SOLVED (can be closed) successfully load FPGA and get welcome screen but selecting 1) Load or 2) Options give a screen of dashed lines

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SOLVED (can be closed) successfully load FPGA and get welcome screen but selecting 1) Load or 2) Options give a screen of dashed lines

rabarar opened this issue 9 months ago · 26 comments

I've successfully loaded the snestang and firmware files. The menu on power up loads successfully, but selecting either options just gives me a screen of of 8 x 14 gradient dashes...

Answer 1 · 2024-03-11T02:19:16.000Z

Are you able to see directory listings when you choose "Load ROM from SD card"? It should show all files on the SD card.

Answer 2 · 2024-03-11T06:08:16.000Z

I am not… On Mar 10, 2024, at 7:19 PM, nand2mario ***@***.***> wrote: Are you able to see directory listings when you choose "Load ROM from SD card"? It should show all files on the SD card. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Answer 3 · 2024-03-12T15:18:21.000Z

Please try the new 0.5 version. See if this is resolved.

Answer 4 · 2024-03-12T15:31:38.000Z

Will do - on a plane now. Will report back later this eveningOn Mar 12, 2024, at 8:18 AM, nand2mario ***@***.***> wrote: Please try the new 0.5 version. See if this is resolved. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Answer 5 · 2024-03-13T02:42:53.000Z

I load the the 0.5 version - and noticed (on both versions) when I attempt to load (option one), the screen flashes the error message "error opening director 99" and returns to the menu screen - it's insanely fast and easy to miss as it's at the bottom of the screen.

I tried using a different SDCard and a different program to write to the card - both give the same error above

Answer 6 · 2024-03-13T20:19:11.000Z

looks like the issue is in load_dir( ) - it's returning 99 -- that happens when sd_init( ) fails in one of two locations ...
in firmware.c

Answer 7 · 2024-03-15T09:58:25.000Z

Looks like a card compatibility problem.

What type of microsd card are you using? Could you post a picture or link of the card? I can get one and try to solve this.

Answer 8 · 2024-03-15T14:13:47.000Z

Will do. Traveling, back Sunday. They were sandisk 32g ultra - I’ll send a picOn Mar 15, 2024, at 5:58 AM, nand2mario ***@***.***> wrote: Looks like a card compatibility problem. What type of microsd card are you using? Could you post a picture or link of the card? I can get one and try to solve this. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Answer 9 · 2024-03-15T15:31:34.000Z

Was able to get my wife to send me a picOn Mar 15, 2024, at 5:58 AM, nand2mario ***@***.***> wrote: Looks like a card compatibility problem. What type of microsd card are you using? Could you post a picture or link of the card? I can get one and try to solve this. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Answer 10 · 2024-03-19T19:12:16.000Z

any chance you can make an SD card and I can Venmo you to see if that's the issue? :)

Answer 11 · 2024-03-24T01:32:35.000Z

Still sounds like a card compatibility problem. Maybe it's easier to try one of the following cards that I verified to work.

Answer 12 · 2024-03-24T03:07:38.000Z

I’m using the Sandisk 32g ultaOn Mar 23, 2024, at 9:33 PM, nand2mario ***@***.***> wrote: Still sounds like a card compatibility problem. Maybe it's easier to try one of the following cards that I verified to work. 8AAEDF06-64CC-450A-870B-F42975EF6723.jpeg (view on web) —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Answer 13 · 2024-03-28T19:47:10.000Z

SOLVED: Ordered another PMod SDCard Reader - original Card reader was defective

Answer 14 · 2024-03-29T02:46:30.000Z

I literally swapped out the SD Reader with a new PMod SD Card reader - worked… Every card I tried with the old SDReader failed… Pretty sure it was the SDCard PMod board….On Mar 23, 2024, at 9:33 PM, nand2mario ***@***.***> wrote: Still sounds like a card compatibility problem. Maybe it's easier to try one of the following cards that I verified to work. 8AAEDF06-64CC-450A-870B-F42975EF6723.jpeg (view on web) —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Answer 15 · 2024-03-30T22:23:44.000Z

I'm having this exact problem now with two different SD cards and two different PMOD SD card readers... I ordered two 25k kits and it seems both card readers may be defective. Just a heads up that you may get a few of these issues posted.

Answer 16 · 2024-03-31T00:34:49.000Z

It would be interesting to look at your SDCARD PMOD board, perhaps it is somehow different from the one @nand2mario has

Answer 17 · 2024-03-31T01:34:35.000Z

My two TF/SD Card PMOD boards are different; they're v2 instead of v1 in the pictures. Also of note, NES tang is also a no go for me. Both get to the menu, but can't load games. Both cards are formatted Fat32.

Answer 18 · 2024-03-31T01:41:03.000Z

Pics for those interested:

Answer 19 · 2024-03-31T03:01:55.000Z

I'll get a new TF pmod to test.

Answer 20 · 2024-03-31T03:27:33.000Z

Please test the attached bitstream to see if it helps. There's actually a change in pin location.

I'll test it when I receive the tang pmod.

snestang.fs.zip

Answer 21 · 2024-03-31T03:37:07.000Z

Same error as before, unfortunately. I loaded that FS and the .bin from the latest release.

Answer 22 · 2024-03-31T06:04:19.000Z

OK then. I'll wait for the pmod to arrive.

Answer 23 · 2024-04-04T16:44:39.000Z

Please try again. I got the new pmod and this version works for me. You also need to write the firmware (to flash location 0x500000 as usual)

snestang-0.6-tfcardv2.zip

My pmod is labeled "PMOD TF CARD V2".

Answer 24 · 2024-04-04T20:18:59.000Z

That's working! Amazing work! I'm assuming this will also affect NESTANG?

Answer 25 · 2024-04-05T12:50:36.000Z

Thanks for your help.
Also the new NESTang 0.9 should work with the v2 TF pmod.

Answer 26 · 2024-04-05T21:12:58.000Z

Thanks. I didn’t get a chance to report back this morning but that update is working 100% now as well.

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