hi people it seems when you format your smc by windows xp it cant be seen/read by the GP no matter if you use FAT16 or FAT32 (not sure what the right one is) some people have to format there smc by the firmware installed or using the pc link
well tonight i get into a situation when i had formatted my smc using xp then finding out that gp cant read it then when trying to use pc link to try a usb based format i cant get it to connect i get errors like "timed out" or some other annoying error message- basicly there was no way i could get it to format , it was suggested by ppl in irc that the smc switch had busted inside the gp it wasent the case..
Solution: Format your card in Win2k or Win98 perhaps
i dont know what winxp does to the FAT partition but it must be dodgy..
i dont think the deafult firmware has any format tool if it has its well hidden- cant upgrade firmware eather as its a faulty gp32 ( gp32+ screen bars etc)-no recompiles of firmware have been made yet that i know of...
anyways thats the end of my annoying post maybe i should of put it in the F&Q i dont know -(sorry if this issue has allready been addressed allso)
Steve gp32_console
well tonight i get into a situation when i had formatted my smc using xp then finding out that gp cant read it then when trying to use pc link to try a usb based format i cant get it to connect i get errors like "timed out" or some other annoying error message- basicly there was no way i could get it to format , it was suggested by ppl in irc that the smc switch had busted inside the gp it wasent the case..
Solution: Format your card in Win2k or Win98 perhaps
i dont know what winxp does to the FAT partition but it must be dodgy..
i dont think the deafult firmware has any format tool if it has its well hidden- cant upgrade firmware eather as its a faulty gp32 ( gp32+ screen bars etc)-no recompiles of firmware have been made yet that i know of...
anyways thats the end of my annoying post maybe i should of put it in the F&Q i dont know -(sorry if this issue has allready been addressed allso)
Steve gp32_console