***M3 DS Real Guide*** WIP

i am in hte united states . i am in southern california, san diego area.


which of the 2 sites is best to buy from ??


thanx for any help

 

Hi Folks:

Since I originally posted a number of "hardware" issues with the M3 Real DS, I have purchased 4 more. I'm happy to say that the most recent "crop" of these cartridges work much better than the earlier ones.

I still have the normal problems (where I have to put a wedge of paper in the slot to make proper contact)... and the spring in the cartridge is "hit or miss" for the SDRAM ... but, happy to report the cartridges have been reliable enough to give to non-techie friends.

-- Emba33

 

hey i have 4 questions

1.Should i take Kingston or SanDisk microSDHC card?
2.Is 2gb card(i will use it only for games)enough or i should get 4gb one?
3.What site delivers M3 DS Real worldwide?
4.Whats the difference between M3 DS Real Rumble Pack Bundle,M3 DS Real Rumble RAM Pack Bundle and M3 DS Real Perfect Bundle?


sry for noob questions >_<

 

Shouldn't make any difference. (I'm currently using a Sandisk card though)

Depends how much gaming you do, 2GB is probably enough though (i'm currently using a 6GB card)

Check the sites in the first post (most do worldwide), I got mine from Divineo (sent from their China site to UK in 7 days).

The Rumble pack bundle only has the rumble pak included (adds vibration feedback to supported games)
The Rumble RAM pack bundle includes the rumble cart mentioed above but with built in ram for use with the Opera internet browser and homebrew games.
The Perfect bundle comes with the rumble pak and a GBA pak to play GBA games.

 

the manual says you don't need the gba expansion to play gba roms anymore, not with recent software upgrades, you can use the rumble or ram pack instead
EDIT: i've tried and it doesn't work, sorry

 

ah k then


thx for the help guys

 

at least that is what the m3 real manual says, i havent tried it my self though

 

hi, wonder if someone can help, I have just bought a m3 - i think its ok as it has "adapter" not adaptes on the packing but the sd loads from the top not from the side as i have just found out it should, hopefully its just an old stock

Anyway the help i want is finding a place to download the system software/firmware needed as mine never came with any. I've followed mr hanky's link on page 1 of this thread but alas to no avail. I've also gone directly to gbalpha and hand held .....(something) but seem unable to download it.

Does anyone know anywhere else i can get it or show me where i've gone wrong it'd be much appreciated

Thanx in advance

Thanx 4 responding, mr hankys link has been updated so i ended up getting it there as it was easier to follow his guide to do it - i have got the sakura file mentioned tho .......... just in case lol. thanx again

 

Google "linfox domain ds downloads"

Also read the entire thread, This site has a few mentions, Many times from myself... Hope it helps you.
THere are two main firmwares, The official and the unnofficial sakura translation... I strongly recommend the sakura translation.

 

Was there ever a solution to this? Im experiencing the exact same problems with golden sun.

 

The way the GBA pack works, the save file is saved on the slot 2 card the only time it is put back on to the slot one is when you power up the DS again.

So turn off the DS and then start it up again - this dumps the save - then power off again.

You should also update the firmware as a lot of improvements to both NDS and GBA have been made - it is now 4.2c se the website in my signature.

Do you keep the slot 2 plugged in to the DS - it has a rechargable battery to hold the save till you next turn on, if the battery is flat = no save.

Hope this helps

 

I've had an M3 DS Real for a couple of months now and its all been going well, but yesterday I hit a problem. Whenever I try to edit the things on my micro-SD card, it says its 'write protected'.

I use a Micro SD adapter that plugs straight into my laptop's SD card slot. It has a Lock switch on the side and I've tried it in both positions multiple times, but to no avail.

Is there anyway to fix this, or do I need a new SD adapter?

Cheers in advance.

 

what about trying the micro sd adapter that came with the m3 real ?

failing that you may need a new adapter as possibly the write protection lock is playing up.

woof811.

 

i've had my m3 a couple of weeks and have noticed my battery is being used up at a much higher rate than normal since i got it, i have a ds lite and the battery is only lasting around 2 hours with the lowest brightness setting, it has been doing this with and without the gba cart in, anyone else have this problem cause i'm sure it isn't a coincidence that my ds battery is going

 

It's a fact that an M3Real card can and usually does drain battery faster than usual, But two hours on full charge is very wrong, I think it needs longer charge or your battery is broken.

 

Just got the M3DS Real and having great success with it. But I am having one problem and I thing it has to do with the operator

Is there a trick to do the soft reset, I can't seem to get it to work. I fix the setting for the game, went into it, tried the combination and the game just reacts to the button I push, no reset. Is there a trick to this, a speed, are buttons supposted to be pushed at the same time or everthing one after the other?

Thanks!

"Soft-Reset Key
This allows you to turn on the soft-reset function, when enabled you can press your selected key combo to quit the game your currently playing and return to the M3 menu. There are two different combinations to choose from; L+R+A+B+X or L+R+A+B+Y, there is not any difference in what combo you choose so just pick the one that seems easier for you to press."

 

You just push them all together, it does not have to be exactly at the same time, both corner buttons and then either of the two options of the others (which ever you selected) I did use it at one time but several games freeze or do not function correctly with the soft reset enabled (although it is getting fewer)so I don't use it anymore.

 

i definately have charged it to its full, and why does it do it? the r4 never had this problem

 

Have you set the brightness setting in both the DS and the M3??

The M3 has its own brightness setting that over rides the DS, I use setting 2 and get longer than a couple of hours with my M3

 

Sorry but also - do you turn the ds off when you stop playing, if you only close the lid the M3 turns off the screen lights but that is it, it does not yet support full sleep mode.