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M3, passcard, sd and all that stuff. What the hell are they all!

Discussion in 'Nintendo DS' started by Fudder95, Jan 25, 2007.

  1. Fudder95

    Fudder95 Guest

    some1 plz tell me what all of those are. im getting stressed out cos no1 will tell me!
     
  2. LufianGuy

    LufianGuy Regular member

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    Lets see.

    M3 Adapters
    M3 Adapters are the mod cartridges that make everything happen. Slot-1 is the DS Game Slot and Slot-2 is the GBA Game Slot. More info on these at http://www.m3adapter.com/

    Passcards (The right information here provided by Mr. Hankey)
    The Passcard is only for things NDS related (it forces the DS to load in NDS mode, even though it is running the software from the GBA slot.

    The M3 (Slot-2) can run GBA games and GBA homebrew without a passcard, just not NDS games or NDS homebrew

    When you play a GBA game on the DS the DS shuts off all uneeded hardware such as the touch system, the microphone, one of the processors, one of the screens etc. The Passcard makes sure that the DS does not do this when using the M3 otherwise NDS code would not work.
    More info here http://www.divineo.com/cgi-bin/div-us/dd-ds-pssc

    SD Cards
    Come in a variety of sizes (Mini, Micro, Regular) and some with adapters. These are used with M3 Adapters (some adapters only take one kind of card!) as the external memory you write all your files to. You just insert the card into the M3 and roll. Check out this link and click on the different SD card options that are at the left http://meritline.stores.yahoo.net/pqi-minisd-card-2gb.html

    SD Adapter
    Just turns one size card into another with an adapter.

    Card Reader
    The way you write data to your SD Cards. You plug it into this device to turn it into a plug and play usb, then do your work from there.
    More information here http://www.modchipstore.com/microsd-sd-minisd-usb2-card-reader-usb-16402.html

    Feel free to be ask more :)
     
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  3. Fudder95

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    what does all this stuf do. like can u buy it shops websites is it already in the ds. i heard ppl going on about m3 playing music and videos!



    soz 4 all the questions. i am only 11.
     
  4. LufianGuy

    LufianGuy Regular member

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    You buy all of this in online stores. Yes, with the M3 adapters you can watch movies and listen to music also.

    For a demonstration, watch this
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=In5W1wCXw3Q

    There are millions of homebrew programs out there for the DS, I haven't tried any of them out yet. You just download them and use them.

    Mr. Hankey wrote up an excellent M3 Adapter guide you can look into also.
     

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