Supercard DSTWO (aka SC DS2) Installation Guide
Important:
Please note that not every Supercard DSTWO needs firmware fix!
Please follow the Supercard TWO Driver Setup Guide to setup the card first.
If you get the error message like this :
An error has occurred. Press and hold the POWER Button to turn the system off. Plase refer to the Nintendo DSi Operations Manual for details.
Please check the firmware version of your DSi or 3DS according to these two steps:
- Click SETTING (with the Tool Icon) on the main menu
- Check the right hand corner of the top screen which says VER 1.x.x
Then choose the correspondent firmware fix guide below to upgrade your Supercard DSTWO to be compatible with your DS console.
Content List:
- DS Compatibility
- Preparation
- Hardware
- Software
- Installation
DS Compatibility
The following consoles are supported: DS, DS Lite, DSi, DSi XL & 3DS.
For DSi & DSi XL, the supported firmware versions are: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.4.1,1.4.2 & 1.4.3.
For 3DS, the supported firmware versions are: 1.0.0, 2.0.0-2, 2.1.0-3, 2.1.0-4 & 3.0.0-5
Preparation (Checklist Before Installation)
Hardware
1 x DS Lite / DSi/DSi XL/3DS
1 x Supercard TWO Card (Slot-1)
1 x USB Reader
1 x Micro SD/SDHC Memory Card
Software(Please Click the Driver / Firmware Name for the Latest Download)
| Firmware (For 3DS) |
Firmware v1.13 (Firmware 2.2.0-4 compatible) Firmware_v1.12 (Firmware 2.0.0 compatible) Fireware ver1.09 (Firmware 1.0.0 compatible) Firmware_v1.08 (Firmware 1.0.0 compatible) |
| Official Driver |
DSTWO_v1.11_1108 (Firmware 3.0.0-5 compatible) DSTWO_v1.11_0630(Firmware 1.4.3 compatible) DSTWO v1.11 0512 (Firmware 1.4.2 compatible) DSTWO_v1.08_eng_1222.zip （less functions） DSTWO_package_eng_20100928 (more functions) SUPERCARD DSTWO V1.07 (less functions) |
| Official Website | www.supercard.sc |
Installation
Please upgrade the Supercard DSTWO firmware first before installing the driver if you want to use the Supercard DSTWO on the DSi with the latest compatible firmware.
Format a Micro SD/SDHC Card
- Using Windows XP/Vista/7 Format Tool
- Using Panasonic Memory Card Format Program
- Using Mac Memory Card Format Tool
Using Windows XP/Vista/7 Format Tool
After inserting the microSD into the card reader, go to My Computer.
b) Right click the driver representing the microSD memory card.
c) Choose Format
d) Click Start to format the memory card in FAT32
Using Panasonic Memory Card Format Software
Note:
If your memory cards have capacity bigger than 32GB, please download the SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Cards Format Software.
If your memory cards have capacity equal or smaller than 32GB, please download the SD/SDHC Memory Cards Format Software.
Detailed guide is available from the SD Association here. [http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/]
- Insert SD/SDHC Memory Card into reader/writer.
- Click on [Start], point to [All Programs] -> [Panasonic] -> [SD Formatter VX.X], and click on [SD Formatter VX.X].
“X.X” means the version number of SD Memory Card Formatting Software.
If “User Account Control” window is displayed on the screen, please click on [Arrow]. - The main window is displayed on the screen.
- Select the target drive by drive list and check SD/SDHC Memory Card size.
- Click on [Format].
- After clicking on it, confirmation window is displayed on the screen. Here, if [OK] is clicked, this software executes the format operation. On the contrary, if [Cancel] is clicked, this software cancels the format operation and returns to the main window.
- The following status window is displayed on the screen during the format operation.
Note: [Cancel] on this window is available only if either “FULL (Erase ON)” or “FULL (Erase OFF)” is selected as format type option. If “QUICK” is selected as format type option, this button is not available. - After the format operation completion, click [OK] and remove the Memory Card from your PC.
- Reinsert the memory card to the PC to start using the memory card.
Using Mac Memory Card Format Tool
- Plug your memory card reader into a USB port on your Mac. Insert the microSD / microSDHC card into the memory card reader's microSD / microSDHC slot, and the microSD / microSDHC card will mount on your Mac desktop.
- In an open Finder window, single-click "Applications" in the Side-Bar and scroll down to find the Utilities folder. Find Disk Utility in the Utilities folder and double-click the "Disk Utility" application to launch it.
- In the opened Disk Utility application, single-click to select the microSD / microSDHC card in the left-hand Drives column. Then, single-click to select the "Erase" button in the top row of radio buttons. Select the format MS-DOS (FAT) to format the microSD / microSDHC card on the "Volume Format" pop-up button. When you have finished selecting the formatting options, click "Erase."
- A new dialogue box will pop up in "Disk Utility," asking if you are sure you wish to erase the microSD / microSDHC card. Caution: Erasing the microSD / microSDHC card will permanently erase any files. Make sure you have backed up any file you wish to keep. To continue with the formatting process, click "Erase."
