1 Reply by Jademalo

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AndehX wrote:

I'll tell you exactly what is happening here.  The positive end of the rechargable (the end that protrudes) doesn't protrude enough to touch the contact inside the Gameboy.  The same end on the none-rechargeable battery, however, does protrude enough, which is why it works in that far right slot.

I would suggest opening the Gameboy up and bend that right contact forward so that it can make contact with the rechargeable battery, or just pad the space out with some tin foil or something.

Just tried this, sure enough it was the problem. The little thing on the end is too short to reach, and on that one specifically there's a lot of plastic in the way.
I might add a glob of solder to the metal to see if that sorts it, otherwise i'll need to shave away some plastic. It's an aftermarket case so I'm happy to, but it works perfectly with a bit of tin foil.

Yay, thanks!

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2 Reply by Jademalo

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Weirdly they all tested perfect with a voltmeter, and they all seemed to work in other devices without any problems at all.

I'll give eneloops a look, thanks!

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3 Reply by Jademalo

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Thanks for that link, I'll give it a read through later.

I'm super confused honestly, but they just don't work.
Actually something interesting just happened. If the normal battery is in the right hand slot with 3 rechargables, it works. If it's in any of the other 3 slots with 3 rechargables, it doesn't turn on at all.

This is super weird.

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4 Topic by Jademalo

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I've recently bought 4 IKEA NiMH rechargable batteries, thinking I'd be able to use them in my DMG to firstly save on the cost of a ton of batteries, but secondly to prevent the possibility of the batteries leaking which seems to happen to me a HUGE amount.

Unfortunately though, they don't work. Well, all 4 of them don't.
I've checked the voltages with a meter, and they all output 1.38 volts. Two of them work fine in a GBC, and I've got a USB power adapter that lets me run it off that which is only 5v.

With 3 rechargables and a normal battery in, the GB powers on and is perfect. With 4 rechargables, I get absolutely nothing. No hints of life whatsotever, even though it's only 0.12 of a volt lower.

It doesn't make sense to me why dropping below ~5.6v would result in it totally refusing to turn on, considering the USB adapter only runs at 5 and that works fine.

It's not an issue if they don't work since I can use the batteries elsewhere, but I was hoping it would.

Thanks

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5 Reply by Jademalo

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Just had a reply from him, apparently a load of life happened and he's been extremely behind, but he's sorting everything now.

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6 Reply by Jademalo

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Hmm, this isn't good to read.

I paid him back on the 15th December for a fully tricked out DMG, and everything seemed fine. Quick responses, plenty of videos on youtube recommending him, etc etc. He gave me a time of 3-4 weeks, but it was over christmas so I wasn't bothered about time.
I kept poking through January and got responses, and he said he would be doing it "this week" on the 23rd January. I didn't know there was any bad news around this time, but if I had I wouldn't have minded.
Having said that, it's been 3 weeks since then and I haven't had another reply. I've sent a couple of emails and tried ringing the number on the site, but I've had no response. I'm at the point now where I'm not sure what to do, because in all honesty I just want the damn Gameboy.

I'm going to send another email tonight, and if there isn't a reply then I'll have to refund it. Does anyone have any recommendations for a modder in europe, or ideally the UK?

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7 Reply by Jademalo

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oliver wrote:

1.6:
www.nanoloop.com/update/nl163.gb

This is the update ROM, it only works on a nanoloop one cart.

Older versions don't work on nanoloop one and the older carts can't be updated, so these are available as demo (for flash cart or emulator) only:

www.nanoloop.com/update/nl15d.gb (lacks the extra voice that comes from the cart)

www.nanoloop.com/update/nl13d.gb

www.nanoloop.com/update/nl12d.gb


Thank you so much!
I've only just seen the post, the automatic thread update didn't email me until the reply that was made today.

Thanks Noyz as well for that archive, that's exactly what I was hoping to find!


Thanks a lot everyone, I really appreciate the help!

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8 Reply by Jademalo

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Haha, alright. Thanks again!

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9 Reply by Jademalo

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bitjacker wrote:

it was emailed to me. it has long since been deleted. Ask oliver for it.

Ah damn, alright. Thanks.

I sent an email to oliver when I made this post, but I still haven't had a reply.

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10 Reply by Jademalo

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bitjacker wrote:

come to think of it there may be a rom out there. i will look way back in my vault of trolling.

Did you manage to find anything, or did the search come up blank?

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11 Reply by Jademalo

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Sweet, thank you!

After a bit more digging, I've got a bit more info.
https://twitter.com/nanoloop/status/159278188596441088 - This tweet states that there's an update rom to 1.6.3, as well as the url it used to be on. I almost got excited since I've found a couple of the roms on the wayback machine, but there was unfortunately nothing for this page sad

It definitely exists though. I've sent an email to oliver too, so I'm fairly hopeful overall!

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12 Reply by Jademalo

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Oh, I didn't realise 1.6.3 was the first on the pcb and not released as a rom. That's a bummer. I thought the first carts were 1.6.0, and that the 1.6.3 update file existed somewhere.

If anyone knows anything more then please let me know, and thanks again!

EDIT: Oooh, this thread is interesting - http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/9108/ … cartridge/
It implies that it's possible to update to and from 1.6.3 in some way, and something to do with a custom logo.

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13 Reply by Jademalo

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My cart is 1.7.6, but I was able to downgrade to 1.7.0 without issue. That makes me think I can downgrade to 1.6.3 as well, but I can't find the update file.

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14 Topic by Jademalo

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I've recently got a nanoloop one as well as the USB MIDI thing, and I'm extremely pleased with it.
However, I'm the type of person who likes to have access to older versions of software that I own. LSDJ is great with this since the archive contains every version going back forever, but with nanoloop I've only managed to find 1.7.0 - 1.7.6

Is there an archive anywhere of all the legacy versions of nanoloop, or at the very least 1.6.3?

Thanks!

(I'm assuming this thread is alright since the nanoloop roms are freely downloadable from the site on the update page, and they don't work anywhere but the cart. If it's not then sorry!)

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