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Hey guys, I recently got a backlit Gameboy as a present, and I bought a 64M flash cart from Kitsch Bent. It was running fine with LSDJ for about 3 days or so, then the software crashed and gave me a memory dump. I didn't have time to capture it, because the screen turned white.
I reset the Gameboy and my song was all garbled, then I got another error screen which I took a rough picture of (though I doubt this is a software problem):

I think that the ROM is somehow corrupting, and the sav file may corrupt as a result of this. Of course, I could be completely wrong, I don't know that much about hardware. I guessed this might be a problem with the battery, although from what I understand, a low or faulty battery should only be affecting my save data. Maybe it's related to this topic?

I've tried flashing on 3 devices: my new laptop (64-bit Windows 7 with the GB_USB.exe), my Raspberry Pi and my old laptop running Linux (with ems_flasher), using different cables and using fresh sav files, but had the same result every time: I've found that if I wait for 1 or 2 days and then try to write a ROM, it transfers correctly, but then glitches and breaks again after 5-10 minutes of use. After that, the Gameboy never gets past the Nintendo logo.

if I try to write to the cartridge without waiting for a long time, the rom isn't transferred in-tact. The name may contain a few wrong symbols, and the file size may be wrong, and the Nintendo logo comes up garbled.

Here's some notes from my Twitter:

• Oh noes, my #lsdj save file got corrupted. The songs seem still intact, but any device or emulator I try it on grinds to a pixelly halt.

• Yaay, I recovered my songs from the .sav using http://code.google.com/p/lsdmanager/ , copied them into a blank .sav file, and everything is working fine. :D

• Can't flash to my cart. When I write a rom, the title is 90% intact but with a few wrong letters. Gameboy boots to a garbled Nintendo logo

• If I switch pages on the gb_usb software, then switch back (or close and open it) the rom no longer appears in the list, like it's not there

• Gameboy cartridge decided to taunt me by successfully flashing, starting LSDJ and working for 2 minutes before stalling and corrupting again

• Seems like it became more reliable after leaving it untouched for a day, then messed up again after a little use.

Any suggestions on what the problem may be, or if this is something I could fix myself? I would try replacing the battery, but I don't want to mess with the cartridge in case I have to return it to Kitsch.
Any help, info or comments are appreciated! Thanks :)