Hello. I'm actually leaving this post for posterity , since no info I found on the matter was even close to my issue.
On a differnt post, I stated my Ezflash Jr. was failing to boot. The farthest it got was the OS-INIT line when booting, which meant I couldn't even run a firmware update. The systems - A GB Pocket, and a GB Boy Colour (A GB Color clone backlit system) - just kept rebooting.
I tried formatting my sd card, using different sd cards, formatting with different tools, etc. Today, on a last ditch effort before contacting the vendor for a replacement, I decided to try a very old fat model GBA I have laying around (it's barely functional). I put the batteries from the cone system on it.
Perhaps this is the moment to mention all three of these systems run on batteries and are not modded. To my surprise, the thing *actually* booted correctly on the GBA. I even could perform the firmware update! So what gives? Well... another detail I took notice of, is that the batteries were "low".
See, I was using batteries that came bundled with a charger, practicay new, and I did give the GB Boy clone a nice use - I've played some Oracle of Ages on that thing. And for the pocket, I recenty bought it, second hand, and the batteries that were running in it are the same that came with it. But there's no reason a GBA would consume less than a gameboy let alone a pocket, right? Except the GB Boy *is* backlit and I recall reading posts of come flashcarts being power hungry on it.
So, in order to test if it was indeed a power problem, I did that thing any 90's kid has done. The Pocket uses smaller batteries. Like our TV's remote. So I put them in the pocket, put in the cart, turned on the system and...
...it works!
So I'm guessing the reason it kept rebooting, is that during the INIT process, the cart was drawing more power than usual, making the system believe there isn't enough battery for a moment (or, perhaps, there was indeed not enough battery to begin with), but the switch continues to be ON, so the system proceeds to turn on normally, rinse and repeat.
...I feel smart.
On a differnt post, I stated my Ezflash Jr. was failing to boot. The farthest it got was the OS-INIT line when booting, which meant I couldn't even run a firmware update. The systems - A GB Pocket, and a GB Boy Colour (A GB Color clone backlit system) - just kept rebooting.
I tried formatting my sd card, using different sd cards, formatting with different tools, etc. Today, on a last ditch effort before contacting the vendor for a replacement, I decided to try a very old fat model GBA I have laying around (it's barely functional). I put the batteries from the cone system on it.
Perhaps this is the moment to mention all three of these systems run on batteries and are not modded. To my surprise, the thing *actually* booted correctly on the GBA. I even could perform the firmware update! So what gives? Well... another detail I took notice of, is that the batteries were "low".
See, I was using batteries that came bundled with a charger, practicay new, and I did give the GB Boy clone a nice use - I've played some Oracle of Ages on that thing. And for the pocket, I recenty bought it, second hand, and the batteries that were running in it are the same that came with it. But there's no reason a GBA would consume less than a gameboy let alone a pocket, right? Except the GB Boy *is* backlit and I recall reading posts of come flashcarts being power hungry on it.
So, in order to test if it was indeed a power problem, I did that thing any 90's kid has done. The Pocket uses smaller batteries. Like our TV's remote. So I put them in the pocket, put in the cart, turned on the system and...
...it works!
So I'm guessing the reason it kept rebooting, is that during the INIT process, the cart was drawing more power than usual, making the system believe there isn't enough battery for a moment (or, perhaps, there was indeed not enough battery to begin with), but the switch continues to be ON, so the system proceeds to turn on normally, rinse and repeat.
...I feel smart.
