New SuperCard DS(ONE) Info and Photos! *Update*

[Mystic-Homer]

Well, it's not bricked...

It works, sometimes... >_>

It just doesn't work for a little while after a game has recently crashed... Gotta give it time :/

Question: What settings are you guys using to play Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam on SC DS?

Clean rom on both 3x and 4x SD speeds aren't working... My save type is right (I think), so it's not that.

Does patching it in the program work (Super mode)? And if so, both Trim and Restart on? Or just one or the other?

And also any info related to getting an SC Lite Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin save working on SC DS would be good...

That's about the only save that I transferred that's not working :/

 

[cgrieves]

I got my SC DS today and get similar behaviour- using a Toshiba 1GB microSD (SDC-01G-T) and brand new DS Lite. Half the time it hangs with a white screen just after the DS title and logo disappear, the other half I get an error "No Found SD Card! Please Turn off NDS!" (sic).

I find if I remove the SC DS, go to system settings, and change the DS startup mode, reboot, then change it back and reboot, it will sometimes get to the Moonshell (usually hangs at the black error message screen), but even if I do get in, as soon as I select a ROM -in fact, as soon as I browse to a directory containing ROMs- it freezes. And when I reboot, I get either the white screen or the "No found...etc" message.

I've tried FAT, FAT32, SD card speeds of 3,4 and 5 the few times I've managed to get that far!

Disappointing. So what do you guys reckon- incompatible SD card (I thought it was a good idea to spend a few more quid and get a branded model), or borked Supercard??

 

[Sigma83]

I got my SC DS today and get similar behaviour- using a Toshiba 1GB microSD (SDC-01G-T) and brand new DS Lite. Half the time it hangs with a white screen just after the DS title and logo disappear, the other half I get an error "No Found SD Card! Please Turn off NDS!" (sic).

I find if I remove the SC DS, go to system settings, and change the DS startup mode, reboot, then change it back and reboot, it will sometimes get to the Moonshell (usually hangs at the black error message screen), but even if I do get in, as soon as I select a ROM -in fact, as soon as I browse to a directory containing ROMs- it freezes. And when I reboot, I get either the white screen or the "No found...etc" message.

I've tried FAT, FAT32, SD card speeds of 3,4 and 5 the few times I've managed to get that far!

Disappointing. So what do you guys reckon- incompatible SD card (I thought it was a good idea to spend a few more quid and get a branded model), or borked Supercard??

You guys are freakin me out

. How is it that there are such mixed reviews on this card? Does using a kingston micro (which I do have) make that much of a difference? How much room for error is there when u first get it?

 

[Don_K]

I also got one of the bad supercard DS One's - it will play for a little while and then hangs - once it freezes it tries to boot and I either get 2 white screens or the DS telling me there is no card. I contacted the place I bought it and they are sending a replacement, and luckily it's in texas - not china, so that should save me some time. So far all the games I've tested freeze at some random point and I've tested it wit 3 microSD cards - two kingston and 1 sandisk - all 1 gig. I've also formatted them all as both FAT16 and FAT32 and have ruled that out a potential problem. An interesting note is although I bought both kingston's at the same time and place one is made in japan (toshiba OEM, I think) and the other one is made in Taiwan - does anyone know the difference?

I will keep you posted with my success or lack-thereof in getting this resolved.

Don_K

 

[sarah99]

Just found the new DS1 loader v1.1
http://ultrashare.net/hosting/fl/3529bee967/

Castlevania POR seems to work perfectly, no slowdown, no crashes
Metroid Prime Hunters loads up no problems
Metroid Prime Pinball no longer has music stutters

It also auto detects the microSD card speed (30x with my Kingston 512MB)
A few new functions as well on the Options menu (Auto speed, GBA, Superkey)

Brilliant!

PS. use at own risk!

 

[Hanafuda]

Just found the new DS1 loader v1.1

Castlevania POR seems to work perfectly, no slowdown, no crashes
Metroid Prime Hunters loads up no problems
Metroid Prime Pinball no longer has music stutters

It also auto detects the microSD card speed (30x with my Kingston 512MB)
A few new functions as well on the Options menu (Auto speed, GBA, Superkey)

Brilliant!

huh? where? tell! now! grunt!

 

[cgrieves]

You guys are freakin me out

. How is it that there are such mixed reviews on this card? Does using a kingston micro (which I do have) make that much of a difference? How much room for error is there when u first get it?

Well according to this:

NinjaPassX9 Wiki

The SD-C01G is supported by the Ninjapass X9 and is an x60 card, so I think my SC DS is a dud as the hardware in both is supposed to be identical. Bum. Now to try and get a replacement, which is a shame as Cheapmod.net got it delivered to me so damn quickly.

