Post Your Handheld Collections!!

[AcidiC]

That tops all other handhelds you own

 

[dcgms_parachute_account_]

haha yeah these are actually rarer than the tezuka osamu versions i have

this was the first one listed in months, I had to grab it

 

[Azalin]

Well, i lack any form of digital recording, so you'll have to take my word when i say that i own a GB, GBC, GBA, GP2x, Nomad, VMU, and am currently bidding on this interesting little thing: http://cgi.ebay.ca/Barcode-Battler-Conveni...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Aaaaaaaa]

that looks pretty interesting actually.

 

[AcidiC]

Reminds me of that megaman show

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

BUMP

ebay's image. I'm too lazy to take out the camera

It's a limited black GP32 NLU. Can overclock to a beastly 256mhz!!

 

[Alex.]

That looks magnificent! *Looks at broken Blu+ sitting lonely in a drawer *

- Alex

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

That looks magnificent! *Looks at broken Blu+ sitting lonely in a drawer *

- Alex

what's wrong with it? Just fried?

 

[Alex.]

It doesn't recognize SMC cards anymore. It says something along the lines "card not found, or card not properly inserted" in white text on a black background. I tried 2 or 3 different cards, and all of them show the same message. The weird thing is that this happened out of the blue, I didn't drop the unit or fry it or anything like that.

- Alex

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

It doesn't recognize SMC cards anymore. It says something along the lines "card not found, or card not properly inserted" in white text on a black background. I tried 2 or 3 different cards, and all of them show the same message. The weird thing is that this happened out of the blue, I didn't drop the unit or fry it or anything like that.

- Alex

maybe PM evildragon, I hear he's pretty handy at fixing these things.

 

[SiDCrAzY]

I can't believe I just read this entire thread from beginning to end h34r:

 

[slaanesh]

It doesn't recognize SMC cards anymore. It says something along the lines "card not found, or card not properly inserted" in white text on a black background. I tried 2 or 3 different cards, and all of them show the same message. The weird thing is that this happened out of the blue, I didn't drop the unit or fry it or anything like that.

- Alex

maybe PM evildragon, I hear he's pretty handy at fixing these things.

The reason seems to be that the pins do not contact the SMC card anymore.

I found that "fattening" the SMC card helps this problem. What I did was add some thickness to my SMC by taping some layers of paper behind it. Not too many, as you won't be able to squeeze it back in the SMC slot.
Two small stamp sized pieces did the trick for me. Give it a try!

 

[Sphinxter]

I was saving myself for the gp2x.

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

Well there you go. Hurry up alex, I want to hear if it works or not!

 

[NoZ]

I dont think this has been posted yet, but damm check out this wet dream of consoles .

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...47985%26fvi%3D1

 

[cesarcardoso]

I dont think this has been posted yet, but damm check out this wet dream of consoles .

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...47985%26fvi%3D1

Luckily I don't have 3000 euros handily available h34r:

 

[Shikaku]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SNv2xEyyeg

I want this XD

 

[Alex.]

It doesn't recognize SMC cards anymore. It says something along the lines "card not found, or card not properly inserted" in white text on a black background. I tried 2 or 3 different cards, and all of them show the same message. The weird thing is that this happened out of the blue, I didn't drop the unit or fry it or anything like that.

- Alex

maybe PM evildragon, I hear he's pretty handy at fixing these things.

The reason seems to be that the pins do not contact the SMC card anymore.

I found that "fattening" the SMC card helps this problem. What I did was add some thickness to my SMC by taping some layers of paper behind it. Not too many, as you won't be able to squeeze it back in the SMC slot.
Two small stamp sized pieces did the trick for me. Give it a try!

I added many layers of scotch tape to the card's back, and tested as I added more, to no results. I opened the unit to check out the SMC slot (it seems to be soldered on the board, so there's no chance of opening it up and unbending any bent pins), and there seems to be one pin bent down, on one of the ends. I have no idea if that's normal or not, or if those pins are the ones who connect to the SMC at all - I'm totally blind on these kinds of things.

On an interesting note, when there's no SMC inserted, when you press Play the black screen appears automatically telling you that there's no card inserted. However, when I put a card in and press Play, it first goes to the loading data screen, then it quickly shows that black screen. That means that it detects the card in some manner, so the problem could be elsewhere.

Thanks for your help slaanesh!

- Alex

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

strange. I'd definitely ask ED or craig what a repair would cost. I know the former would probably be very fair with pricing. I don't know what craig could charge though.

 

[Alex.]

Too bad both live on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean... Shipping and repair costs may not be worth it for me anymore. I use the GP2X now anyway, and since I started coding for it the Gp32 really didn't see much action.

Rip young friend gp32_console just over one year old

- Alex