Hardware Anybody ever heard of N-Cards?

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I switched to DS mode it opened, but it didn't read the flascard.

The model is the real 16GB G6.

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Update on the cards:
- All of the slot-2 devices are interchangeable with each other. DS Fire Link was having some issues but cleaning the pads solved them
- NCard 2gb and both Fire Cards seem to have some problems, but i think they are fixable
- G6 real card reader complains about drivers, I may have to set up a Windows XP VM or something like that.

Edit: It didn't really cross my mind but the 2GB "Ncard" doesn't actually say N-CARD, it says DS FIRELINE. Seems I got a clone :o
 
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Interesting. The 2GB N-Card I have bookmarked on eBay. (it's a china based seller who wants a lot of money for it. Same one I got the 1GB card from) has one with same label but unlike the one you got it has the same banner as my 1GB card that matches the 1GB card you have.

As for the G6...odd. I would think it would just be a standard mass storage driver kinda thing. I have Win10 64bit and the N-Card slot2 device always shows up as standard flash drive so didn't need drivers.

The card originally came with a mini cd but from what I can tell on the website for the card on the archive is that they didn't include drivers on the website so probably weren't any on the mini cd.

Oh get a rom dump of that G6. I want to take a look at it. :D

Once you get the usb device working you should see what the game compatiblity is like for it and if it's just as good as N-Card (minus having to AP patch stuff)

Like N-Card that card uses a battery backed save chip so likely doesn't patch games for saving...wondering if like N-Card it doesn't need to patch games for rom reads since it's using a nand based storage system.

So throwing a modern SDK5 game like one of the Pokémon games at it would be a good way to test that. If the game works there's a decent chance it doesn't rely on patching games to make them work like N-card. :D



I switched to DS mode it opened, but it didn't read the flascard.

The model is the real 16GB G6.


As I've said in previous reply on your matter the G6 doesn't appear to be an N-Card clone so you need to use the DLDI driver intended for the G6 Real card. While GodMode9Nrio was meant for N-Cards I would assume it should work for G6 too provided you DLDI patch GM9Nrio for that purpose as it originally uses DLDI driver meant for N-Cards. As I do not personally own a G6 I can't help you further on the matter. Sorry. :(

One thing you can try is running GM9Nrio with the G6 DLDI driver via NTR Launcher 3.0's new stage2 menu. (NTR Launcher is DSi/3DS only though so can't use that on DS). You have to make sure to setup the ini file to allow unlocked SCFG otherwise GM9Nrio may not see the DSI's SD card.
 
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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.

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Been a bit since you've reported back. Any progress testing the G6 Dongle with things?

Also curious if G6 operates in a manner similar to N-Card. Is it able to boot newer SDK5 stuff like the N-Card can?
 

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The DS-mode slot-2 passme cards kinda fascinate me because I completely skipped over that era. By the time I got into the scene slot-1 cards were already common. Not to mention there's barely any footage of slot-2 cards on YouTube. One decent video and a handful of 20 second ones.
I saw one of the passme cards was the Supercard SD that still gets cloned to this day. Anyone know if the new clones still support passme mode? I kinda want to try it. They're only like $15.
 
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The DS-mode slot-2 passme cards kinda fascinate me because I completely skipped over that era. By the time I got into the scene slot-1 cards were already common. Not to mention there's barely any footage of slot-2 cards on YouTube. One decent video and a handful of 20 second ones.
I saw one of the passme cards was the Supercard SD that still gets cloned to this day. Anyone know if the new clones still support passme mode? I kinda want to try it. They're only like $15.
The Supercard GBA flashcarts currently available support DS mode (either via passme or via flashme or via slot-1 flashcart). But keep in mind that the experience is not very good compared to slot-1 cards (all games need to be patched with a PC, max 2GB storage, many games won't work etc). On the other hand you might be able to use homebrew apps that use the Slot-1 for something else (e.g. dump tools) and for old homebrew apps that use gbfs. gbfs doesn't work with slot-1 flashcarts.
 

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The Supercard GBA flashcarts currently available support DS mode (either via passme or via flashme or via slot-1 flashcart). But keep in mind that the experience is not very good compared to slot-1 cards (all games need to be patched with a PC, max 2GB storage, many games won't work etc). On the other hand you might be able to use homebrew apps that use the Slot-1 for something else (e.g. dump tools) and for old homebrew apps that use gbfs. gbfs doesn't work with slot-1 flashcarts.
Oh yeah, don't get me wrong. I don't think it's going to be remotely useful nowadays. I just want to play around with it basically. Lol.
 

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Hello Apache Thunder​

Eventually I get the DS Linker 8G(1GB) and I have used with your wonderful godmodei.
First I 've found normal folders and several roms in it.
I thought that DsLinker only was formatted but no.
Your program have read the contents of this card. Several roms, Moonshell folder.
Then I 've ran Colors! homebrew. But It has freezed with some errors text from Colors! itself.
(I've now read that I shouldn't did it.)

