Do you have anything else connected? For some reason, at first try I couldnt control the cart too well, the reasone was because I had one of RGB's Reco boards plugged inline on the jamma harness, dont remember if its one I think I messed up or not, but took it off and controls on the multi worked just fine after that. The reco board has button remapping which is why it was working for me I think.
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xodaraP
Legendary
So to do a quick recap of what we know so far for those of you on 1F/Z/S boards with the graphics glitching:
- jassin000 and Derick2k are both using Vewlix and official Taito adapters, Derrick's works fine so that rules out adapters or newer cabs being a potential issue
- Original caps seem to be the norm, so caps aren't the problem
- SRAM is Toshiba branded in the photos of the boards I've seen so far - but not sure what Derick has on board
- Voltage is fixing issues on other revisions of motherboard, but doesn't seem to make things better or worse on 1FZ
- Resistors missing on final multi cart boards that are connected to other components, probably not relevant but worth making a note of
- Prototype multi worked flawlessly on jassin's 1FZ, and I believe Mitsu tested on a 1FZ
Issues on other board revisions:
- Menu reset button combination not always working correctly. Seems to be better when voltage lowered
- Green screen freeze on KoF'98
- Characters going off screen in KoF'98
- Random freezes with illegal instruction screen, seems to be UniBIOS related?
- jassin000 and Derick2k are both using Vewlix and official Taito adapters, Derrick's works fine so that rules out adapters or newer cabs being a potential issue
- Original caps seem to be the norm, so caps aren't the problem
- SRAM is Toshiba branded in the photos of the boards I've seen so far - but not sure what Derick has on board
- Voltage is fixing issues on other revisions of motherboard, but doesn't seem to make things better or worse on 1FZ
- Resistors missing on final multi cart boards that are connected to other components, probably not relevant but worth making a note of
- Prototype multi worked flawlessly on jassin's 1FZ, and I believe Mitsu tested on a 1FZ
Issues on other board revisions:
- Menu reset button combination not always working correctly. Seems to be better when voltage lowered
- Green screen freeze on KoF'98
- Characters going off screen in KoF'98
- Random freezes with illegal instruction screen, seems to be UniBIOS related?
I have played with the proto and with *several* final versions and they work correctly in at least the 4 MoBos and the several SD cards I have tested with so far (including 1FZS which is my prefered one).. no glitches, no nothing.. they all behave the same. So, let's say it clear.. there's no generic problem with the carts.
Since there's no generic problem, what we need to find is the root cause for the few carts with graphic glitches, theories like voltage, cabling or trying to reverse engineer a multi layer PCB.. raise my eyebrow (which is already something) but doesn't sound very plausible, since it's not repduceable across several carts of the same batch using the same setup.
Logic tells us that it's either a firmware flash issue (and I don't mean menu-firmware but also cart-firmware) or a production or postproduction issue that affects only a small part of the carts of the same batch.
We are on it
Since there's no generic problem, what we need to find is the root cause for the few carts with graphic glitches, theories like voltage, cabling or trying to reverse engineer a multi layer PCB.. raise my eyebrow (which is already something) but doesn't sound very plausible, since it's not repduceable across several carts of the same batch using the same setup.
Logic tells us that it's either a firmware flash issue (and I don't mean menu-firmware but also cart-firmware) or a production or postproduction issue that affects only a small part of the carts of the same batch.
We are on it
Hello
I just got mine today, and I've been encountering some graphic and audio problems
I use a Sandisk Ultra 16Gb microSD card, and a MV1C mvs slot. I have the exact same problem with a MV2F.
I also tried to reduce the voltage (down to 4.6V) with no improvement.
Looking for help please
I just got mine today, and I've been encountering some graphic and audio problems
I use a Sandisk Ultra 16Gb microSD card, and a MV1C mvs slot. I have the exact same problem with a MV2F.
I also tried to reduce the voltage (down to 4.6V) with no improvement.
Looking for help please
I believe Mitsu posted somewhere that this is normal/expected behavior due to how the slot system works.
KoF 2003 and Metal Slug 3 are tied for first at 90MB
Garou and KoF 2000 are tied for 3rd at 89.7MB
so if you did KoF 2003, Metal Slug 3, and Garou that would be the 3 largest possible load using original titles.
I've seen that before..
First go to MVS -> Hardware Test ->Clear Backup RAM (pressing A+B+C) then:
1- Download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/eq9bgpe9zy3fikx/menu-25022018.rar
2- Copy the menu folder content to *both* /update/menu/* and to /games/Menu/*
3- Delete the BUFF file in the SD card
Reinsert the card and restart
ps- the Unibios Logo will be always corrupted (that's a feature)
the rest should look ok.
This is what we are trying to do right now. Separating what are issues like missing files or wrong romsets or faulty mobo, bad formatted microSD from real glitches that require a firmware upgrade. We'll get back with an update as soon as we can.
Forget that. It's exactly as it should be. Those resistors are not needed.
can you open up your cart and verify 
PM'd you.
noonan2678
Student
It's tough to keep this all in order and I'm sorry to add to it. Just wanted to throw my recent observations out there after more playtime and menu update:.
