 40€, not sure if it's worth it.

 

[Apache Thunder]

Wallapop! European (Spanish and Italian afaik) second hand marketplace. I've been looking for super

Updates on the cards:
- Boxed N-Card 2GB: bought, pending shipping
- Boxed DS Fire Card 16G: pending pickup
- G6 real + dongle + broken DS lite: pending pickup
- DS Linker 16G + Writer: shipped
- DS Linker 8G + Writer: shipped
- Spare DS Fire Card 8G: shipped

There's a spare DS Linker 8GB card, I can get it for you if you'd like. It's 8€ and shipping should be cheap, though it's a bit scratched up. There's some pretty wild stuff here, a boxed SuperCard DS One, boxed M3 Lite, boxed G6 lite, boxed CycloDS evolution, boxed EDGE. Crazy.

Oh neat that should work. If the shell is too far gone I can always put the PCB in the shell for my bricked ExpressCard. That one I pulled apart rather cleanly so it would really only need a new label. I know an etsy seller who might be able to make new label for it if the label is too far gone.

I get paid May 3rd so that will be when I contact you about it.

As for the G6 dongle there's a chance if the G6 dongle works with N-Cards then the SMS/SM4 which advertises R6/MK6 compatibility might work too. So can't wait to see your test results with that.

 

[SylverReZ]

I know an etsy seller who might be able to make new label for it if the label is too far gone.

I get paid May 3rd so that will be when I contact you about it.

Make all of your N-Cards have Dora labels. /joking

 

[Disturbo]

All the cards are ready to be picked up, I'll probably go get them tomorrow in the morning. Looking forward to testing them, dumping is going to be interesting, hopefully your tool works out of the box. Also looking forward to tinkering with the DS lite too. Funny that it was one of the only G6 postings.

I ended up grabbing the EDGE card too cause it looks way too cool, it is still pending shipping, and I'll keep an eye on the DS Linker posting, though I don't expect anyone to get it.

 

[SylverReZ]

I ended up grabbing the EDGE card too cause it looks way too cool, it is still pending shipping, and I'll keep an eye on the DS Linker posting, though I don't expect anyone to get it.

Something about the EDGE card is that its a clone of the CycloDS. Same hardware and menus.

 

[Disturbo]

So I've heard, but like, look at that design. It's awesome. I got the box and everything.

 

[Tarmfot]

I have a formatted dslinker 1GB but with no files inside.
Slot2 usb conector is not very good to copy files from pc.

I hope someday godmodei can copy firmware files there. Because I only now have a dsi.
There are a lot of ds homebrew stuff that still doesn't run with twilight.

 

[Apache Thunder]

I have a formatted dslinker 1GB but with no files inside.
Slot2 usb conector is not very good to copy files from pc.

I hope someday godmodei can copy firmware files there. Because I only now have a dsi.
There are a lot of ds homebrew stuff that still doesn't run with twilight.

Funny you should mention that:

https://github.com/ApacheThunder/GodMode9Nrio

I made a modified build of Godmode9i dedicated to N-Cards and their clones.

 

[Disturbo]

Picked then all up, this is now the full collection!!

It's mostly good news, couple of problems but they seem fixable with a reformat. Only bad news is the G6 adapter, having some trouble getting that one to work. DS lite turns on, which is better than nothing lol

I think i'll have some time to try things all day tomorrow.

 

[Trevor_2012]

Funny you should mention that:

https://github.com/ApacheThunder/GodMode9Nrio

I made a modified build of Godmode9i dedicated to N-Cards and their clones.

I tried it with the G6 alone and it doesn't leave this screen.

 

[Apache Thunder]

I tried it with the G6 alone and it doesn't leave this screen.

I'm not familiar with the G6...sounds like it's not a clone of N-Card then because it looks like the DLDI driver for NRIO doesn't work with it. You can however try using G6's DLDI driver. Use something like dlditool to dldipatch GodMode9Nrio with the G6 DS Real DLDI driver. I assume it's the G6 DS Real you speak of? Because there's another G6 but that one is a slot2 card I think judging on the DLDI driver code I found for that one.