Hacking Newb here, please help..

[Hachibei]

Right, I'm pretty new to this flash cart stuff, so bear with me

I ordered a DS Linker, and I recieved it today, but none of the roms save!

For example, I'm playing Resident Evil DS; I use the typewriter to save, and then I turn it off. The next time I turn it back on, my save is gone.

I looked at the FAQ section of dslinker.com, and they said that I could change the type of save the game uses (ie: FLASH 2Mbit, EEPROM 64/512Kbit, etc.) I tried all types of save methods, but none of them work.

Someone please help me...I spent $105 on this thing and I really want it to work...

 

[decept]

I would like to help, but I got a R4, easiest flash cart to use.

You paid too much. Get your money back and get an R4.

 

[-EX-]

Heh, you could buy the same thing 2 times cheaper. DS Linker is just an expensive rebrand of any other N-card like DS FireLink or MK5. In fact, you can try flashing your cart with those firmwares, it may fix your save error. Just a suggestion though.

 

[Hachibei]

Alright, to clear some things up, the DS-Linker itself was only around $70, the rest was for S&H, tax, and all that..

-EX- : This is probably gonna sound really stupid, but how do I "flash" my cart? My friend has a SuperCard DS; could I use that to flash my cart?

 

[-EX-]

Alright, to clear some things up, the DS-Linker itself was only around $70, the rest was for S&H, tax, and all that..

-EX- : This is probably gonna sound really stupid, but how do I "flash" my cart? My friend has a SuperCard DS; could I use that to flash my cart?

DS Fire Link 16G costs around 40 bucks, for example. And it's the same as DS Linker hardware wise.

To "flash" a firmware means to update the software on your cart. Just pick up a firmware on the site and update your cart. You don't need any additional equipment to do so, of course.

Also, this is yet another clone of N-card and is the same as your DS Linker too, you may find many answers in this review.

 

[dbgtdob]

Alright, to clear some things up, the DS-Linker itself was only around $70, the rest was for S&H, tax, and all that..

-EX- : This is probably gonna sound really stupid, but how do I "flash" my cart? My friend has a SuperCard DS; could I use that to flash my cart?

you got ripped off big time, the same card can be bought here.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2069
for only $28 with free shipping.

this company to make money released all of these different cards and named them all different names but they are all essentailly the same, just a new sticker or color, you can even use the software from one of them on all the others (Express Card,firelink,N-card), but they were too lazy to even make new e-mails, if you notice the contact information for all the cards say dslinker............., they have even ripped off R4 and make a fake R4 version DSlinker,

 

[Hachibei]

Man, this really sucks...first time ordering anything off the internet and this happens...

-EX- : I already tried upgrading the firmware, and that didn't help at all..would it be a good idea to try to use another card's firmware update to flash my DS-Linker?