Then I've tried to run your special godmodei and it didn't detect the card. :huh:

When I use launch slot1 card from r4 theme in Twilight menu it shows now:"Error:Open fat error!".

I can't now access to an ds lite to format the card. And I don't know how to format it using dsi.
 

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Hello Apache Thunder​

Eventually I get the DS Linker 8G(1GB) and I have used with your wonderful godmodei.
First I 've found normal folders and several roms in it.
I thought that DsLinker only was formatted but no.
Your program have read the contents of this card. Several roms, Moonshell folder.
Then I 've ran Colors! homebrew. But It has freezed with some errors text from Colors! itself.
(I've now read that I shouldn't did it.)

Then I've tried to run your special godmodei and it didn't detect the card. :huh:

When I use launch slot1 card from r4 theme in Twilight menu it shows now:"Error:Open fat error!".

I can't now access to an ds lite to format the card. And I don't know how to format it using dsi.
Hold START+SELECT while booting into the cart to enter the format menu, then select 'QUICK FORMAT' using the (A) button.
 

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Hold START+SELECT while booting into the cart to enter the format menu, then select 'QUICK FORMAT' using the (A) button.
Thanks a lot!
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DS 1GB Linker is now working. Thanks to all!

First launching GodMode9Nrio through GM9N_Bootstrap was the best way to detect the card. I don't know why. Using GodMode9Nrio from twilight didn't seem to work so well(only showing mounting drive, etc...)

I tried copying files xmenu.dat and udisk.nds from DSlinker_v1.45:b.53_method1.rar, etc...
But It boot but only "Loading menu" happened and after that two white screens.

I tried to update using button combination to update but simply get an usb error(because dsi has no slot2).

Then I downloaded NrioTool and extract files(udisk.nds, update.nds and xmenu.dat and DSYSTEM folder) from nrio_basicimage_2011584_16g.img.
Copied them and using GodMode9Nrio launched update.nds.

Then DSLinker eventually showed the menu list with update.nds and udisk.nds. :)

All worked.

Before that I dumped files like nrio_data.bin, stage1.bin, stage2.nds and udisk.nds.
 
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I have one of these N Cards (1GB) for the DS and no clue how to use it. Seems it needs a USB adapter?

Man, that's when you know it's old.

If only the previous owner had added some games to it, nope, just a blue clear sky with the N Card logo on the top right.
 
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I have one of these N Cards (1GB) for the DS and no clue how to use it. Seems it needs a USB adapter?

Man, that's when you know it's old.

If only the previous owner had added some games to it, nope, just a blue clear sky with the N Card logo on the top right.
To update with an original DS, you need to insert the USB slot-2 adapter into the console to transfer files over to the cart. Otherwise, anything other than an OG, such as a DSi or 3DS, use Apache Thunder's NRIOTool.
 

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To update with an original DS, you need to insert the USB slot-2 adapter into the console to transfer files over to the cart. Otherwise, anything other than an OG, such as a DSi or 3DS, use Apache Thunder's NRIOTool.
Don't have that. Oh well.

It's only 1GB so not too much of a loss and it came with a DS Lite I bought so not too bothered it doesn't do anything.

I have a bunch of flashcarts if I want to use one.

Thanks, anyway.
 
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Don't have that. Oh well.

It's only 1GB so not too much of a loss and it came with a DS Lite I bought so not too bothered it doesn't do anything.

I have a bunch of flashcarts if I want to use one.

Thanks, anyway.
You're welcome. Let me know if you need any help.
 
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I found this on ebay, for some reason they have like 12 of them brand new complete in box. That's the same thing isnt it?

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Oh yeah, apache thunder shows it off on page 1. Well if anyone's interested they seem available and not very expensive

What is compatibility like also?

edit: well I re-read the thread, @Apache Thunder the unicorn is here again lol
 
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I found this on ebay, for some reason they have like 12 of them brand new complete in box. That's the same thing isnt it?

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Correct. That is the exact same thing that I bought in December. It's an N-CARD.
 

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Yep indeed an N-Card clone. One of the higher quality ones too. Shell is pretty solid if you can stand the pink color it has. :P

As for compatibility, it is the same as all other N-Cards which is pretty good actually. Most games run on it. Even SDK5 stuff. The only games that don't run on it are 512MB games (sadly no Pokemon Black 2/White 2) and games that use nand based saving like WarioWare D.I.Y for example). You also have to manually patch any games that need AP patches as Xmenu doesn't have any patches for that.

EDIT:

Just checked and lol that's the same seller I got my ExpressCard too. I guess he found another stack in the back somewhere. He had like 10+ last time before selling out. Looks like he listed them for same price as last time too.

They are brand new never used and every one I got from him still had good batteries/supercaps. (I ended up with 4 I think because I bricked a couple of them while creating nrioTool and learning how to flash certain parts of NAND. :P)
 
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What's the battery life like on them? From pictures I saw earlier on this thread it looks like batteries are soldered on. Can you take apart the casing without damaging it too much?

tbh the pink would go nicely with the pink ds lite, maybe the pink ds phat too but I've never seen one of those in person so idk how close the color would be
 

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