Need some help because im thinking i have a bad flash on my Katana. First at all, i read the manual from the sdk, but there are some questions. I run the DA Check tool where both sides are tested and all tests passed correctly. I can also flash 2 sides from here? Is it the same as in GD-Workshop? When i flash, i musst switch the slider on the front to the right, correct? When i switch the 4 dip switches to ON ON OFF ON i got red screen with crit error, so selftest failed? Have somene for me a good flash and can tell how exatcly to use it? Or is anything OK when the DA-Check are both sides green? regards Chris
Can you post a screenshot of the red screen & the window of DA-Check ? (If both sides in DA-Check are green, I don't reflash the devkit, but I don't think I've ever had a red screen like you)
the red screen is only when i run OS mode with dip sw 4 is ON. Can someone give me the flash files for both sides?
excuse me but i did not understand correctly what your problem is. Have you already flashed the unit and you think you did it wrong because you see the red screen? Or is it the case that you did nothing, and you think that the unit had a bad bios to begin with? If DACheck passes all tests, then most major functionality is ok and i would advise you to stay cool and avoid any flash attempts. Maybe something else is wrong. Please show us the red screen, or upload a video on youtube so we can see what is going on, and maybe we can give you some better advice.
the problem is that no game starts. i try dead or alive 2 and RE Code Veronica, both NTSC/JP on 0 rotary switch. I changed the GD Drive, also no bootup. The katana boots up fine into dashboard. When i input a disc it checks it, i can hear it read the disc, but it failed on last part and dont start. So i was thinking on the flash. Will create a video soon.
i think the drive checks newly inserted discs even when the unit is in emulation mode (i am away now, can't check mine to tell you for sure). Have you checked if the devbox is in emulation mode? This might be your problem.
hmmm.... interesting, never had that one. What I would try: - change the rotary switch to 1, then see what the self-test gives. Reboot, and test with the other positions. Depending on the position of the rotary switch, you can get other self-tests. - I would switch the drive mode of the devkit in GDWorkshop - I would then check for loose connectors, and check again - I would then dump the bios & the flash ram. This can be done with Codescape. (your Bios version is not the usual one for a 5.24 devkit, which would be 1.011* . 1.011* = period around SDK R9 / 1.55J, so this Bios would be older. Dumping the bios to check if it is a special one, dumping the flash ram to see eg which games have been played on the devkit & co ) - You can reflash the devkit, though my guess would be that it wouldn't solve your issue. Never had that problem though, so don't take my word for it... You can find the files in the \Utl\Dev\DBFlash folder (SDK 11). I would use that program to flash the devkit. There is a readme file in the folder.
you have the clean flashes for me, please? i have SDks but its difficult because its my PS1 dev pc i have to switch scsi burner from katana and so... really help if i can get the flash files..
i have never seen this error...and your bios is clearly different from the last one as t_chan mentioned. first of all, have you checked your system's serial number? Is it really a set 5.24 or is it an earlier unit like 5.16 or even 5.23? You can usually find the serial number on the underside or on a sticker on the motherboard. It should be a long number starting with "S524...." . Make sure you have checked it before you proceed with any kind of flashing. Before flashing, i would try to play with the rotary switch because as t_chan said different settings give different self-tests, however i do not remember the different settings. Also try to set the system in emulation mode and boot a game using gd-workshop, just to make sure the rest of the system is working ok. Regarding the bios files, you can find them bundled with the DBFlash utility inside the different SDKs. The process is straighforward. Just make sure you have a good scsi connection.
this kit have 1.001 which comes with WinCE SDK v1.0 this firmware version supports Japan region games only, so it won't boot any NTSC-US or PAL GD-ROMs
Indeed. As far as I know from the info collected around the net, it also came with SDK R5.2x, R7, R8 & 1.42J, so around april-may 1999. 1.011 came out a few months later (august 1999?), and was used in the more recent SDKs until the end I think... (Japanese SDK 2.0J of 19 sept 2000 / SDK R11 of 27 february 2001) Jackhead -> Like dmtnkl said, be sure to check the serial number on the bottom of your devkit to see if it is a 5.24 or not. If it's an older model, you might need some specific firmwares... Didn't know that, interesting...
haven't seen such info, sadly R5-R8 SDKs is not public available, hope someone will confirm or deny this one day. based on debugging and disassembly it is somewhat similar to retail DC 1.004 BIOS, which is also hardcoded to Japan. both of them doesn't yet have region switching code, depending on flash rom contents in DC or rotary switch position in Dev.Box
