yarjr Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) So its been awhile since Ive posted on here but I got a question only you smart people can answer.Why won't the EZ flash 4 work on the Super Retro Advance Adapter by Retro Bit?See it will get past the first white screen and something working cause a box will pop up and say "can not find disk" yet we can't get it passed that.I have read speculation that it it eats to much current for the SNES but that doesn't make any sense when you consider it does load at least a bit of the flash carts software.I wonder if this isn't something we could fix with a firmware update? If so it really needs to be done cause everybody has been lead to believe the EZ Flash 4 is the best and oddly it is in a normal gba. Hell it even works fine in the gba player for the gamecube so what the @#$% is going on?If we can't figure this out it looks like I bought another piece of hardware I can't use. *facepalm* Edited January 28, 2014 by yarjr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 You can't fix a power-usage issue with firmware. None of the flash carts work on that adapter. That's why I'm not buying it and sticking with Mr. Cube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarjr Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 (edited) The M3 works on the adapter and as I have suggested I do not believe this is a power issue unless it can't generate enough power to read an SD card. Perhaps... Edited January 29, 2014 by yarjr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarjr Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 (edited) BTW You can't fix a power-usage issue with firmware. Duh, you think I'm an idiot? Edited January 29, 2014 by yarjr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Hey you're the one who asked if this was something "we could fix with a firmware update." If you don't have the M3 Perfect, you're not going to find one now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarjr Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Hey your the one who thinks it has something to do with power usage. I said that was speculation. I have already stated why I don't think thats the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I have already stated why I don't think thats the issue. Which is also speculation.....round and round and round she goes........ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarjr Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Id be very happy to hear from someone who knows exactly why it won't work. I got to believe he or she exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenegg Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Not sure why I'm bothering to respond, as you have a serious attitude problem, but maybe this will help others as well. The bottom line here is that the Super Retro Advance Adapter is a GBA clone and not official hardware. Flash carts usually have problems on clones due to either power issues or something not functioning exactly like the original console. Fact is, the market for the SRA is fairly small and there are better alternatives to playing GBA games on a TV, so there's little incentive for anyone to investigate further. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) its uncommon, but SD/MMC has been specked out to suck up to 200ma, the 5 volt regulator inside the snes starts its protection mode at 1 amp, but you will never hit that cause its thermal protection will go nuts, so lets say 750ma - SNES - Wonky adapter - flash cart - SD card = little or nothing left in the power budget. course I have never seen a SD card actually eat that much, and I have some really old MMC cards laying around in the tens of megabytes, and even with intense write sessions they dont break 100ma, so its highly unlikely, but not impossible its a consumption issue Edited February 2, 2014 by Osgeld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokefdex43 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I had the same issue with a EZ Flash IV I got on ecrater and found out none of the flash carts work on that adapter after reading that they usually have problems on clones due to power-usage / not functioning exactly like the original console but these ez flash sure work fine on the GBA http://zercath.ecrater.com/p/19243669/ez-flash-iv-ez4-gba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Id be very happy to hear from someone who knows exactly why it won't work. I got to believe he or she exists. Okay, but he/she most likely speaks only Chinese. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsm_dealer08 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Sorry to revive such an old topic but can someone confirm that the EZ flash IV does not work with any adapter? I was thinking about getting a Super retro trio to play Nes and gba games but if there is no possible way to make it work then i'll just buy a AV famicom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Some of those GBA adapters are not 100% true GBA but rather are either GBA clone or emulated and sometimes doesn't work with flash carts that have odd or unusual timing that fails on some non Genuine GBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug0909 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Based on this thread, I'm going to guess that I can't count on the EZ Flash Omega flash card working with the Super Retro Advance adapter for the SNES? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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