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WoodBeyond DSPico (short review)

Nice blog!
That does seem weird that the measurements dont fit into the Cartridge slot without some aid. They either got the measurements wrong or bad quality control? Also how is the games? Do any games have black bars or flickering like some DS flashcarts? I would have imagine that they run significantly better then standard ds carts at least.
 
Nebulon_Galaxy said:
Nice blog!
That does seem weird that the measurements dont fit into the Cartridge slot without some aid. They either got the measurements wrong or bad quality control? Also how is the games? Do any games have black bars or flickering like some DS flashcarts? I would have imagine that they run significantly better then standard ds carts at least.
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Your only way of getting the cartridge to fit, is by sanding down the back or front of the shell, so it'll at least (hopefully) fit snugly. The games themselves run flawlessly as Pico-Loader has solid support and faster loading times over something, like, nds-bootstrap would. It's probably, by far, my favorite flashcart to use so far, so I'll keep it in my DS for now until I get to do further testing.

Believe me when I say this, but there's no firmware pre-programmed onto the cart, you have to compile it yourself before transferring it to the Pico. I can't say this is recommended for the people who want to play their DS ROMs straight from the microSD card once they insert it, it requires extra steps if you understand how to compile source code via an SDK. The WoodBeyond team should've maybe done that from the start, but I believe this is something to do with legal issues as it requires the "official" blowfish keys to sign the firmware, which was dumped from the gigaleaks. It's more targeted towards the more experienced and experimental hobbyist for developing homebrew that interfaces with the DSPico with the extra capabilities it has in mind (considering it's a DSi-mode capable flashcart). If you have any flashcart, that being the Ace3DS+ or AK2i, you can download Pico-Launcher and its loader for your specific cart and run your games as if you have one.
 
SylverReZ said:
Your only way of getting the cartridge to fit, is by sanding down the back or front of the shell, so it'll at least (hopefully) fit snugly. The games themselves run flawlessly as Pico-Loader has solid support and faster loading times over something, like, nds-bootstrap would. It's probably, by far, my favorite flashcart to use so far, so I'll keep it in my DS for now until I get to do further testing.

Believe me when I say this, but there's no firmware pre-programmed onto the cart, you have to compile it yourself before transferring it to the Pico. I can't say this is recommended for the people who want to play their DS ROMs straight from the microSD card once they insert it, it requires extra steps if you understand how to compile source code via an SDK. The WoodBeyond team should've maybe done that from the start, but I believe this is something to do with legal issues as it requires the "official" blowfish keys to sign the firmware, which was dumped from the gigaleaks. It's more targeted towards the more experienced and experimental hobbyist for developing homebrew that interfaces with the DSPico with the extra capabilities it has in mind (considering it's a DSi-mode capable flashcart). If you have any flashcart, that being the Ace3DS+ or AK2i, you can download Pico-Launcher and its loader for your specific cart and run your games as if you have one.
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Cool! there has to be someone that already made it to boot games via an sd card already. The faster load times is what i really like.
 
SylverReZ said:
Your only way of getting the cartridge to fit, is by sanding down the back or front of the shell, so it'll at least (hopefully) fit snugly. The games themselves run flawlessly as Pico-Loader has solid support and faster loading times over something, like, nds-bootstrap would. It's probably, by far, my favorite flashcart to use so far, so I'll keep it in my DS for now until I get to do further testing.

Believe me when I say this, but there's no firmware pre-programmed onto the cart, you have to compile it yourself before transferring it to the Pico. I can't say this is recommended for the people who want to play their DS ROMs straight from the microSD card once they insert it, it requires extra steps if you understand how to compile source code via an SDK. The WoodBeyond team should've maybe done that from the start, but I believe this is something to do with legal issues as it requires the "official" blowfish keys to sign the firmware, which was dumped from the gigaleaks. It's more targeted towards the more experienced and experimental hobbyist for developing homebrew that interfaces with the DSPico with the extra capabilities it has in mind (considering it's a DSi-mode capable flashcart). If you have any flashcart, that being the Ace3DS+ or AK2i, you can download Pico-Launcher and its loader for your specific cart and run your games as if you have one.
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😃that’s pretty neat
:sailor-embarrassed: and for whatever reason, reading all this makes it hard not to think about this video, even though its off topic but I can’t get it out of my system, it’s quite odd but thought might be fun sharing anyways 😊
 
Had to google to see what this DSPico thing was all about, neat. But still, weird how a DS flashcart product has troubling fitting in DSs. I kept thinking "Welp, time to bring out the file" & sure enough you sanded it down lol.
I once had a R4i flashcart back in the day but after like a year of use it suddenly died (& couldn't repair it). Any chance something like this could die after a few years of use?
 
Anim8rDude said:
I once had a R4i flashcart back in the day but after like a year of use it suddenly died (& couldn't repair it). Any chance something like this could die after a few years of use?
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Have you tried cleaning the contacts with isopropyl alcohol? The contacts can become dirty from fingerprints or dust alone, hence it's not making a solid connection with the pins. You can also try slipping a thin piece of card underneath to give the contacts some leverage as it's a common problem with flimsy carts.

Do you have a photo of the flashcart in question? There's probably, like, a dozen or-so R4i carts with the same name, I might be able to help you out since I know about them.
 
Yousef said:
😃that’s pretty neat
:sailor-embarrassed: and for whatever reason, reading all this makes it hard not to think about this video, even though its off topic but I can’t get it out of my system, it’s quite odd but thought might be fun sharing anyways 😊
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Those adapters look absolutely ludicrous to install, just imagine how much space is wasted by a fraction due to the height, and I bet the motherboard might not even fit into the case right with the adapter attached. But that's unfortunately what some people are doing because of the RAM shortage crisis.
 
SylverReZ said:
Have you tried cleaning the contacts with isopropyl alcohol? The contacts can become dirty from fingerprints or dust alone, hence it's not making a solid connection with the pins. You can also try slipping a thin piece of card underneath to give the contacts some leverage as it's a common problem with flimsy carts.

Do you have a photo of the flashcart in question? There's probably, like, a dozen or-so R4i carts with the same name, I might be able to help you out since I know about them.
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Oh this was like 10 years ago, pretty sure I don't have it anymore :sailor-embarrassed:
Oddly enough this sounds like the exact advice that I read back then, fairly sure I cleaned it & even did the paper trick, & the SD card still worked. The thing just stopped working for after a year, & never bought DS flashcarts since then. Oh well!
 
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