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[segasonicfan]

Hey guys,
I'm new here and I just shelled out my long saved $100 for an MD-PRO 64. I've been wanting one for over a year and finally got the money together. It arrived today, but I am having no luck with getting it to work I'm having very similiar problems as posted on the last thread about this. Where I start up DreamWriter I get an error message that says: "NT Port Driver Couldn't Start. Something Wrong!" I tried all the different ports in the configuration menu but I am having no luck. It just says No Card Found. The USB 5v is running through and I played the games on the cart with my Genesis easily, but I can't get the software to work. As mentioned on the last thread I also tried ucon64...but after downloading EVERY version available for PC (theres 4 I think), I am still having no luck. Each one of those programs refuses to start when I click the application (and yes, this is after I have extracted all the files). Each one seems to have a different problem from the next :/

I am also using Windows XP. I tried my Laptop with windows XP and had the same problem with DreamWriter. I'm going to try my ancient 4GB Laptop now.....

any suggestions? Any help would be much appreciated!

-Segasonicfan

[dbjh]

I get the impression you don't have administrator access. What happens if you log in as administrator? What exactly did you try with uCON64? All four WinDOS version should work equally well, but I suggest to use the MinGW version.

[segasonicfan]

I am on the administrator account. Each of the ucon64's just gives me a different error message. The Cygwin one says that cygwin1.dll was not found so it cannot open (when I click the executive file).

The MinGW one just scrolls down a huge DOS window when I open it (showing writing that moves to fast to read) and then closes automatically.

The VC one does that same as MinGW

The DOS one opens a dos prompt and then closes in the blink of an eye

That's all of em. Any other ideas?

-Segasonicfan

[dbjh]

Yeah, I've got an idea for you: read the answer to question 4 of the FAQ :-P
uCON64 is a command line program. That means that you should start a command line interpreter (cmd.exe) and run it from there. I'm working on a GUI frontend. I hope to release an alpha version this Monday or Tuesday. That should make things easier for you. However, it isn't a bad idea to learn how to use a command line.

[Suppafly]

Is your parallel port set to EPP mode? Many people forget to do that...

[segasonicfan]

how do I set it to EPP mode?? Thanks for the help!

-Segasonicfan

[segasonicfan]

Also, if I get this flash cart working I will be selling many games from my Genesis library...I have something around 150 Genny games I just noticed your sig, so I thought I'd say something

-Segasonicfan

[dbjh]

[Suppafly]

Entering the bios and setting the PC options is a little risky if youre not familiar with it. Dont move anything that you dont know what it is. OR better yet, ask someone who knows more about computers to change the port for you.

[DjoeN]

[segasonicfan]

Okay, I got the cart working 100%! Thanks guys It wouldn't work untill I reset the Parallel Port to EPP and installed the thing on a 3rd computer. It works perfect now, and Totoek comes through again! Amazing piece of hardare (and software), I am very impressed

As for the Genny games, I intend to sell them to purchase more game stuff in general. I love my collection though, and I'm not sure which games I will be selling yet.

-Segasonicfan

[segabob]

Yep!
I no longer have 376 Nes games.
Or 78 Atari lynx games
Or 278 Game Gear games.
76 TG-16 games
I found a place called Game trading zone and Ebay

It's funny how hard it is to build the collections now a days..


But with all these back up units and flash cards.
You wonder if it's worth it

[Suppafly]

Glad everythings fixed.

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