Supercard DSTWO Setup Guide for 3DS 3.0.0-6 & DSi / DSi XL 1.4.3

December 31st, 2011 Filed Under Nintendo 3DS

 

Important:

Please note that not every Supercard DSTWO needs firmware fix!

Please follow the Supercard TWO Driver Setup Guide to setup the card first. 

If you get the error message like this :

An error has occurred. Press and hold the POWER Button to turn the system off. Plase refer to the Nintendo DSi Operations Manual for details. 

Please check the firmware version of your DSi or 3DS according to these two steps:

  • Click SETTING (with the Tool Icon) on the main menu
  • Check the right hand corner of the top screen which says VER 1.x.x

Then choose the correspondent firmware fix guide below to upgrade your Supercard DSTWO to be compatible with your DS console. 

 

Content List:

  1. DS Compatibility
  2. Preparation
    1. Hardware
    2. Software 
  3. Installation
    1. Format a microSD /SDHC Memory Card
    2. Firmware Fix
    3. Supercard TWO Driver Setup Guide

DS Compatibility

The following consoles are supported: DS, DS Lite, DSi,  DSi XL  &  3DS.

For DSi & DSi XL, the supported firmware versions are: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.4.1,1.4.2 & 1.4.3.

For 3DS, the supported firmware versions are: 1.0.0, 2.0.0-2, 2.1.0-3, 2.1.0-4, 3.0.0-5 & 3.0.0-6

Preparation (Checklist Before Installation)

Hardware

 1 x DS Lite / DSi/DSi XL/3DS
1 x Supercard TWO Card (Slot-1)
1 x USB Reader
1 x Micro SD/SDHC Memory Card

Software(Please Click the Driver / Firmware Name for the Latest Download)

Firmware for 3DS 3.0.0-6 & DSi / DSi XL 1.4.3 Firmware v1.13
Official Driver DSTWO_v1.11_1108
Official Website  www.supercard.sc

 

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Installation

Please upgrade the Supercard DSTWO firmware first before installing the driver if you want to use the Supercard DSTWO on the DSi with the latest compatible firmware.

 

Format a Micro SD/SDHC Card

 

Using Windows XP/Vista/7 Format Tool

After inserting the microSD into the card reader, go to My Computer.
    b)  Right click the driver representing the microSD memory card.
    c)  Choose Format

d)  Click Start to format the memory card in FAT32

 

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Using Panasonic Memory Card Format Software

Note:
If your memory cards have capacity bigger than 32GB, please download the SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Cards Format Software.
If your memory cards have capacity equal or smaller than 32GB, please download the SD/SDHC Memory Cards Format Software.

Detailed guide is available from the SD Association here. [http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/] 

  1. Insert SD/SDHC Memory Card into reader/writer.
  2. Click on [Start], point to [All Programs] -> [Panasonic] -> [SD Formatter VX.X], and click on [SD Formatter VX.X].
     “X.X” means the version number of SD Memory Card Formatting Software. 
    If “User Account Control” window is displayed on the screen, please click on [Arrow].
  3. The main window is displayed on the screen.
  4. Select the target drive by drive list and check SD/SDHC Memory Card size.
  5. Click on [Format].
  6. After clicking on it, confirmation window is displayed on the screen. Here, if [OK] is clicked, this software executes the format operation. On the contrary, if [Cancel] is clicked, this software cancels the format operation and returns to the main window.
  7. The following status window is displayed on the screen during the format operation.
    Note: [Cancel] on this window is available only if either “FULL (Erase ON)” or “FULL (Erase OFF)” is selected as format type option. If “QUICK” is selected as format type option, this button is not available.
  8. After the format operation completion, click [OK] and remove the Memory Card from your PC.
  9. Reinsert the memory card to the PC to start using the memory card.

 

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Using Mac Memory Card Format Tool

  1. Plug your memory card reader into a USB port on your Mac. Insert the microSD / microSDHC card into the memory card reader's microSD / microSDHC slot, and the microSD / microSDHC card will mount on your Mac desktop.
  2. In an open Finder window, single-click "Applications" in the Side-Bar and scroll down to find the Utilities folder. Find Disk Utility in the Utilities folder and double-click the "Disk Utility" application to launch it.
  3. In the opened Disk Utility application, single-click to select the microSD / microSDHC card in the left-hand Drives column. Then, single-click to select the "Erase" button in the top row of radio buttons. Select the format MS-DOS (FAT) to format the microSD / microSDHC card on the "Volume Format" pop-up button.  When you have finished selecting the formatting options, click "Erase."
  4. A new dialogue box will pop up in "Disk Utility," asking if you are sure you wish to erase the microSD / microSDHC card. Caution: Erasing the microSD / microSDHC card will permanently erase any files. Make sure you have backed up any file you wish to keep. To continue with the formatting process, click "Erase."
  5. Once the microSD / microSDHC card has been erased, it will mount on your Mac desktop just as any other removable drive.

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Supercard DSTWO Firmware fix for 3DS 3.0.0-6 & DSi / DSi XL 1.4.3

1. Find one of the following consoles to do the upgrade (Borrow from friends, classmates, colleagues or game store). 

  •      DS or DS Lite console
  •      DSi / DSi XL with firmware version lower than 1.4.3
  •      3DS with firmware version lower than 2.2.0-4

2. Download the Firmware_v1.13 and  DSTWO_v1.11_1108  on your PC.

3. Unzip the two files and you will get five unzipped files. Make sure to put the following five unzipped files onto the root of the Micro SD/ SDHC card.

Firmware_v1.13 DSTWO_v1.11_1108

dstwoupdate.dat

readme.txt

_dstwo

ds2boot.dat

readme_eng.txt

4. Turn on the DS or DSLite power, system will auto detect firmware 1.13.When you see the screen with words "Update system Beta 1.13 – 1.13",  please press the button A to start the upgrade. 

5. Then please wait for a moment. When it's done, you can see the words "upgrade successfully"!

6. DSTWO can work with 3DS with firmware version 3.0.0-6 and DSi / DSi XL 1.4.3 right now.

Note: Please make sure that the console is fully charged during the upgrade.

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DSTWO Driver Setup Guide 

  1. Unzip the file downloaded (using Winrar) on your PC
    1. Winrar can be downloaded from www.download.com by searching for Winrar at the Search.
    2. Unzip the file DSTWO_v1.11_1108, you will have ：
       
      _dstwo
      ds2boot.dat
       readme_eng.txt
       
  2. Select all the above three unzipped files and copy them to the microSD memory card
      
  3. Copy your own files, including music, movies, pictures and other data to the Micro SD/SDHC memory card.
     
  4. Plug in the Micro SD/SDHC to the Supercard DSTWO. Insert the Supercard DSTWO with the microSD into the slot 1 of the DS console. Turn on the DS console.   
     
  5. For DS & DS Lite, you will see the WARNING – HEALTH AND SAFETY. Please touch the touch screen or press button A to continue.

     
  6. For DSi or DSi XL, you will see the following icon with the name Fish Tycoon Majesco Entertainment. Please touch the icon or press button A to continue.

     
  7. Wait for the Supercard DSTWO to load.
     
  8. Congratulation if you have come this far as you have successfully set up your Supercard DSTWO. There you go. Enjoy your DS with the truly multimedia functions.

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