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Has anyone ever come across incompatibility when trying to SuperBios mod a CPS3 cart?
Bios: Official BIOS with region selection (custom sh2)
Bios chip used: TSOP48 (Fujitsu 29F400TA)
Programmer: Top3000 [chip selected in program A29400T_(TSOP4, adapter used - the one created by @ModGirl on this thread]
Details:
I have two carts, one was a working SF3 - NG (bottom one with the 3 wires and with an "A" on the main chip) and one suicided Jojos Bizzare Adventure (top one with no additional wires, a larger chip at the back and a "D" on the main chip)
I went through 3 different TSOP48 to DIP48 adapters for my Top 3000 until I was finally about to get one that "verified" when writing the bios.
The SF3NG cart was killed from a working cart, I removed the battery and removed the tsop48 flash with a heat gun.
I attempted the NG cart about 6 times each time writing to a new chip (purchased pre-burnt chips as well from buyicnow) but each time, the cart had garbled screen upon start up - typical suicided symptoms.
I thought it was my "soldering" but looking at the pads and contact, it appears to be OK - I couldn't see any bridges and/or killed pads - I also checked for continuity across all pads to which I couldn't work out 4 pads at the top
Cleaned pads
One end of the contacts
The other side
Nothing I did could get me the DS menu. After 6 or so attempts, I decided to do the same process with the the Jojo cart. Low and behold first go, I get the DS menu which is what I'm expecting.
I initially thought it may have been my soldering/burning of the flash, but as I was able to do the same thing with the Jojo cart, I figured it may possibly be the cart?
Has anyone ever come across a cart they weren't able to install the SuperBios on? @xodaraP is also having the same issue with another NG cart I sent to him that is also coming up with a garbled screen
Would the differing types of carts (refer to the back pic) have any bearing on which flash to use? I noticed the back of the carts are quite different from each other with the one I'm unable to flash having the three extra wires.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I would like to be able to use this as a DS cart.
TIA
Bios: Official BIOS with region selection (custom sh2)
Bios chip used: TSOP48 (Fujitsu 29F400TA)
Programmer: Top3000 [chip selected in program A29400T_(TSOP4, adapter used - the one created by @ModGirl on this thread]
Details:
I have two carts, one was a working SF3 - NG (bottom one with the 3 wires and with an "A" on the main chip) and one suicided Jojos Bizzare Adventure (top one with no additional wires, a larger chip at the back and a "D" on the main chip)
I went through 3 different TSOP48 to DIP48 adapters for my Top 3000 until I was finally about to get one that "verified" when writing the bios.
The SF3NG cart was killed from a working cart, I removed the battery and removed the tsop48 flash with a heat gun.
I attempted the NG cart about 6 times each time writing to a new chip (purchased pre-burnt chips as well from buyicnow) but each time, the cart had garbled screen upon start up - typical suicided symptoms.
I thought it was my "soldering" but looking at the pads and contact, it appears to be OK - I couldn't see any bridges and/or killed pads - I also checked for continuity across all pads to which I couldn't work out 4 pads at the top
Cleaned pads
One end of the contacts
The other side
Nothing I did could get me the DS menu. After 6 or so attempts, I decided to do the same process with the the Jojo cart. Low and behold first go, I get the DS menu which is what I'm expecting.
I initially thought it may have been my soldering/burning of the flash, but as I was able to do the same thing with the Jojo cart, I figured it may possibly be the cart?
Has anyone ever come across a cart they weren't able to install the SuperBios on? @xodaraP is also having the same issue with another NG cart I sent to him that is also coming up with a garbled screen
Would the differing types of carts (refer to the back pic) have any bearing on which flash to use? I noticed the back of the carts are quite different from each other with the one I'm unable to flash having the three extra wires.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I would like to be able to use this as a DS cart.
TIA