Hacking ez-flash IV cant find disc

[irchief]

Lol i have no idea why this is bothering me so much but it is

i purchased an ez-flash IV and no matter what i do i get a cant find disc error. I have tried updating the firmware but all i get is a black screen. I know the battery is charges because i left it on with my gba plugged for 2 hours, then unplugged for 2 hours.


i hope someone here can help me cause im seriously out of ideas, and im usually pretty tech savvy

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

The battery is not rechargable.


Did you even buy a miniSD and put in the EZ-IV?

 

[irchief]

The battery is not rechargable.


Did you even buy a miniSD and put in the EZ-IV?

i did not purchase a miniSD, but it did come with a micro sd>mini sd converter, so thats what i have been using.

also, as far as all the other sites tell me, the battery Is chargable, and thats how you get it to work in the first place.

 

[Glyptofane]

The battery is not rechargable.

This is true for the EZ 3-in-1, but the EZ4 battery is definitely rechargable. It even states so in the documentation itself. I would think it would run without a charged or functional battery anyway, it just wouldn't be able to retain saves.

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

The more recent ones on the market, the ones that come in the cheap cardboard box and plastic have a NON-rechargable CR-2025 battery. It doesn't matter what the text file says or what everyone else says, those reviews where done when the damn thing came in a wooden box and everything.

The rechargable VL-2025 have to be recharged every 3 to 4 months. One of my EZ-IV have been sitting around for over a year and it still has the save file from then. A rechargable battery would have lost it's charge by then.



@irchief
Did you flash the bin file to the flashcart?
If you didn't, read the EZ-IV review again and read the section about setting it up again.

 

[irchief]

The more recent ones on the market, the ones that come in the cheap cardboard box and plastic have a NON-rechargable CR-2025 battery. It doesn't matter what the text file says or what everyone else says, those reviews where done when the damn thing came in a wooden box and everything.

The rechargable VL-2025 have to be recharged every 3 to 4 months. One of my EZ-IV have been sitting around for over a year and it still has the save file from then. A rechargable battery would have lost it's charge by then.



@irchief
Did you flash the bin file to the flashcart?
If you didn't, read the EZ-IV review again and read the section about setting it up again.

will do, and i will post my results in a bit

thank you

edit: ok i re read it and all it says is to drag the .bin file onto my card. are you reffering to holding R to install the firmware? because thats my problem in the first place.

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

then it would be a bad miniSD adapter.

I would try finding a place near where you live that sells a cheap 1gb microSD with miniSD adapter for under 10 bucks. Or just look for one online on newegg or something.

 

[Schizoanalysis]

then it would be a bad miniSD adapter.

+1

This has happened to me many times. Those DX adapters are crazy faulty. I get 2 working ones for every 10 I buy.