As the subject says... I am having some problems getting the damn thing to boot. I have the IPL ROM cartridge in the front slot of the DCC board and a v64jr (6102 jap boot card) with the ipl4rom loaded onto it in the back slot of the DCC board. I am using a Japanese KMC N64. As far as I know it only has the 4Meg standard jumper pack but this shouldnt matter. It should be able to boot the IPL from the ipl4rom and give the memory error but it doesnt. How does the switch on the DCC board work? is it supposed to be in the position closest to the back slot (ipl4rom) on boot, and then flipped into the other position later? Does anyone have any ideas on what has to be done to start it up? Shiggsy
your cart interface the type with just the cable, or with a slot on the back ? I have a complete set, there's a sub board set you need to use.
Im not sure what you mean. I have the N64-Joint in the KMC N64 unit and the DCC board is connected to the N64-Joint. The IPL ROM is connected to the front slot on the DCC board and I have a v64jr instead of a flash cartridge in the back slot on the DCC board. Exactly like I think it is supposed to be: ANY help would be greatly appreciated. If no one has been able to start it this way...has anyone been able to start it with the partner-n64 cartridge and with "resetdd" from a computer? Shiggsy
2-2 64DD On-Board ROM The commercial version of the 64DD (the consumer-use drive) contains built-in mask ROM. This mask ROM is called DDROM. DDROM contains the following data: IPL Font data Wave data Figure 2-2-1 DDROM Map The development-use 64DD does not have built-in DDROM, but font data and wave data are supplied on the IPL ROM Cartridge. The IPL program is used to transfer special development IPL to the emulation ROM and to write to the N64 Flash ROM cartridge. In addition, when emulating the 64DD on the hard disk, DDROM can be used when there is no IPL ROM cartridge since the 64DD emulation application supports DDROM. This font data and wave data is not compatible with the 64DD. You can use this data when the 64DD is connected to N64. 2-2-1 IPL IPL is the program for booting a game from the 64DD disk. This program executes when power is supplied to the N64 Control Deck if a Game Pak has not been inserted in the Control Deck. The main roles of the IPL program are listed below: Checks for expanded memory Displays a message prompting the user to insert a disk Displays and sets the clock Boots a game after a disk is inserted Stores the ID of the booted disk to RDRAM All these processes must be performed on the application side when a ROM cartridge is inserted in the N64 since the N64 is started with a non-IPL ROM cartridge. 2-2-2 Font Data Font data for both alphabetic characters and kanji characters(equivalent to JIS,First Standard) is prepared in DDROM for displaying error messages. Three functions are available to help determine which address each font starts from (For more details, see [64DD Programming Manual]). The start address 0x000A_0000 for font data in DDROM is defined as DDROM_FONT_START in the header file leo.h. 2-2-3 Wave Data Both 32KHzADPCM and 16KHzADPCM compression format data (.aifc) is available as waveform data for sounds. (For more details, see [64DD Programming Manual]). The start address 0x0014_0000 for wave data in DDROM is defined as DDROM_WAVETABLE_START in the header file leo.h. 3-1 The Development-Use Drive vs. the Consumer-Use Drive There are two types of 64DD drive: One for development use and the other for consumer use. Please note that these two types of drives have their own dedicated disks. The Development-Use Drive : Disk Insertion Slot(Bezel) = Blue Disk = Blue The Consumer-Use Drive : Disk Insertion Slot(Bezel) = Black Disk = Grey Please be sure and use the appropriate type of disk with the proper drive. The hardware of the two systems is different, and you can damage a drive if you insert the wrong kind of disk.
Just going on a whim here, maybe theres a check to see if the flash cart is a legit one? and not a "bootleg" (so to speak)?
64DD comes with one and extraction tool and the booklet mentioned how to replace it... there's two small hols on the packing foam 64DD comes in where these are in...
Well apparently it doesn't make sense to you. You might notice above my initial post that there's a triple post by... you! Also, you just joined today and you already have 10 posts, most of which are useless and incomprehensible. You've just become the most useless member ever, give yourself a hand :clap: In the time it took me to make this post, you made three more useless posts :banghead:
learn by reading around more first. Check out the rules that you agreed to by signing up. I hovered around these boards for a while until i felt it right to post
