Need a RAW Action Replay / Game Shark dump (2 Mbit (256K x8) Page-Mode EEPROM)

Hi. I need a RAW Action Replay / Game Shark dump of the EEPROM.

My Willem 'Universal' programmer can not do a 2 Mbit (256K x8) Page-Mode EEPROM.


If you have a programmer that can dump that type of EEPROM, please try and dump it for me.

Most AR / GS ROM's are PLCC or PDIP. So they are easy to de-solder and wire up.

I did mine, only to realise that my piece of shit 'universal' programmer can't do it.


Thanks.

 

Pretty sure your programmer should support it.

What is the part number of the chip and which flavour of willem

 

:shrug: you have any adapters comming with your willem?
http://www.sivava.com/

I mean, It can do really alott. Maybe some settings or adapter is needed.
But I dont own a good replay device. maybe you can write a dumper with r fpga or other mcu. ;-)

Whats the chips name? myn got a 29F010 1 Mbit 128Kb x8 / Uniform Block Single Supply Flash thingy.

 

SST29EE020


http://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/46495/SST/SST29EE020.html

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Willem-U..._Measurement_Equipment_ET&hash=item2eb0b605d1

 

Noob question here: what's the difference between the currently available dumped AR/GS ROMs and the RAW that you're trying to get?

 

ROM's are ready to be flashed onto the chip itself.

The RAW dump from the EEPROM is when it has all be flashed on and extracted basically. Hence, the code behind it will be easier to (hopefully) crack into.

 

Rom is a raw dump ready to go on the chip too. The AR doesn't have much else inside it and you don't use an updater program that self extracts

I don't think you understand how it works

 

I would rather try anyway to see if you're right

If only this stupid programmer would accept a PDIP / QFP similar to the SST one above...

 

that "stupid programmer" works fine with those chips.

User error. You seem to blame everything else first. You should have just asked for help with how to read that chip with your programmer.

Instead you come here and make yourself look foolish or that you have no clue what you are doing.

29EE010 is supported, which is half the size. This means there is 1 extra address line (A17).

Worst case, you can tie A17 low then read the chip as a 29EE010, then tie it high and read it again. Merge those 2 files together and you have your dump.

Next time try not the blame the tools when everyone here knows you are still just a beginner.

 

Hmm...

I will try again tomorrow and let you know what happens.

 

Mate, I checked the list and there is no such IC as 29EE010 in the programmer device list for EEPROM.

It is only under Flash. Last time I looked, the chip was an EEPROM.

Are you telling me, you select a device from the Flash list to write to an EEPROM instead of selecting a device from the EEPROM list?

 

Flash and EEPROM are very similar. There is also only 1 chip that is 29EE010. By the process of elimination, it is the correct one.

 

Well that is quite odd.
Nonetheless, I will give it a go tonight

lol, 'Stupid Program' (not Programmer)

 

Read it as a 27C020. All parallel EPROM, EEPROM and Flash are read the same. Also I dunno who would ever call a Willem programmer universal, universal denotes flexible pindrivers. Willems opt for only one or two functions per pin, manually wired via DIP and jumpers. That's why it's necessary to have so many discrete device sockets.

 

Thanks Calpis. I will try that also and let you know what device setting worked correctly.

 

while cleaning my external hdd. I have more than 1 and this one will be formated. I found a url, maybe its usefull. maybe not. Dint care to look, just found it has some apps and Actionreplay files.
http://www.psxcare.com/download/playstation/playstation_download.html

search told me, this url not on assemblergames... maybe some gems, or not

 

Interesting link. Thanks!

 

I just checked this out of curiosity, and Bad_Ad84 is right. The problem here is user error quite clearly.

Just because MCUmall has the SST29EE020 listed as an EPROM doesn't make it an EPROM. On the other hand just because they list it as compatible doesn't make it compatible. People make mistakes but what seems clear here is that the SST29EE020 is compatible with at least the GQ-4X (the model I own) without the need for any adapters.