Issue with NeoLinkMasta detecting Cart

[zandengoff]

So I got my Flash Masta about a week ago. I have been having a good time with it, flashed a few games, played a few homebrew titles. One thing I noticed is that the flashing software seemed to be crashing at 99% when loading most homebrew rom files. They show as unknown when launching the software again after flashing, however they play on the NGPC.

So the flasher software is crashing, no biggie I thought. Well after flashing another homebrew title, I ran into an issue. I can see the device plugged into the computer, I can play the titles flashed to the cart, but I cannot get the software to detect the cart to reflash. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver through zadiag, different cables, different USB ports, and attempted to communicate with the cart using the mac version of the software. I am a bit stumped.

I have attached the output from from USBDeview if it is helpful.

I haven't seen this happen before. Somehow you got the microcontroller (that handles all the USB communication) to reset back into DFU (device firmware update) mode.

It's pretty simple to fix (assuming that's all that happened). I'll have to email you a few files, but it should be straightforward. Since you're using Zadig, I assume you're on Windows (even though you also mentioned Mac).

I'll email you direct.

EDIT: By the way, thank you for posting the screenshot. The info in there is what clued me in on the problem.

Windows 10, but also have Ubuntu and Mac. The app I used was USBDeview from nirsoft. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html Very good app to see what USB devices are mounting and what drivers they are using.

Any idea why the flash application is crashing when writing homebrew roms? It hasn't happened on any commercial rom yet, just homebrew. I am concerned this will happen again. That and I bought the Flash Masta for coding a bit myself.