Hacking DS-Link, have any questions or tests?

[shtonkalot]

I tried both Fat 32 and 16 at different cluster sizes.
I found it had little to no effect on the Castlevania test with the DS-Link.

I even made some videos of the diferent (filesystem / cluster size / Micro-SD) combinations but they are not very exciting. Basically the Kingston performs better than the Sandisk across the board and the filesystem changes were negligible.
I can upload the videos somewhere if anyone really wants them. They are about 10MB each.

 

[Ichiban]

Using my normal Sandisk the Castlevania test is quite poor. Not too bad. But it is a bit better using my Sandisk Ultra 2.

Sandisk Ultra 2 seems to be quite a bit better (Loads games quicker ect)

 

[marzxbarz]

Thanks for testing the card. Looks like I'll be picking up a Kingston microSD =).

 

[pte]

What about the battery consumption? Does it require the same amount of energy as the GBA carts? That's the biggest advantage of a slot 1 solution if it works.

 

[Extreme Coder]

Is there a difference between the english and chinese versions of DSLink? Do they use the same firmware? Thanks

 

[pte]

They don't use the same firmware, if you try to flash the Chinese ver with the English fw it gets bricked.

 

[Extreme Coder]

but what's the difference?

 

[lenselijer]

I start the english updater on my chinese dslink and it says: dslink not found

and no, its not bricked, so what are you talking about?

 

[pte]

A reseller mentioned about them not working like that and it gets bricked. Maybe that was in the first fw updates or a possibility, but anyhoo. That's what he said.

 

[shtonkalot]

What about the battery consumption? Does it require the same amount of energy as the GBA carts? That's the biggest advantage of a slot 1 solution if it works.

I am not sure about the battery life and don't really want to test it.

I had some time ago planned on doing a bunch of battery testing of different carts but I decided against it.
It takes so much time to do, and I would definately want to re-run the tests to verify the time. Too much time for me..

So far I've found many outrageous claims about the battery consumption of flashcarts that in my experience hasn't proven true.
I have not noticed any change in battery life through using any of my flashcarts, those being: EZ-Flash 4 lite, M3 Micro and now DS-Link.

I know many people are truly concerned about battery life and I'm not saying those concerns aren't valid. They just don't matter to me

[soup nazi]No test for you![/soup nazi]

 

[Edirol]

Is it possible to use .SAVs from a supercard lite in the DSLINK?

Do I need to convert/import the save file with the DSLINK software/patcher or will it work without modification?
IE. Just copy the .SAV to the proper directory and possibly rename the file?

Thanks,
- Will

 

[melloncollie]

Is it possible to use .SAVs from a supercard lite in the DSLINK?

Do I need to convert/import the save file with the DSLINK software/patcher or will it work without modification?
IE. Just copy the .SAV to the proper directory and possibly rename the file?

Thanks,
- Will

I'll test that right now.