TTDS not loading

**Biggun** · 07-05-08, 10:01 PM

I had my boys TTDS working beautifully, then I put some more games on it and now it wont load!
I tried reformatting memory card and installing drivers again. Put working games back on it and the screen just says Menu (in red) and wont do anything else. All files are seen in windows. Can anyone help me, cause my other boys R4 works a treat.

Thanks

**ozchips** · 08-05-08, 08:49 AM

hey mate
if you are getting the 'menu' in red , it generally means that the cart is found ok , but the menu file has not been found
your sys files and everything else are ok if you get that message , but just try reinstalling the menu file only on your micro sd and see if that makes a difference , also is it formatted to fat16 or 32 ?
Better still see if there is a newer menu file available form the site (menu.dat and tt.menu). I did notice that in the past I would get the same thing when I put new games on it , these were always quite large games , the menu system works in a way that it places smallest size roms to largest in order and this was sometimes causing a menu file to crash
ie
nds original cartridges range from 8MB to 128MB and larger these are based in typical binary way
which means it starts with 2³ = 8, 2^4 = 16 and so on. if a game is greater than one size, it's automatically put onto the next bigger one and the rest of the space is filled up with 0s even if the game is only a tiny little one
you can use something like ROMTrimmerand delete the 0's to shrink the game down
so yeah the older menu and newer ones can sometimes get confused about this , so just reinstall all menu files and see what happens
BTW if you strip games down like this remember to leave 512kb/game for a save file

clear as mud ehh mate

**jsteeder** · 30-05-08, 09:36 AM

i put in my ttds with mds and it then goes to the loading screen then switches to another screen with stripes going down and it sits there for like ever!

please someone help

**Jaz808** · 30-05-08, 12:33 PM

If its like the R4 or M3 then check/replace sys files, if the games are newish then you need updated sys files
Could even be not a clean dump of the game

07-05-08, 10:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Biggun Premium Member iTrader: (5) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Blue Mountains Posts: 349 Spent time on board: 1 Week, 2 Days and 20:12:00	TTDS not loading I had my boys TTDS working beautifully, then I put some more games on it and now it wont load! I tried reformatting memory card and installing drivers again. Put working games back on it and the screen just says Menu (in red) and wont do anything else. All files are seen in windows. Can anyone help me, cause my other boys R4 works a treat. Thanks

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jsteeder Junior Member iTrader: (0) Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 Spent time on board: -	help i put in my ttds with mds and it then goes to the loading screen then switches to another screen with stripes going down and it sits there for like ever! please someone help

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08-05-08, 08:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
ozchips Super Moderator iTrader: (4) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ipswich QLD Posts: 749	hey mate if you are getting the 'menu' in red , it generally means that the cart is found ok , but the menu file has not been found your sys files and everything else are ok if you get that message , but just try reinstalling the menu file only on your micro sd and see if that makes a difference , also is it formatted to fat16 or 32 ? Better still see if there is a newer menu file available form the site (menu.dat and tt.menu). I did notice that in the past I would get the same thing when I put new games on it , these were always quite large games , the menu system works in a way that it places smallest size roms to largest in order and this was sometimes causing a menu file to crash ie nds original cartridges range from 8MB to 128MB and larger these are based in typical binary way which means it starts with 2³ = 8, 2^4 = 16 and so on. if a game is greater than one size, it's automatically put onto the next bigger one and the rest of the space is filled up with 0s even if the game is only a tiny little one you can use something like ROMTrimmerand delete the 0's to shrink the game down so yeah the older menu and newer ones can sometimes get confused about this , so just reinstall all menu files and see what happens BTW if you strip games down like this remember to leave 512kb/game for a save file clear as mud ehh mate

30-05-08, 12:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jaz808 Senior Member iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hell Posts: 295 Spent time on board: 4 Days and 23:45:44	If its like the R4 or M3 then check/replace sys files, if the games are newish then you need updated sys files Could even be not a clean dump of the game

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