Is that Fakk2 tutorial a video or some sort or online document? I tried reading through this thread but some of the examples were a bit over my head.Anyone ever successfully set their console region to Brazil? I upgraded to the latest firmware (I was on the previous one until last week) and setting region to Brazil still makes the SD Loader reset into the boot sequence for any game chosen. My system's region is set to Brazil from factory so I'm not sure if its some incompatibility with my hardware revision (seems like our units use a very late hw revision) or just a bug Furrtek never got around fixing.
Not a big deal but I wish I could play in my region without using the original disc drive.
EDIT: btw I encourage all of you to find the original copy protection removal tutorial by Fakk2. The archive.org collection has wrong audio on KOF98 for instance and you won't find a playable copy anywhere else unless you remove the copy protection yourself. It's ez.
Anyone had any problems with the 0.9 firmware? My sound goes super crackily when its on my loader.
I wiped the firmware and went back to 0.8 and its fine. Wiped the firmware again then installed 0.9 and still the same issues.
Tried multiple cables first as well, before i remembered it didnt happen before the update.
I don't want to send furtek a message yet untill i get more of an idea what it could be.
Thanks for the info. My installer removed the metallic shielding because of that problem. Not sure if that will cause other issues when I get this working. I am concerned that Furrtek sent me one of his defective units. Since his customer support was so bad to begin with, and is nonexistent now, I may be hosed.I didn't see that specific error myself, but I had fun with the game list only showing "2493". Eventually tracked that down to the SD loader touching the metallic shielding and adding more layers of Kapton tape.
My SD card is just a generic Micro Center one. When formatting the card, I'd recommend using the program the official instructions link to just to rule that out as a variable:
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The CD drive should work. IIRC, you may need to press 'D' on the loader to access the original console CD menu and load the game from there.
re: game file formats - My games are in these formats. Files should just be in a loose folder per game:
.bin + .cue
.img + .cue/.ccd/.sub
Installer tried, but said the problem was the SD card since there was so much chatter about them being touchy. The SDLoader screen shows, I can use the ABCD buttons, but no games show. No card present is what I get no matter what. I am going to tear the console down when I can and examine / reinsert the SD cabling and reseat the main unit over the CPU. What size Micro Center card are you using?Did your installer verify everything worked for him before sending it your way? Like actually load a game or 2?
Thanks PA. Hopefully I can get this operational in 2 or 3 weeks, as time permits.64 GB. You can fit everything on there.
I only ordered the micro SD units. So teh nicroSD install killed your CD unit, great engineering and testing on Furrtek's part! I appreciate all the insights.Try switching to the full size SD card board if you ordered one. I had problems with the microSD board with one of my installs. The previously functional CD ROM wouldn't work so I swapped it out. If that doesn't fix it, the problem lies elsewhere. Take everything apart, and check the installation procedure step by step.
I don't know if it killed the CD, just that it wasn't working with the SD Loader installed. The CD still worked in the other install I did so maybe I made a mistake.I only ordered the micro SD units. So teh nicroSD install killed your CD unit, great engineering and testing on Furrtek's part! I appreciate all the insights.
What kind of installer sends something out without fully testing it? You paid for this? Did they just get stuck and try to finish the project without getting the blame?Installer tried, but said the problem was the SD card since there was so much chatter about them being touchy. The SDLoader screen shows, I can use the ABCD buttons, but no games show. No card present is what I get no matter what. I am going to tear the console down when I can and examine / reinsert the SD cabling and reseat the main unit over the CPU. What size Micro Center card are you using?
I have all of those mods too and had zero issues with them. Wasn't until I reached the SD Loader where I'd been experiencing an unfixable problem. I'm going to try and purchase one, one more time and make damn sure I ask the modder to leave the console on in demo mode (or play through the problem games I mentioned earlier) for over 2 hours. That should give me a thorough test before having it shipped! My issue is the music would get scratchy/distorted after after about 25 minutes. Used to take longer to fuck up.Thanks for the info. My installer removed the metallic shielding because of that problem. Not sure if that will cause other issues when I get this working. I am concerned that Furrtek sent me one of his defective units. Since his customer support was so bad to begin with, and is nonexistent now, I may be hosed.
I have had great luck with the Micro Center cards, all the way up to 256GB. I've done cards for about 40 different ODEs and flash drives (Everdrive, GameDrive etc.) and this is the worst I have seen. Even Saturn Rhea and Phoebe had more info and better specs. Even the 3DO Mnemo behaved better than this.
Any other help or advice from anyone would be MUCH appreciated!
I am not sure if you got an answer yet, but this is extremely common with 0.9b. What you need to do to fix it is use the wiper firmware (ensure you get the 5x yellow blinks) then delete it from SD and put back 0.9b in its place. If it still does not work, wipe again, but this time, drop 0.8 in its place. If audio is fixed, you can attempt a direct upgrade from 0.8 to 0.9b. Most users seem to have success simply wiping & re-flashing 0.9b.Anyone had any problems with the 0.9 firmware? My sound goes super crackily when its on my loader.
I wiped the firmware and went back to 0.8 and its fine. Wiped the firmware again then installed 0.9 and still the same issues.
Tried multiple cables first as well, before i remembered it didnt happen before the update.
I don't want to send furtek a message yet untill i get more of an idea what it could be.
Tried that didn't work.I am not sure if you got an answer yet, but this is extremely common with 0.9b. What you need to do to fix it is use the wiper firmware (ensure you get the 5x yellow blinks) then delete it from SD and put back 0.9b in its place. If it still does not work, wipe again, but this time, drop 0.8 in its place. If audio is fixed, you can attempt a direct upgrade from 0.8 to 0.9b. Most users seem to have success simply wiping & re-flashing 0.9b.
Changes from v0.9:
Known bugs:
- Feature: Soft DIPs settings are now automatically saved to SD card
- Bugfix: No more slowdowns and raster effect glitches on front-loaders
- Bugfix: No more garbage left on screen after closing in-game menu
- Cheats: Neo Turf Masters
- CDDA tracks sometimes start playing a bit too late.
- Samurai Spirits RPG does not load.
- Occasional minor in-game menu corruption in Ninja Commando.
My friend tested it and stakes winner still does not work also cheat menu stays on in nam1975 there is no big difference in the new firmware maybe that’s why nobody wanted to mention it to the community