Flash2Advance 128M Card/Link Cable

[SirPeale]

Just picked up one of these used from a forum member.

Seem to be having some problems getting it to work properly.

I plug in the cable, it asks for drivers, I load them.  I put the GBA into slave mode.

Then attempt to interface with it.

It just sits there.  My CPU usage is pegged to 100%.

Does it need to be plugged into a USB 2.0 port?  All I have on my system is 1.0

Cart appears to be working correctly as I can load the games that were on it already.

And I tried a brand new GBA SP so I can rule that out.

Suggestions?

[Arcadiac]

Try: http://www.gameboy-advance.net/

You may need these newer (Visoly?) files: XtremeLink.zip, Xtreme_USB_v20712.zip
If you can't find them, PM me your address and I'll send them on disk on the mail.
I have the 256mb version of your card and I had a beotch of a time getting it to be recognised and thranfer roms to the cart.  I had to install, uninstall and re-install several times before I got it to work.  Plus mine came with a device so I don't transfer using the gba, just the flash card reader type thingie.  BTW my PC has USB 1, I think so that shouldn't be an issue except maybe for rom transfer speeds.
LMK how it works out for you, Ron H.

[lcddream]

usb 1.1 should work. arcadiac is correct sometimes the f2a carts are a ---smurfette--- sometimes to get working properly...its most likely a driver issue....i'll attach the driver and the manual that came with mine.

mine is an earlier build...also which writer are you using...these carts don't usually show up as a drive letter, they usually involve some sort of writer software.

[SirPeale]

usb 1.1 should work. arcadiac is correct sometimes the f2a carts are a ---smurfette--- sometimes to get working properly...its most likely a driver issue....i'll attach the driver and the manual that came with mine.

mine is an earlier build...also which writer are you using...these carts don't usually show up as a drive letter, they usually involve some sort of writer software.

That appears to be the driver I'm using.

When I plug it in I see the little icon in my system tray pop up...but then it goes away.

I'm using F2A 3.1, but I've also tried F2A USB 1.1 with the same results.

[lcddream]

http://www.gameboy-advance.net/fal_soft/flash_advance_writer.htm

you can grab a writer here...don't know if you have the writer yet...

[SirPeale]

http://www.gameboy-advance.net/fal_soft/flash_advance_writer.htm

you can grab a writer here...don't know if you have the writer yet...

Writer came with the unit.  Plus I've tried the ones I referenced above. 

The one you linked to is only for the parallel port version.

[SirPeale]

Guy I bought it from emailed me his old config.sav file.  Didn't help things.

I've got to try this on another machine.

[SirPeale]

Tried it on another machine.  Same exact thing.

I'm guessing something is wrong with the cable.

Weird as Windows detects the hardware just fine, but bites the dust as soon as the software attempts to connect to it.