Media Card/M3 Simply

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The M3 Simply uses Micro SD Cards. It is not known whether compatibility is the same as the M3 Lite.

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If it works:

• Card Name and model/serial no. (if known) - link to an image
  • WORKS with firmware 1.01
  • Castlevania Test: CVM rating (5=perfect 1=terrible)
  • Castlevania Portrait of Ruin (Crashes in the Ghost Mission/When teleporting?)
  • Spoiler: The room is found in Sandy Grave, at the upper portion, right most room. It contains only Ghosts. When you kill all the Ghost the Great Ghost will appear.

If it doesn't work:

• Card Name and model - link to an image
  • DOESN'T WORK with firmware 1.01
    

[edit] Micro SD Cards

• A-DATA 512MB 80x
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.02

• A-DATA 1GB
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.02

• A-Data Super, 1GB
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.02

• A-Data Super, 2GB
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.02
  • Castlevania Test : 5 of 5 with FAT16/64k, 4 of 5 with FAT32/16k
  • Castlevania Test : 2 of 5 Freeze reliably @ Wind FAT16/32k
  • Castlevania Test : 4 of 5 Freeze randomly @ warp/Wind FAT16/64k

• Apacer 2GB (Taiwan)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.07
  • Castlevania Test: ?
  • Freezes while playing Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

• ATP 1GB 80x
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01
  • Castlevania Test: ?
  • Freezes while playing Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

• ATP 512MB (AF512UD)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01
  • Castlevania Test: 5 of 5

• ByteStor 1GB (SD-C01G)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.02
  • Castlevania Test: ?

• Corsair 1GB (CMFSDMICRO-1GB)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.02
  • Castlevania Test: Freezes at Warp points (tried with all FAT/FAT32/Trim options)

• Integral 1GB
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01
  • Castlevania Test: ?
  • Freezes while playing Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

• Kingmax 512MB
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.02
  • Castlevania Test: 5 of 5

• Kingmax 1GB
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.02
  • Castlevania Test: ?

• Kingston 512MB (SDC/512; Japan)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.02
  • Castlevania Test: ?
  • No errors with Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

• Kingston 1GB TF 60x (OEM Toshiba)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.02
  • Castlevania Test: ?

• Kingston 1GB (SDC/1GB; Taiwan)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.05
  • Castlevania Test: 5 of 5

• Kingston 1GB (SDC/1GBFE; Taiwan)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01
  • Castlevania Test: ?

• Kingston 1GB
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.02

• Kingston 1GB - Made In Japan (FAT32)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.02
  • Castlevania Test : 5 of 5

• Kingston 2GB - Made In Japan (Factory format)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.06
  • Castlevania Test : 5 of 5
  • No freezes in Castlevania Portrait of Ruin

• Kingston 2GB - Made In Taiwan (Factory Format)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.05
  • Castlevania Test : 4.5 of 5
  • Not frozen, just one slight skip in the video.

• Patriot 2GB
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.01/1.02

• PNY 2GB - Made In Taiwan
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.02

• PQI 1GB - Made In Taiwan (FAT32)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.02
  • Castlevania Test : 5 of 5

• SanDisk 512MB (FAT16/64k)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01
  • Castlevania Test: 5 of 5

• SanDisk 1GB (FAT16/64k)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.01
  • Castlevania Test: 5 of 5

• SanDisk 1GB - Made in Taiwan (FAT16/64k)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.02
  • Castlevania Test: 4 of 5 (Freezes from time to time)
  • Pokémon Ranger Test: 3 of 5 (Character sprite missing)

• SanDisk 1GB - Made in Taiwan (FAT32)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.02/1.04
  • Castlevania Test: 5 of 5

• SanDisk Ultra II 1GB (FAT32/16k) (factory formatted)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.02
  • Castlevania Test: 5 of 5

• SanDisk Ultra II 2GB (Made in Taiwan)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.05/1.06
  • Benchmarked in HD Tach --> Read speed: 10.8MB/s, Random access time: 1.1ms (the card is fast, maybe too long random access time.)
  • results for FAT16/32k (factory formatted, FAT16/64k and FAT32/16k:
    • Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam: 2 of 5 (Trainings work. Major slowdown in first mission; possibly because it have 3 AI players skating!)
    • Castlevania Test: 3.5 of 5 on both (U) and (E) ROMs (I am so disappointed with my EXPENSIVE ULTRA II card! It first froze after 2 hours of playing at warp room, after that it freezes frequently in warp rooms. It froze once when I wanted to talk to that ghost dude)

• SanDisk 8GB
  • WORKSwith Current Firmwares [1.05 & Up]
  • