This is likely the case, but even when I manually set the parameters to launch safemode mset, for example, it still doesn't work without a gamecard. It might be wise to see what safemode process9 is doing, so I'll look into that.Yeah, the cart thing is definitely a factor. I went from perfect boot rate to nothing by inserting/removing a cart. I suspect PM_LaunchFIRMSetParams is set to launch from slot1 and it fails with certainty if it can't find anything there.
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