Neo Flash Cart for Dummies - Help!

[Necromancer]

I came home yesterday to find a beautiful, new flash cart stuffed in my mailbox (thanks bt, you da man!).  I anxiously opened 'er up while my computer was booting, and then the fun started.  It seems that the Slim Loader IV is installed properly (it shows up and is properly identified in the Device Manager anyway) and the utility is installed, but the dang thing keeps telling me that it 'cant find any cartridge'.  Are you f*cking blind?  I'm looking at it right now! 

Long story, short: I'd greatly appreciate some step by step instructions on how to get some roms loaded on this puppy (I can't wait to play Bubblegum Crash and Tongueman's Logic on my Duo).  Please keep it simple and type slowly (or use crayon), so that even an idiot, such as myself, will understand.  Thanks in advance.

[nat]

According to the USPS tracking page mine was delivered yesterday.

However, it was not in my mailbox. 

I'm slightly worried/upset/disgruntled. It was not exactly cheap. I'm going to check again today and see what's going on and take further action if necessary.

If it shows up I'll let you know how I get on.

[schnuth]

Do you have the flash cart plugged in before you launch the utility?  If not once you plug it in be sure to click on "Get Machine Status" so it recognizes that the cart has been connected.  Once you get it to recognize click Choose Directory to tell it where your ROMs are, then highlight a ROM and click Add to add which ones you'd like, and when your all ready to go click Write.  When you do this it will ask if you want to format it for TG16 or PCE.

Let me know if this is helpful or if you need some more detailed info.  It took me awhile to get mine working correctly, especially since it doesn't like to work on my region modded Duo at all.   

Aaron

[MissaFX]

According to the USPS tracking page mine was delivered yesterday.

I have not recieved mine nor a tracking number, so you are 1 step ahead of me.  I hope you are able to track down your card today though.

[nat]

According to the USPS tracking page mine was delivered yesterday.

I have not recieved mine nor a tracking number, so you are 1 step ahead of me.  I hope you are able to track down your card today though.

PM sent.

[Necromancer]

Thanks, schnuth.  I'll follow your directions when I get home and post an update tonight.  I tried every possible permutation to connect this thing (connect reader, attach cart, launch utility; connect reader, launch utility, attach cart; attach cart, connect reader, launch utility; launch utility, connect reader, attach cart; and launch utility, attach cart, connect reader), all to no avail.

[MissaFX]

Ok, nat and I got it sorted out (for me).  Mine will be arriving today and as long as you don't need to have it hooked up to a PC-E to write to it at the same time as the USB, I will try it out.

[schnuth]

Thanks, schnuth.  I'll follow your directions when I get home and post an update tonight.  I tried every possible permutation to connect this thing (connect reader, attach cart, launch utility; connect reader, launch utility, attach cart; attach cart, connect reader, launch utility; launch utility, connect reader, attach cart; and launch utility, attach cart, connect reader), all to no avail.

You might also want to make sure you have the flash cart seated all the way into the Slim Loader.  Mine is a pretty tight fit the first few times using it, and I had to really snap it in there.  Besides that mine works no problem under XP.  Good luck!

[MissaFX]

So I just got my cart and wrote a file to it.  You do have to really push it into the weite like schnuth said!  I connected the card to the writer, the writer to the usb, installed the driver and then I was able to use the software for it without having to do anything but add a file and click write.

Very easy, but it doesn't tell you how much memory it can hold, how much free space, etc.  It's also faster writing than some led me to believe.

[nat]

Mine showed up. I'm f*cking around with it now as we speak. All I get is "Connection fault" so far. The red LED is on, however, so I know it's getting power. Will update.

[D-Lite]

Got mine, installed the program, then the driver on the card, and now all I get is the same "Can't find any cartridge" error Necromancer is seeing.

wtf

[mcfreak]

I had to run the "NEO Power PC-E V1.0.exe" software not the "NEO Power Kit" software.  It seems to sometime corrupt the .pce files when adding it but it could just be my rom set.  Also, I got the Super CDROM2 bios file running from the neo flash but the Super System 3 bios boots the game and it says it's a super cdrom 2 card...  Has anyone successfully booted a Super-CD using the NEO?

[D-Lite]

I had to run the "NEO Power PC-E V1.0.exe" software not the "NEO Power Kit" software.

That worked.

[mcfreak]

I had to run the "NEO Power PC-E V1.0.exe" software not the "NEO Power Kit" software.

That worked.

Newbie's rock!! 

[MissaFX]

I used the NEO Power PC-E V1.0.exe as well.  I never do auto installs.