Hardware M3 GBA expansion pack

[greentwig]

Hello, i've recently bought M3 GBA expansion pack and i'm using it on my DS lite with R4-card. Problem is when i boot slot-2 via R4 it just comes up a white screen.

This would have been easy to solve but since there is not much information regarding this issue, it is pretty hard to fix.

I "googled" before i bought it ofc. To see if this card could work with R4. And according to some guy on yahoo answers or something it should work.

Anyhow. I hope my english arn't too bad and that you understand what im typing.



Best Regards


/Greentwig

 

[Krestent]

That option is for booting a standalone cart like a GBA game or flash cart. Use GBA EXPloader.

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

The M3 GEP is basically 2 RAM modules, it is capable of only running games with the power on only. That means it is not a standalone capable expansion pack.

You will need GBA exploader if your slot1 is not a M3 slot1.

 

[greentwig]

Thanks for the answers.

I booted the slot-2 via slot-1 with GBA exploader, but strange letters comes up on the upper screen and im trying to navigate with both buttons and touch, but nothing happens. I can't enter the menu where i choose games in.

What to do? :S

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

If your screen looks like this, you need to change the language setting on the DS.

You might have to manually DLDI patch exploader if the error is in the top screen.


It works under the old 1.18 firmware. If your using wood, it currently has some problems running correctly. If you got a clone R4, I can't really help there.

 

[greentwig]

I don't know if my R4 is a clone. I don't think so, at least. There have been some problems though with making the card work because it just comes up "loader.xxx file is missing" if don't use the exact setup of files into the root of the memory card. And it freezes when i play DS-games. Firmware v1.18 won't work.

How do i know my card is a clone?

 

[Deleted-236924]

If the official v1.18 firmware doesn't work, then it's guaranteed, your card is a clone.

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

If you don't have the ini file in the root directory, of course it is going to give you an error.

 

[Schizoanalysis]

Buy a genuine M3 Real -- it will work directly with this card

 

[Schlupi]

Buy a genuine M3 Real -- it will work directly with this card

I would recommend an AceKard 2i with EXPloader for better NDS compatibility...

 

[albertar]

If you don't have the ini file in the root directory, of course it is going to give you an error.

Hi, I have an m3 GBA Expandsion cart and i'm using it with GBA Exploader. My games show up, work, and save in game and all but when I turn off the system, I find that I have no current SRAM or anything so thus I always have to start a new game. I already changed the battery.

 

[albertar]

Op i figured it out! I had the battery on backwards!