Hacking Where did you buy your working 3-in-1?

[triften]

The one I bought from DealExtreme is screwed. I can flash a GBA ROM to PSRAM or NOR, play it and save it, but when I power off and launch the game again (natively or with GBA ExpLoader) the save is corrupt. Sometimes gone completely. AND I ORDERED IT LAST WEEK.

Somebody please link me to a store that doesn't sell garbage. WHERE DID YOU BUY YOUR WORKING EZ-FLASH 3-IN-1?

 

[dinofan01]

I bought my working EZ flash from deal extreme. Works like a charm.

 

[Diablo1123]

I bought my working EZ flash from deal extreme. Works like a charm.

Same

 

[Foxle]

That's a shame that yours died. The one I got from DealExtreme has been working fine for months now. Have you contacted their customer service? They were pretty helpful when I got a defective cable from them. Also, someone has a post here on GBATemp about replacing a 3in1's battery with a battery from a real GBA game. Gamestop's got a 75% off sale on Gameboy games, so you shouldn't have trouble finding a suitable one.

 

[z0mbiew0lf]

hm, dealextreme? crap, just bought mine from there, hope I get a good one

 

[triften]

It's worth mentioning that I bought the EZ-Flash V Plus BUNDLE that came packaged with the 3-in-1.

I don't even want to try to buy a new one. Anyone know if original GBA game batteries are exactly the same?

dinofan01: When you say it works like a charm... Can you power off for as long as you want, turn back on and still see your last save in SRAM? Because that would be a dream to me.

 

[Reaper]

Mine was from DX but rumble and RAM aren't working.

 

[Jax]

I bought my working EZ flash from deal extreme. Works like a charm.

Same

+1

 

[triften]

I bought my working EZ flash from deal extreme. Works like a charm.

Same

+1

I am hopelessly envious of you people. I even tried with another slot-1 cart (my old R4), and I'm having the same problem with saves. After saving in-game, I noticed that sometimes GBA ExpLoader will display a saved game in SRAM while other times it claims to be empty. I thought this might be the fault of GBA ExpLoader, but the same happens when playing a ROM in NOR. Games will loads/play fine, but after powering off and back on, the save vanishes.

I'm fairly convinced my 3-in-1 is defective. Should I just stop trying and buy a new one?

 

[Diablo1123]

I have never tried Exploader, but I used YSMenua , you might try that?