blue gateway card on old ds lite

[Esmax666]

Hi, received an old DS lite, and i have also the Blue Gateway

Where can i download the Blue gateway for the nintendo DS ?
the gateways server is now dead

here is only for red card :/ but nothing for bluecard :/
https://wiidatabase.de/3ds-downloads/hacks/gateway-3ds-installationsdateien/

I tred the FW on this site:
https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Gateway_Launcher_3DS
with this FW on MicroSD card Root, und the DS lite have and stay on the screen "Loading"

I tried also
GW_ULTRA_3_4_1.zip\GATEWAY ULTRA 3.4.1\Blue Card (R4i)

but it stay also on "loading" ....

And a also tried this one, and same problem:
https://gbatemp.net/download/gateway-blue-card-kernel.35920/

 

[r1vver]

tried this?: https://github.com/DS-Homebrew/flas...les/Gateway_Blue/Gateway_Blue_Wood_R4_1.62.7z

 

[Esmax666]

tried this?: https://github.com/DS-Homebrew/flas...les/Gateway_Blue/Gateway_Blue_Wood_R4_1.62.7z

Hi, i just tried also this one and it block on "Loading"
I have just to copy and past the file on micro SD ? that s richt ?

Sd micro card is FAT32

the file should be "_DSMENU.dat" with "_" ?

 

[r1vver]

Just in case - this is an archive. Extract the contents of the archive and write it to the card.
Try to format card with SD Memory Card Formatter (if card is less than 64 GB) - https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/

 

[Esmax666]

Just in case - this is an archive. Extract the contents of the archive and write it to the card.
Try to format card with SD Memory Card Formatter (if card is less than 64 GB) - https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/

also it dont work with "SD Memory Card Formatter"

 

[r1vver]

try checking like this: https://gbatemp.net/threads/blue-card-stuck-on-loading.360181/#post-4878050

 

[SylverReZ]

Here are some of the fixes that you can try.

• The SD card was formatted incorrectly. Try either formatting to FAT32 or use a different card.
• Kernel may be incompatible, ensure that you got the correct one.
• Make sure the kernel is named to "_DSMENU.DAT".
• Disassemble the cartridge and resolder the SD card connector.

 

[Esmax666]

try checking like this: https://gbatemp.net/threads/blue-card-stuck-on-loading.360181/#post-4878050

i tried all 3 and it stay on "loading :/

Post automatically merged: May 23, 2023

Here are some of the fixes that you can try.

• The SD card was formatted incorrectly. Try either formatting to FAT32 or use a different card.
• Kernel may be incompatible, ensure that you got the correct one.
• Make sure the kernel is named to "_DSMENU.DAT".
• Disassemble the cartridge and resolder the SD card connector.

you can see that i retried to format the SDcard
and thats the question witch is the good kenel

32Giga SHDC card is not to big for gateway ?

 

[r1vver]

For the purity of the experiment, you can try FAT32format GUI (GUIFormat), it allocate the partition differently.
And it won't hurt to try another SD card if possible.

 

[Esmax666]

For the purity of the experiment, you can try FAT32format GUI (GUIFormat), it allocate the partition differently.
And it won't hurt to try another SD card if possible.

what should i take for "allocation unit size" ?

 

[r1vver]

Try 32k. It's 32768.

 

[Esmax666]

Try 32k. It's 32768.

also block on "loading..."

you didnt answer to my question:
32Giga SHDC card is not to big for gateway ?

 

[r1vver]

no, not big

 

[Esmax666]

no, not big

do you have one more idee ? what could be the problem ?

 

[r1vver]

Personally, I would try to repeat all this but with a different microSD.
No more ideas.

To summarize. Were checked:
1. branded Blue Card (R4i) from GATEWAY ULTRA 3.4.1. (GW ULTRA 3.7.2b have exactly same files for Blue Card, checksums match)
2. Gateway Blue Card MultiKernel GWB-MK01-2
3. Gateway Blue Card Wood R4 1.62 from flashcard-archive
4. (another) patched Wood FW v1.62 for Gateway Blue Cart by BXZ_
The result is the same. But it works for other people. So, either cart or card.

 

[JaapDaniels]

how is the file structured on your
SD-card for i've got the funny idea it might be wrong.
the archive needs to be extracted to the root of your SD-card.
sd:\some files and some folders
not:
sd:\a folder\some files and some folders
sidenote: i thought they eventually figured out what clone of r4i was used in blue gateway card.

 

[r1vver]

sidenote: i thought they eventually figured out what clone of r4i was used in blue gateway card.

they did, https://gbatemp.net/threads/analysis-on-the-gateway-3ds-blue-cart-updateable.357103/

 

[JaapDaniels]

they did, https://gbatemp.net/threads/analysis-on-the-gateway-3ds-blue-cart-updateable.357103/

so it could be it's flashed to work with Ace3DS+ firmware and kernel.
TWiLightMenu++ should be uasable as replacement in both cases, it got gateway blue autoboot and acecard autoboot.
plus it's still actively in development, so better game support.

 

[r1vver]

so it could be it's flashed to work with Ace3DS+ firmware and kernel.

So just taken and reflashed right? Just wondering how.

 

[Esmax666]

Personally, I would try to repeat all this but with a different microSD.
No more ideas.

To summarize. Were checked:
1. branded Blue Card (R4i) from GATEWAY ULTRA 3.4.1. (GW ULTRA 3.7.2b have exactly same files for Blue Card, checksums match)
2. Gateway Blue Card MultiKernel GWB-MK01-2
3. Gateway Blue Card Wood R4 1.62 from flashcard-archive
4. (another) patched Wood FW v1.62 for Gateway Blue Cart by BXZ_
The result is the same. But it works for other people. So, either cart or card.

can i tried on bigger sdcard? i have an 64giga sd card but that means exfat or ntfs…