I'd say ignore this sort of issue (hardware failure) up to a point. Supercard aren't Intel, this is a new product, and sometimes one can expect hardware niggles early in the product's life cycle. As far as I can tell, if you get a DS1 that works, they work well. Just make sure of the vendor's returns policy before you buy one.

 

[cgrieves]

huh? where? tell! now! grunt!

Check out:

SCDev review with link to v1.1

Didn't help me though, still won't boot up. Double Bum.

 

[rtype88]

Just found the new DS1 loader v1.1
http://ultrashare.net/hosting/fl/3529bee967/

Castlevania POR seems to work perfectly, no slowdown, no crashes
Metroid Prime Hunters loads up no problems
Metroid Prime Pinball no longer has music stutters

It also auto detects the microSD card speed (30x with my Kingston 512MB)
A few new functions as well on the Options menu (Auto speed, GBA, Superkey)

Brilliant!

PS. use at own risk!

Sarah, Thou hast convinced me,

Bought'd!

 

[Maxxpower]

Wow, the new firmware actually fixed any compatibility problems I had with the card. Final Fantasy III and many other games that would not work before on my 1 gig Sandisk now work, so I'm extremely happy with my purchase now.

 

[NeroMayCry]

What exactly is the performance difference between FAT and FAT32? When playing with FAT everything was fine except for CV: PoR. I recalled someone using FAT 32 and getting it to play flawlessly on their 1GB Kingston (my microSD card too). I then reformatted my card to be FAT32. The first time I booted it up, it locked up on loading a game. The second, it played CV: PoR just about flawlessly. The third time, it froze again. Then it corrupted by Megaman ZX .nds file. Then it started to fail in finding the SD card.

I formatted back to FAT and then installed the v1.1 OS. Everything worked swell again, and in some cases even better due to the detected SD speeds. (I could now get the PoR intro FMV to run.) However, when going back to PoR it was just as glitchy as ever. This is a CLEAN ROM btw.

Any tips to get maximum performance? (Please note I'm using a DS Phat, and I have no idea how that effects gameplay, though it really shouldn't.)

EDIT: I also noticed that after v1.1 was installed my loading times have somewhat increased. Before that the game started just a split second after I tapped it. Now it gives me a "Wait. Gaming loading" pop-up for about 2 seconds.

 

[Sigma83]

What is the DS1 loader v1.1? http://ultrashare.net/hosting/fl/3529bee967/

Is it an updated OS? If so, why isn't it available for download here: http://eng.supercard.cn/soft_scdsone.htm

Thanks

 

[Max Steele]

Jesus everything is confusing now

About the bad SC I think I read it in this thread. Of course I guess you could email or check the Super Card website if they put a press release.

 

[Mystic-Homer]

Haven't read anything about a bad batch of SC's...

And my guess is even if this is true, they wouldn't put it on the site 'cause they're trying to sell SC's, not make people scared to buy

 

[NeroMayCry]

Wait, what!?

I told it to auto detect my SD speed and all it gave me was a white screen, some jibberish in what I'm guessing is hex, and the words " Too slow! Won't work with Supercard DS!"

This is with Kingston 1GB btw.

 

[kenfrenzy]

Wait, what!?

I told it to auto detect my SD speed and all it gave me was a white screen, some jibberish in what I'm guessing is hex, and the words " Too slow! Won't work with Supercard DS!"

This is with Kingston 1GB btw.

Thats what I got when I did it (same card).. but games run fine at 3x speed for me... eh?

 

[Silencer-]

Just found the new DS1 loader v1.1
http://ultrashare.net/hosting/fl/3529bee967/

Castlevania POR seems to work perfectly, no slowdown, no crashes
Metroid Prime Hunters loads up no problems
Metroid Prime Pinball no longer has music stutters

It also auto detects the microSD card speed (30x with my Kingston 512MB)
A few new functions as well on the Options menu (Auto speed, GBA, Superkey)

Brilliant!

PS. use at own risk!

Metroid Prime Pinball still has sound clutters
POR still hangs after few minutes of gameplay

It Autodetects my Kingston with 2x speed only, saying, that it wont work with SCDS...lol


Cheers

Silencer

 

[Don_K]

Wait, what!?

I told it to auto detect my SD speed and all it gave me was a white screen, some jibberish in what I'm guessing is hex, and the words " Too slow! Won't work with Supercard DS!"

This is with Kingston 1GB btw.

What country is your microSD from - Japan or Taiwan?

 

[Mystic-Homer]

It auto-detects my Sandisk Ultra II at 5x, but most games won't run at this speed, lol.

3x seems to work okay, but even with the 1.1, PoR still has problems at Wind's menu of tasks - the touch screen just blacks out.

 

[FifthE1ement]

Lol, if you want to see what all of the new slot 1 devices look like under the hood and to see if they really are shared technology check out this site:

http://www.moddz.com

FifthE1ement