- Once the microSD / microSDHC card has been erased, it will mount on your Mac desktop just as any other removable drive.
Supercard DSTWO Firmware fix for 3DS 2.2.0-4
1. Find a DS or DS Lite console. (Borrow from friends, classmates, colleagues or game store).
2. Download the Firmware_v1.13 and DSTWO_v1.11_1108 to the MicroSD. Make sure to put the following files and folder onto the root of the Micro SD/ SDHC card.
| Firmware_v1.13 | DSTWO_v1.11_1108 |
|
dstwoupdate.dat readme.txt |
_dstwo ds2boot.dat readme_eng.txt |
3. Turn on the DS or DSLite power, system will auto detect firmware 1.13.When you see the screen with words "Update system Beta 1.13 – 1.13", please press the button A to start the upgrade.
4. Then please wait for a moment. When it's done, you can see the words "upgrade successfully"!
5. DSTWO can work with 3DS with firmware version 2.2.0-4 right now.
Note: Please make sure that the console is fully charged during the upgrade.
Supercard DSTWO Firmware Fixed for Nintendo 3DS v2.0.0
1. Find a DS or DSLite console. (borrow from friend, classmate, colleague or game store).
2. Download the Firmware_v1.12 and EOSv1.11 to the MicroSD. Make sure to put the following files and folder in the root of the MicroSD.
| Firmware_v1.12 | EOSv1.11 |
|
dstwoupdate.dat readme.txt |
_dstwo ds2boot.dat readme_eng.txt |
3. Turn on the DS or DSLite power, system will auto detect firmware 1.12.When you see the screen with words "Update system Beta 1.09 – 1.12", please press the button A to start the upgrade.
4. Then please wait for a moment. When it's done, you can see the words"upgrade successfully"!
5. DSTWO can work with 3DS with firmware version 2.0.0 right now.
Supercard DSTWO Firmware fixed for Nintendo 3DS v1.0.0
Recently, some customers upgraded the firmware to 1.08 met problems, it looks like the DSTWO is broken. DSi and 3DS could not recognize the DSTWO. However, DS and DSLite work fine.
Part I: (99% situation)
YES, this is 1.08 firmware bug, the supercard team had fixed this bug and the last firmware is 1.09 now.
How can we fix the DSTWO that DSi and 3DS could not recognize?
1. Find a DS or DSLite console. (borrow from friend, classmate, colleague or game store).
2. Download the Fireware ver1.09 and EOSv1.11 to the MicroSD. Make sure to put the following files and folder in the MicroSD.
| Fireware ver1.09 | EOSv1.11 |
|
dstwoupdate.dat readme.txt |
_dstwo ds2boot.dat readme_eng.txt |
3. Turn on the DS or DSLite power, system will auto detect firmware 1.09.
4. Then upgrade to 1.09 and this bug fixed.
5. DSTWO can work with DSi and 3DS again.
Part II: (1% situation)
There is another situation, if DS and DSLite could not recognize the DSTWO too? Why this happen? It should be power off or reboot when upgrading the firmware.
What should I do?
Please be careful when you upgrading(DO NOT power off/reboot), or maybe you will fail, it's very dangerous! But don’t worry if you had failed, we can fix by this way:
1, First at all, you need a DSLite or old fat DS.
2, Download the newest Fireware ver1.09 , EOSv1.11 and the newest dstwoupdate.dat file (please choose the correct region version for your cart), and copy them to the root of your microsd card.
3, Run dstwo_load_NDSL.nds which released by Supercard Team on a flashcart which can run homebrew(like DSONE/i, DSTWO, DSTT, R4), then you will get the follow screen:
Pull out your flashcart, and insert the DSTWO which need to be upgraded, then insert the microsd card which stores the newest firmware, EOS and dstwoupdate.dat file. Then press B to continue upgrading.
Note:
Why we insert microsd cart after insert DSTWO?
because some high-speed microsd card need much power. Then console may reboot when you insert cart which had been inserted microsd card.
DSTWO Driver Setup Guide
- Unzip the file downloaded (using Winrar) on your PC
- Winrar can be downloaded from www.download.com by searching for Winrar at the Search.
- Unzip the file DSTWO_v1.11_1108, you will have ：
_dstwo
ds2boot.dat
readme_eng.txt
- Select all the above three unzipped files and copy them to the microSD memory card
- Copy your own files, including music, movies, pictures and other data to the Micro SD/SDHC memory card.
- Plug in the Micro SD/SDHC to the Supercard DSTWO. Insert the Supercard DSTWO with the microSD into the slot 1 of the DS console. Turn on the DS console.
- For DS & DS Lite, you will see the WARNING – HEALTH AND SAFETY. Please touch the touch screen or press button A to continue.
- For DSi or DSi XL, you will see the following icon with the name Fish Tycoon Majesco Entertainment. Please touch the icon or press button A to continue.
- Wait for the Supercard DSTWO to load.
- Congratulation if you have come this far as you have successfully set up your Supercard DSTWO. There you go. Enjoy your DS with the truly multimedia functions.
