Hacking XP Card Question

[m3csl]

I purchased two XP cards a while back and one of them had a problem so I got it returned and replaced.

I just received the replacement yesterday and I'm a little confused about it. It seems to be slightly different than the other one I have. The firmware is version 1.23M.

Anyway, when I hook it up via the writer, I get a message to choose between "Media Center" or "Data Exchange". I never had that option before.

Then when I started playing games and trying to test if the saves would work, when I load the XP Card, I get to choose between 6 save files, and it asks me to write the data first or select the data. That's the confusing part.

I don't really seem to know how to use this version of the XP Card.


Is anyone aware of how the saves are supposed to be used? Thanks.

 

[m3csl]

Hmm, okay. Now I've tried to figure it out a bit, and I want to know if there is a problem with the saving with my card, or that I just don't know how to use this firmware yet. So if any of you know, please let me know.

I'm using the Xp Card firmware, which gives me 6 save files per game. I first format the XP Card and place some games into the card. Then the first time I boot up a game, it just loads the game and I play. I play for a bit, and then I try and save.

The game saves, and I power off the NDS.

I power on the NDS again and try to resume my progress in the game. When I boot up the XP Card, it asks for me to backup the save, and gives me 6 slots to choose from. I choose slot 1 and save. Then I select the game to start playing it. It pops open a window again and asks me to choose which slot (I think it says "save backup" again at the bottom). Then I choose slot 1 again and the window closes and opens again and asks me to choose a slot again (this time it says "save loading..." at the bottom). I choose slot 1 again, and the game loads.

But the game loads without my progress saved. It starts like a new game file.


Now, am I using these slots and saving correctly? Or is there a problem with the card?


PS. I have forcebackup on.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

 

[metalcaipira]

Man, your XP Card is working normally. The problem is this firmware you are using. I have a XP Card 2Gbytes here, and I'm using the DSLinker firmware, it's a lot better and stable too. First, backup your files. Download http://www.dslinker.com/download/udisk_eng_1_39.rar and run it as a game to update your card. After it, format your card (boot and hold the buttons at same time DOWN+L+R+A+B on startup with the disk writer in slot2). Extract the file http://www.dslinker.com/download/xmenu.rar to card's root directory and your games to card. Boot and you'll see the DSLinker logo.