Card converter issues/incompatability...?

[clackattack]

New to the site so let me start off by saying HEY GUYZ! Awesome amount of great TG16 stuff around here, I love it! Ok, I wasnt 100% sure if this thread should be in this cat. but since it was kinda technical i figured wth...
   SOOOOooooo started a a few months ago when I had the uncontrollable desire to be able to jam out on some the awesome "Turbo Duo" games that are out there. What I have at home is my TG16 with the CD attachment, and i had no desire to shell out an arm AND a leg just to play the few titles I seem to have such an itch for, so that immediately rules out buying a TurboDuo, so I decided to go the Super System Card route instead. Well, to my dismay, the damn SSC3.0 is 200+ right now on Ebay, so once again, being as frugal as possible, I elected to find an adapter instead since I already had access to a SSSC3.0 for PCengine. Found a guy out of Canada that sells a really nice looking converter, so i grabbed that and it FINALLY came in the mail night before last.... thats when my issue began.

So with the adapter and any PCengine HUcard game, it runs beautifully. When i put in the super system card, it boots to the main menu properly, but when I toss in my friend's backup of Castlevania X, it loads into the bogus little error game and says i need to play the game using a super system card, but there IS a super system card in it, and the system definitely recognizes the card because it displays all the cards info (i.e. build code and name) in the initial boot screen. Am i doing something wrong here? Do i actually need to do a region MOD on my system? Maybe the backup wasnt burned properly? Is the adapter not supporting the ram portion of the card? Can't figure this out and was hoping maybe someone around here could shed some light on the subject for me. Thinking I shouldve jsut shelled out the little extra $$$ and bought the US SSC3.0

[Keith Courage]

are you sure the system isn't telling you to format the system memory? this is a normal error to see,

also, I've come across a few bad 3.0 cards before where only 2.0 cd games would work on them.

[Necromancer]

Sounds like he's seeing the syscard error "game" to me.

Perhaps the contacts are slightly dirty and providing just enough resistance to keep the ram from being properly powered and used.  Try cleaning 'em up real good.

[Bernie]

Im thinking you bought the same converter I did.  Had issues running the Arcade Card Pro, BUT it is stated on the site that it was tested with the 3.0, so it should work.

[clackattack]

Well I formatted my system mem but still no luck, and yes, it is the little funny "oops wrong game" thing. Does people around here sell thier NTSC-U cards ofter? maybe i should just do that and return this crap whilst i still can 

The converter is made in Canada and labeled DB Electronics. Theyre on eBay, good price, nice looking. im wondering if there is an issue with it....

[Necromancer]

I doubt there's anything wrong with the converter.

[clackattack]

Any other ideas? All contacts on the converter and the system card are very clean and corrosion-free. Is there possibly an issue with the backup that was made? not sure the speed it was recorded at but I know its on a Taiyo Yuden... The strangest thing has to be the fact that after I made a backup of Beyond Shadowgate, it works fine! I toss in my 2.0 system card and Beyond gives me the "super system card required" error message, I swap it out for the JPN super system card and it loads up and works fine! But for some reason, Dragon Slayer nor Rondo of Blood seem to like the card.... has no one else had any similar issues!?!? Perhaps the universe is trying to tell me something 

[TheOldMan]

Any other ideas?

Look up the region mod information, and read it carefully. (I know, you aren't going to mod the console. But read the information.)

Since Dracula X is a jp release, Did you do the part of the mod that involves doing something to a single pin from one of the chips. (I think you have to ground it, but am not sure).

Just because the system card boots doesn't mean the game isn't checking the region like that

[Necromancer]

You don't need to ground pin 29 on US consoles.

[TheOldMan]

Just a thought.
Makes me wonder if the WR line is connected, though.

[Necromancer]

Would the ram draw more power than a normal game?  Perhaps the huey slot voltage is too low, kinda like how some systems choke on a flashcart.

[roflmao]

Where are you located?  Maybe you can meet up with a fellow forumite and test the card/converter/disc on their hardware.

[clackattack]

I live in Athens Ga. and that would be awesome it someone was near me some possible testing could be done. I talked to the seller i got it from, and he said if I wanted he would willing to send me a replacement first and then i would return the defective one, or if the replacement card showed the same issue he also offered a refund on the original purchase... but i WANT to amke this work!

[clackattack]

Look up the region mod information, and read it carefully. (I know, you aren't going to mod the console. But read the information.)

Since Dracula X is a jp release, Did you do the part of the mod that involves doing something to a single pin from one of the chips. (I think you have to ground it, but am not sure).

Just because the system card boots doesn't mean the game isn't checking the region like that

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Same issue with the US Dragon Slayer and Dynastic Hero

[clackattack]

Just a thought.
Makes me wonder if the WR line is connected, though.

What exactly do you mean by this? Dunno if it helps out at all but Beyond Shadowgate and Bonk 3 both work fine with my Jap SSC3.0 in the adapter, but the games I wanna play dont work!