Misc Others What should I install on my DSTT card?

[Crokobos]

I have been enjoying my card for over 5 years now, with just one reinstall.
I don't remember what I did for that reinstall, or why it stopped working in the first place.

I read around on forums last night, and read things like gbarunner2, installing firmware directly on the DS Lite, and all manner of competing menu software.

After putting gbarunner2 on my sd card exactly as I should, the card booted to a black top screen and a gray bottom screen.
Removing both the gbarunner2 nds file and the gba bios bin file yielded no fix.

So not only am I jumping to get all those fancy features,
I can't use my card before getting the right thing on it.

I don't use my DS for multimedia or emulation, as I already have a 3ds and phone for that.
But I do want to play gba roms from slot 1.

 

[lifehackerhansol]

This makes me wonder if your SD card is dying. Simply adding another homebrew file does not make it stop booting.

You can try formatting the SD card: https://dsi.cfw.guide/sd-card-setup.html

Then you can reinstall YSMenu: https://gbatemp.net/threads/retrogamefan-updates-releases.267243/
See if it boots afterwards.

 

[Kwyjor]

installing firmware directly on the DS Lite

Some people liked to flash the DS Lite to remove the Health and Safety screen, but that's the only real purpose to flashing a DS Lite that I've ever heard of. Only the DSi has new, useful firmware, unless I missed something.

TWiLight Menu should run from a flashcart on a DS Lite, but as per https://wiki.ds-homebrew.com/twilightmenu/installing-flashcard , you will need YSmenu first.

 

[Crokobos]

This makes me wonder if your SD card is dying. Simply adding another homebrew file does not make it stop booting.

You can try formatting the SD card: link

Then you can reinstall YSMenu: link
See if it boots afterwards.

I tried backing up the sd card just in case, but it stopped halfway trough so Il copy just the games and saves then reinstall everything.
Thanks!

 

[Crokobos]

Some people liked to flash the DS Lite to remove the Health and Safety screen, but that's the only real purpose to flashing a DS Lite that I've ever heard of. Only the DSi has new, useful firmware, unless I missed something.

TWiLight Menu should run from a flashcart on a DS Lite, but as per link, you will need YSmenu first.

I see.