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DeanBMT
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Need help with GD-IDE

Post by DeanBMT »

Hopefully someone can help.

I have a GD IDE installed from Dragoncity with a IDE to SATA converter with a 512GB SSD.

I have tried using retro dream and Dreamshell ISO loader.

All games are gdi and have been optimised from bin to ISO with the tool that comes with Retrodream.

I have followed the compatibility list for both Retrodream and ISO loader and can’t get a lot of games to load.

Sonic adventure 2 works perfectly but adventure 1 crashes after intro.

Crazy taxi crashes when the second song starts playing in game.

I’m I missing something?

rudiment
lithium
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Re: Need help with GD-IDE

Post by rudiment »

Try an ide hdd and see if that helps. It could be the converter or ssd

rudiment
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Re: Need help with GD-IDE

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DeanBMT
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Re: Need help with GD-IDE

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rudiment wrote:Try an ide hdd and see if that helps. It could be the converter or ssd
Thanks. Will give this a try.

DeanBMT
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Re: Need help with GD-IDE

Post by DeanBMT »

rudiment wrote:http://www.dc-swat.ru/forum/thread-3695.html

Start at section 4
Many thanks

DeanBMT
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Re: Need help with GD-IDE

Post by DeanBMT »

Turns out it's the sata converter.
I had a IDE to CF adaptor and copied some games on to the CF card and they work perfectly.
Are there any good sata adaptors?

rudiment
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Re: Need help with GD-IDE

Post by rudiment »

startech. com is generally good. Make sure the adapter has a "slave" setting