WS Flash Masta Not Showing Up (Zadig)

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I split your post off from the thread that's more specific to the cart itself. I think this is more of a tech support question.

I wrote this up for someone else via email, but I think it's very good info to have here on the forum. I know that you have already said you tried some of this, but I want to have the info for anyone else that might come along.

The #1 reason this happens to people seems to be the USB cable. I have even had people try a couple different USB cables that failed and then bought a new one that worked. I think that some Micro USB cables are for charging only, and they don't work for data transfers. If you have any way to make sure the cable works on another device for data transfer from your computer to a device, that would help. Otherwise, try a few different cables.
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After the USB cable thing, it is not a typical problem, but some users still experience some sort of USB incompatibility. We make and sell the Neo Geo Pocket and Wonderswan carts that use the same chip for USB. Most users don't have a problem, but we've sold enough to know that some small percentage of people do.

Once you know you have a good USB cable, try plugging it into different USB ports. There seems to be some incompatibility with some ports. I don't know why, but some users find that it fails on one of their ports but works on another.

Next is to try with or without a USB hub. Some people say that plugging directly into the computer helped and others say that plugging into a USB hub helped.

You said you're using Zadig, so I assume that you're on Windows. Does Windows make any sort of audio sound when you plug or unplug the device (like other USB devices would make)?

If I recall correctly, Zadig has a button to display all devices. You might need to use that to see the cartridge.

Also check your device manager to see if you can determine if the cartridge is showing up there. There is one situation where the cart could have lost its firmware and it could show up as an Atmel DFU device. This is very rare, but that could cause something similar to what you described.

Another great test is to try it on a different computer, especially if you have a Mac or Linux computer. This is what I suggest for you, XxKeeperxX, after you've done all the other stuff (that you may have done laready). What we REALLY want to know, at this point, is if the cart works properly or if there might actually be a hardware problem.

If it works on another computer, then the cart itself isn't bad, and we need to track down a software problem or incompatibility. If you hear a sound on Windows when you plug it in, that's a good indication that the hardware is okay but that another driver is causing a problem (or that it's in Atmel DFU mode).

See what you can track down, and we'll get things figured out for you.