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Acekard+ In House at GBAtemp
Free upgrade to Acekard owners
We've recently had our Acekard+ samples dropped off at our door, so here's a little sneak peak for you all. The Acekard+ was advertised last week as a free upgrade to all previous Acekard owners, as long as you don't mind shipping off your old Acekard to either your supplier or the AK team in China.
What's the difference with the Acekard+? The team advertised that the new version now supports FAT file systems, so you're no longer tied down to using the horrible AKFS (Acekard file system), DLDI support, increased homebrew compatibility, new GUI enhancements, and continued 100% NDS compatibility.
Perhaps, you thought that the free replacement scheme sounds too good to be true? Well, on closer inspection of the Acekard+, we can see that it is exactly the same card/hardware as the original Acekard, just with a new front and back sticker. So, does this mean you can simply use the new Acekard+ firmware on the original Acekard? Unfortunately not; we've already tried it. It seems that the internal firmware of the Acekard+ (note we said firmware not boot loader) is different to that of the original Acekard. Unless the team decide to release a tool to manually upgrade the firmware on your old Acekard, you will still have to send off for a free replacement (where we expect they just flash the card with new firmware, slap 2 new labels on and mail it back).
.... To continue reading, and to see some photos of and to discuss the Acekard+ follow the link below.