GDEMU of mistery: works, then refuse to load games

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schermodream
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GDEMU of mistery: works, then refuse to load games

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Hallo i have one of this (i think) original GDEMU mod for my dreamcast:

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First time the system booted (with a sandisk micro sd 32G inserted) all worked good, problems start when i decided to format again sd card: i used also guiformat and FAT32/64kb options but nothing, i have this results:

- sometimes gdemu menu won't appear
- sometimes i can see directory list but games won't correcly load (i have a new boot from machine)

Why? i used sd card software to correct insert files on sd card with gdemu.ini file in and all options enabled (region free, vga, etc).
There is perhaps roms that works and roms that are non working for this system?
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Re: GDEMU of mistery: works, then refuse to load games

Post by SIMPSONPOWA »

hi
I have a bug too
all works perfect
sd card made with gdmenu card maker 1.3.5
and after some time ununse or after 3 days of use...nothing works got the dreamcast menu at startup...

and when I plug sd card on pc with gdmenu sd card maker some directory disapear...says gdmenusd
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Re: GDEMU of mistery: works, then refuse to load games

Post by SIMPSONPOWA »

Hey
I found my problem
My sd card is dead...
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Re: GDEMU of mistery: works, then refuse to load games

Post by Dakangel »

schermodream wrote: i used also guiformat and FAT32/64kb options but nothing, i have this results:
Your gdemu is a chinese clone, not upgradeable via firmware or you will brick it and the SD require a 32kb cluster size, no matter the capacity of the card.
Use
https://github.com/sonik-br/GDMENUCardManager or
https://github.com/mrneo240/GDMENUCardManager
to create the sd structure for your games.
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