DSTT card won't load - what am I doing wrong?

JoJoArmani

Any ieads gratefully received!

New DSTT card.

The 3 files copied over on to the SD card.

Some roms copied on to SD card.

SD placed in DSTT card the right way around.

DSTT placed in NDSL but screen is just white with faint Nintendo 1st screen showing.

What am I doing wrong? I formatted the SD card to Fat32 - but I'm re-formatting it to FAT to see if that makes a difference....

Thanks!

fox2319

Have you downloaded the menu v1.06 from their website? There's a v1.07 there as well but it seems to just have the chinese language.

Once you've got the download, unzip it and copy the contents of the eng folder into the top level of the card. Once you've done that, all should be good!

JoJoArmani

fox2319 wrote: »

Have you downloaded the menu v1.06 from their website? There's a v1.07 there as well but it seems to just have the chinese language.

Once you've got the download, unzip it and copy the contents of the eng folder into the top level of the card. Once you've done that, all should be good!

Hi,

Thanks for replying!

I tried downloading v1.07 but it only had 2 items (a folder and a file) - I read that it need to have 3 items (folder and 2 files) - so I downloaded the nec files from a link someone posted (on another forum) - think its .sys and .dat?

Anyway - tried that added a rom - no joy - just blank.

Reformatted the SD to FAT (formatted it prev to FAT32) and reloaded the files and a rom - still blank!

Any ideas?:o

JoJoArmani

Hi

Ok figured it out. Looks like the new carts that have been shipped out are a bit duff.

Lots of them seem to have a connection problem. I resolved mine by pulling the card towards the ds body so the gold pins connect better and then keeping it pulled turn on - will need to get a piece of paper or something to jam it abit in place to keep it on though.

Really rubbish - would not recommend anyone buy one of these until this problem is resolved - get another cart....

sveganmmi

Hey JoJo, thanks for figuring out this issue. I was having the same problem and tried everything including reformatting the SD card like 10 times with 5 different cards. Do you have any update to this "freezing on opening screen" problem with the dstt/ttds, or is pushing the card towards the DS the only fix?

JoJoArmani

Hi Sven

I sent mine back - I've been on other forms etc and think the pushing is the only fix I've seen - or opening the card and putting a piece of paper inside and closing it up again - but I think this is a bit dodgy as the card is glued and will probably mess up! But there are quite a few people very unhappy at the dud cards they have received - one guy bought some a couple of months ago and all were fine - bought some more recently and I think he had 4 duds out of a batch of 10. So guess that goes to show the failure rate of the cards at the moment.

I am now the proud owner of 2 DS fire Cards and am very happy! 1gb card cost about £15. You have to update the firmware but its not too hard. (if you format the fire card u have to do it on the ds and not via the pc- just incase you ever get one - or it will mess up)

I use Dealextreme.com - it has a forum and you can get advice etc on there from other users.

If there is anything else you think I can help with just let me know!

Best of luck!

JoJo

KMelv1980

sveganmmi wrote: »

Hey JoJo, thanks for figuring out this issue. I was having the same problem and tried everything including reformatting the SD card like 10 times with 5 different cards. Do you have any update to this "freezing on opening screen" problem with the dstt/ttds, or is pushing the card towards the DS the only fix?

Hi there,
I have also had these kind of problems. Tried reformatting, using FAT32 and default allocation size, but after loading a couple of games it would start freezing again.
I have an answer though, which I found on another website which works like a charm. Instead of keeping your .nds and .sav files in with your TT files (system files) create a separate folder called 'Games' on your micro SD card and keep your .nds/.sav files in there. Honestly, I have had no more problems since i have done this, and I now love my DS again!!
Hope this helps.

JoJoArmani

KMelv1980 wrote: »

Hi there,
I have also had these kind of problems. Tried reformatting, using FAT32 and default allocation size, but after loading a couple of games it would start freezing again.
I have an answer though, which I found on another website which works like a charm. Instead of keeping your .nds and .sav files in with your TT files (system files) create a separate folder called 'Games' on your micro SD card and keep your .nds/.sav files in there. Honestly, I have had no more problems since i have done this, and I now love my DS again!!
Hope this helps.

Hi

Glad you sorted your card out!

I eventually got a new TT card which was perfect ( I hope - I gave it to my niece).

I also heard about that file thing - i did that on my Fire Cart.

Whilest waiting for a new TT card I ordered 2 Fire Carts and they worked perfect from day 1.

All's well that ends well! JoJo x

gillianandterry

JoJoArmani wrote: »

Any ieads gratefully received!

New DSTT card.

The 3 files copied over on to the SD card.

Some roms copied on to SD card.

SD placed in DSTT card the right way around.

DSTT placed in NDSL but screen is just white with faint Nintendo 1st screen showing.

What am I doing wrong? I formatted the SD card to Fat32 - but I'm re-formatting it to FAT to see if that makes a difference....

Thanks!

Your card a fake send it back more info can be forund here http://www.ndstt.com/

mygadgets4u

If you still need the software for either r4ds or tt card then i can email it too you or send you a link to it.

mygadgets4u

done so in both post sorry.