EverDrive 64

Only tried the menu so far (not running any games), but that works perfectly on a PAL machine now

Great work

 

If anyone wants a donor cart for this I just picked up Madden Football 64 (yack).

 

EvilDragon! Nice to see you here!

 

Hmmm.. interesting... with the latest FlashRAM firmware at least, if you boot the ED64 with it plugged into a GameShark, it'll put the gameshark into a flashing mode, and flash new firmware onto the gameshark and make the GameShark unable to boot.

Also, for whatever reason Perfect Dark (I checked 1.0 and 1.1 from GoodN64) will not detect the expansion pack when run off of the everdrive, though the original cart works just fine. Also, Turok 3 finds the expansion pack just fine. Again, this is under FW 1.11.

EDIT: After looking at it more, it seems like if I run Turok 3 first, which finds the expansion pack, then Perfect Dark will as well.

 

looks like flashram works not in all carts by some magical reason, so i should work bit more over this thing. my brain will blow

 

I have no problem with perfect dark. Both 1.0 and 1.1 boot and detect the expansion pak without having to boot another game first. I have the 1.11 firmware/OS and it's running on an NTSC N64.

 

I'm in the UK and still waiting, in the 6th week now. I guess mine is one of the 40 day hold-up ones :crying:

 

Hmm.. it seems to be working just fine now

 

Maybe I'm just dumb, but I can't figure out how to update the firmware on the ED64. I have the built-in USB option, but I can't find any instructions. I figured out from the device string "FT24R USB FIFO" where to get USB drivers. I downloaded a couple of different programmers and found one called "FT_PROG" that recognizes the device, but it wants files named .rom to update, and while file extensions are pretty arbitrary, I figured there might be a reason that the firmware updates were named differently.

So, does anyone have instructions for updating via the built-in USB?

 

You cannot update the firmware over the usb connector. You have to use a USB-Blaster to update the firmware.

 

You need an USB Blaster and the Quartus Software from Altera to update. Connect to the Active Serial Port on the cart.

Krikzz actually made a youtube video that shows it all in great detail and should be easy to follow.

 

I saw the video but I figured it was for units without built-in USB. If I have to get a USB blaster to update firmware, what the hell was the point of the USB port on the device?

 

usb usefull only for development

 

Woo mine arrived this morning. very excited to try it out later. Thanks Krikzz
I better grab a USB Blaster too sometime to make use of new firmwares in the future.

Is this the right thing? I know its in china but its cheap
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Alte...530?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a65225f02

 

Do you know if any other JTAG programmer will work with the Quartus software?

I have a Xilinx Platform USB 1 & 2 cables.

 

i not sure, but probably only altera blasters will work

 

Does it matter which "USB Blaster" I get as long as it's "Altera"?

For instance would this one work?
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-USB-BLASTER...ltDomain_0&hash=item336856c508#ht_4047wt_1398

 

should be fine

 

Hey Krikzz,
You still producing carts? Have not seen any available online for weeks now.

 

i still prodicong them