MV-1C
UniBios 3.3
HAS 2.1
SanDisk Ultra 32GB formatted with Rufus, 64kb clusters
tested 4.8-5.0V with no identifiable difference
latest menu version
smoke rom pack
- Menu update alone fixed the missing games in the list
- Graphical garble during the individual rom flashing is mostly gone - now there's a white strip of nonsense only on the far left of the screen. The text for the rom being flash to a slot will pop up for less than a second, then this for the duration of the flashing
- All games i've tested work without issue - previously, I had seen a couple of graphical issues with Top Players and KOF98. Not suggesting the menu fixed it, but they haven't been reproduced
- Had all (3) slots populated, played the games, then went back to menu to reflash. Added new games to each slot, rebooted to flash. Took a while on updating filesystem, then just rebooted to the original (3) games that were flashed. Played one for a bit more, repeated process, new games now flashed.
Can't say under what specific condition this happened. Is there any reason that the slots would behave differently if a game was removed from a slot then a new on added vs. just adding the new one on top of the one already there? I can't think of a logical reason this would matter, but asking anyway.
- Kind of random, but WindJammers seems to have its audio attenuated more than the rest of the games I've tried. This is just an observation and might be nothing.
Thanks for all the help so far! By far my favorite gaming setup now!
MV-1C
UniBios 3.3
HAS 2.1
SanDisk Ultra 32GB formatted with Rufus, 64kb clusters
tested 4.8-5.0V with no identifiable difference
latest menu version
smoke rom pack
- Menu update alone fixed the missing games in the list
- Graphical garble during the individual rom flashing is mostly gone - now there's a white strip of nonsense only on the far left of the screen. The text for the rom being flash to a slot will pop up for less than a second, then this for the duration of the flashing
- All games i've tested work without issue - previously, I had seen a couple of graphical issues with Top Players and KOF98. Not suggesting the menu fixed it, but they haven't been reproduced
- Had all (3) slots populated, played the games, then went back to menu to reflash. Added new games to each slot, rebooted to flash. Took a while on updating filesystem, then just rebooted to the original (3) games that were flashed. Played one for a bit more, repeated process, new games now flashed.
Can't say under what specific condition this happened. Is there any reason that the slots would behave differently if a game was removed from a slot then a new on added vs. just adding the new one on top of the one already there? I can't think of a logical reason this would matter, but asking anyway.
- Kind of random, but WindJammers seems to have its audio attenuated more than the rest of the games I've tried. This is just an observation and might be nothing.
Thanks for all the help so far! By far my favorite gaming setup now!
Good summary.
The thing that intrigues me more is the lower voltage thing, but we'll get to it. It's an extra thing for people to try *IF* they have issues.
Mitsurugi will get his hands on Jassin's and we'll see what changed between the prototype and the final version on his case.
About KOF98, that seem to be a game specific issue.
J
jassin000
Tracking ETA is Monday, I've included my Samsung 32gb Evo with Art of Fighting (AoF) flashed to slot 1 (for quick testing).
I don't know at this time if it's correct to say something changed, it could be a defect (these do exist in the mass production world, at my fab some complex masks have a 15% failure rate expected).
that's right! Let's see what mitsu can find out.
legolas119
Student
hi guys, I have updated the menu and I have loaded my fist 3 games:
slot 1: Garou
slot 2: matrimelee
slot 3: mutation nation
Here my questions/problems:
1) If I run Garou it works. If I run Mutation Nation it works. But if I run Matrimelee it appears a strange sound, then "updating menu" and then "please power off then power on". Even if I restard my consolizd MVS, if I run matrimelee, there is same problem
2) During a game, is it correct to push A+D+START in order to retunr in the main menù with the 3 slots?
3) In the main menu, with 3 slots and 3 games assigned, there is , at the left bottom side, "S OPTIONS". But which is the S button? I tried Select and Start, but i'm not able to return in the option menu so I can't change games and so on
If I push START --> it run the SLOT 1 game
If I push SELECT --> the flashcard reboot and it appears the menu with the 3 games slot
4) where can I find a mini-guide with the command and functions of the flashcard?
thank you!
slot 1: Garou
slot 2: matrimelee
slot 3: mutation nation
Here my questions/problems:
1) If I run Garou it works. If I run Mutation Nation it works. But if I run Matrimelee it appears a strange sound, then "updating menu" and then "please power off then power on". Even if I restard my consolizd MVS, if I run matrimelee, there is same problem
2) During a game, is it correct to push A+D+START in order to retunr in the main menù with the 3 slots?
3) In the main menu, with 3 slots and 3 games assigned, there is , at the left bottom side, "S OPTIONS". But which is the S button? I tried Select and Start, but i'm not able to return in the option menu so I can't change games and so on
If I push START --> it run the SLOT 1 game
If I push SELECT --> the flashcard reboot and it appears the menu with the 3 games slot
4) where can I find a mini-guide with the command and functions of the flashcard?
thank you!
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you hold joystick right and start
S is for Start, this didn't work for me either until I upgraded to the latest menu. Have you updated to the latest menu version?
Darksoft's MultiMVS Latest Firmware and Instructions
legolas119
Student
thanks
Yes, I have updated the menu, now in my update folder the menu folder is disappeared so it means that the menù is correctly updated, am I right? Is it better to format the microSD and put again the folders update/menu and games/Menu (and all the games list)?
Yes, I have updated the menu, now in my update folder the menu folder is disappeared so it means that the menù is correctly updated, am I right? Is it better to format the microSD and put again the folders update/menu and games/Menu (and all the games list)?
