Shirohagen
Brutal Deluxe
Hi
I got my GP32 this morning after a lot of careful thought and research here on gp32x.de. I knew they were more complex than most consoles, and I consider myself pretty computer literate, but I was genuinely unprepared for just how baffling the thing is to get to work.
Here is what I have:
1 GP32, Batteries, 16MB SMC, USB cable.
1 CD from GBAX with all the files on.
1 Macintosh running OSX (10.2.8) & Virtual PC to run Windows XP.
1 Olympus Digital Camera to use as a SMC reader stand-in.
I have installed the PC Link software in Windows XP, and 'installed' the drivers, although there was no sign of anything happening, I just right-clicked 'install' on the file.
I can set the GP32 to 'Link' mode in either GP's fw157e++, Pacrom v0.31b or PC-Link v1.01 through the multi-firmware GBAX installed for me, but whenever I try to use the PC Link app on WinXP it "fails to open the USB port" and I'm left clueless! The GP32 is not present in the Windows Device Manager and did not prompt any Windows message when it was first plugged in.
I tried using my Digital Camera to put files onto the card in the correct structure manually in OSX, but In the GP Firmware, it doesn't recognise any games or MP3s which I have been using to test. I wondered if it disrupts the structure or format somehow as it does create a digital pics folder on the SMC...
Basically I'm totally lost now and getting more pissed off by the moment, there was a note on this site's homepage also stating that the GP32 was now recognised via USB in Mac OSX 10.2.8, but I can't get the SMC to appear on the desktop like it does with the camera.
Can anyone help me? I spent a considerable amount of money on this thing and have nothing but an amusingly shaped paperweight at the moment!
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I got my GP32 this morning after a lot of careful thought and research here on gp32x.de. I knew they were more complex than most consoles, and I consider myself pretty computer literate, but I was genuinely unprepared for just how baffling the thing is to get to work.
Here is what I have:
1 GP32, Batteries, 16MB SMC, USB cable.
1 CD from GBAX with all the files on.
1 Macintosh running OSX (10.2.8) & Virtual PC to run Windows XP.
1 Olympus Digital Camera to use as a SMC reader stand-in.
I have installed the PC Link software in Windows XP, and 'installed' the drivers, although there was no sign of anything happening, I just right-clicked 'install' on the file.
I can set the GP32 to 'Link' mode in either GP's fw157e++, Pacrom v0.31b or PC-Link v1.01 through the multi-firmware GBAX installed for me, but whenever I try to use the PC Link app on WinXP it "fails to open the USB port" and I'm left clueless! The GP32 is not present in the Windows Device Manager and did not prompt any Windows message when it was first plugged in.
I tried using my Digital Camera to put files onto the card in the correct structure manually in OSX, but In the GP Firmware, it doesn't recognise any games or MP3s which I have been using to test. I wondered if it disrupts the structure or format somehow as it does create a digital pics folder on the SMC...
Basically I'm totally lost now and getting more pissed off by the moment, there was a note on this site's homepage also stating that the GP32 was now recognised via USB in Mac OSX 10.2.8, but I can't get the SMC to appear on the desktop like it does with the camera.
Can anyone help me? I spent a considerable amount of money on this thing and have nothing but an amusingly shaped paperweight at the moment!
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