Hacking EZ flash 3-in-1 Problem

[someguylololo]

As my google powers have failed me, I feel as if I have no option but to ask for help.

I recently bought a EZ flash 3-in-1 original (from what I can tell) for my DS lite. I also have an Acekard 2i which is using AKAIO v.1.8.1. After receiving the item, I put a number of ROMs on my micro-SD card, including Mother 3 which was one of the main reasons for my purchase. I then turned my DS on and attempted to play Mother 3 via AKAIO, which did not happen. After selecting the ROM, the notification said "Erasing NOR flash... Do not power off!" and a progress bar appeared. After that had completed, it then said "Loading GBA game..." but did nothing. There was no progress bar, and nothing happened, as if it had frozen. The DS hadn't completely frozen as the clock continued to work fine on the top screen, but I was forced to restart. I then tested another ROM that was smaller in size and it loaded perfectly. Doing some googling, I downloaded EXPloader to see if that helped. I entered NOR mode, selected the ROM and it went through a couple progress bars before coming to "Copying to NOR..." which stayed at 0% frozen. At that point I figured I had a bad ROM, so I downloaded a new one and applied the english patch while keeping the original japanese one. I then SRAM patched and attempted to trim the files, but the program (GBA Tool Advance) wouldn't allow it. I then copied these files over and experienced the same problems as before. I then attempted to load the other smaller ROMS in exploader via NOR mode, and none of them worked.

I don't know what is going on, but from what I can find, nobody else is having my problem. I only hope I am not missing something completely obvious and that I explained the situation as best as possible.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[Another World]

please run the homebrew "gba exploader" and report back what 3in1 version you have. gba exploader will report it (on the top bar) as the 3in1pls. make sure you are using gba exploader v.58b0. what you are describing is what happens with akaio and the 3in1+.

-another world

 

[someguylololo]

please run the homebrew "gba exploader" and report back what 3in1 version you have. gba exploader will report it (on the top bar) as the 3in1pls. make sure you are using gba exploader v.58b0. what you are describing is what happens with akaio and the 3in1+.

-another world

Using v.05b0, it only says [3in1]

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

Your copy of mother 3 might be slightly oversized by a few bytes, thus the not loading. If you can run mother 3 on an emulator from your computer just fine, it just means it will not currently fit in the NOR of the 3in1. What you can do is try a gba file trimmer to make it fit in the NOR space.

 

[someguylololo]

Your copy of mother 3 might be slightly oversized by a few bytes, thus the not loading. If you can run mother 3 on an emulator from your computer just fine, it just means it will not currently fit in the NOR of the 3in1. What you can do is try a gba file trimmer to make it fit in the NOR space.

I thought that as well, but when I used GBATA, the trim button was greyed out. I also tried using NDSTokyoTrim and it said that the file was already trimmed.

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

Then your rom source was probably already patched for something else. I ran a copy of mother 3 on the old 3in1 I got runing without the loading issue you got with yours.

 

[someguylololo]

Then your rom source was probably already patched for something else. I ran a copy of mother 3 on the old 3in1 I got runing without the loading issue you got with yours.

Unfortunately I've tried a number of different downloads and they have all encountered the same problem.

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

maybe a bad 3in1 then.

 

[someguylololo]

I figured that was probably the problem, but I thought I should ask just to be sure.
Thanks anyway.

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

I said maybe not is.

You will have to visually inspect the PCB for any defects. The guide to do that is on my sig, first link that says 3in1 answers.

Then you will need try and write another 32MB game (Something other than Mother 3) to the 3in1. If you can write the game to NOR, it would be your setup on the AK, not a hardware defect in that case.

If you can't, it most likely means the you hit the write limit on the NOR if it is a version 1 of the 3in1. In this case you will have to get a new 3in1.

 

[someguylololo]

So I unscrewed and opened up the 3 in 1 and confirmed that it is an orginal version. I also checked for defects and didn't see anything noticable.
I then found another game that was 32mb and tried loading that, but encountered the same problem as Mother 3.

 

[someguylololo]

Well, I bought a new 3-in-1 and Mother 3 now works properly on it.
Thanks for all of the help.