Open them and check for 32MiB/256Mbit of DRAM/PSRAM.Is there a way to tell if either of these is the M3 Perfect or if neither of them are?
For the EZ3in1 NORFlash works on GBA, but still need to flash it from a DS (Wood and YSMenu have native support for this cart, otherwise use GBAExpLoader). And of course the lite version won't fit a GBA (the phat version being exceedingly rare these days)I recently found an old 3in1 flash slot for the DS and I assume GBA but gonna have to retest it tho.
Open them and check for 32MiB/256Mbit of DRAM/PSRAM.
Or process a retail game through M3 Game Manager and try to run it (Pro can only run multiboots/256kb, Perfect can run most if not nearly all retail games)
Firmware and M3GM can be found here: http://linfoxdomain.com/nintendo/ds/ under the "M3 Perfect v31-v36" category. The prefix depends on the cart language, e* is english (and only goes up to v35. can still use M3GM-v36 with it). Most of these *cannot* be language-changed, only aware of the CF version being able to do so first-hand.
The branding confuses me, but the bottom one appears to be the M3 Perfect SD Lite. It should be good, I think.View attachment 437651
Is there a way to tell if either of these is the M3 Perfect or if neither of them are?
Both of the most recent photos were of the same card just on both sides of the pcb. The top loading SD card m3 didn’t just slide out so I left it.The branding confuses me, but the bottom one appears to be the M3 Perfect SD Lite. It should be good, I think.
The top one I have no idea. Google suggests it might be some version of a M3 Pro but I can't find a definite confirmation of that.
Confusingly, there is also a M3 Lite Perfect, which is a newer and entirely different cart only compatible with the DS Lite.
M3's branding and product naming is confusing, they had too many models, and information is hard to find nowadays, I'm actually unsure which models are good and which ones are not.
The only information on the top one I could find is this thread: https://gbatemp.net/threads/which-m3-gba-flash-card-is-this.353463/
Which suggests it could have either 4MB RAM (which would be bad for GBA) or 32MB (which would be good) and the only way to know is to open it up and look at the chips.
Those BGA chips on the left of the lower image. That's definitely a perfect.Which part do I check for the RAM?
Okay so in all likelihood a new battery and updating the firmware will make it a great choice for backing up my old GBA games without shelling out for the ez-flash omega de?Those BGA chips on the left of the lower image. That's definitely a perfect.
The branding confuses me, but the bottom one appears to be the M3 Perfect SD Lite. It should be good, I think.
The top one I have no idea. Google suggests it might be some version of a M3 Pro but I can't find a definite confirmation of that.
Confusingly, there is also a M3 Lite Perfect, which is a newer and entirely different cart only compatible with the DS Lite.
M3's branding and product naming is confusing, they had too many models, and information is hard to find nowadays, I'm actually unsure which models are good and which ones are not.
The only information on the top one I could find is this thread: https://gbatemp.net/threads/which-m3-gba-flash-card-is-this.353463/
Which suggests it could have either 4MB RAM (which would be bad for GBA) or 32MB (which would be good) and the only way to know is to open it up and look at the chips.
How well does it perform in regards to GBA games and saves? Does it have decent NDS capabilities?@Apache Thunder Good call, the SCLite is a bit... special in that regard. It doesn't have a battery, at all. (best photos I could get, this thing sucks to take apart)View attachment 419948View attachment 419949
interesting, I didnt know nds bootstrap worked on slot-2 cards. how's the compatibility? I dont have my ez4 anymore to check@4d1xlaan For SD/CF based carts you can generally just use TWLMenu/nds-bootstrap.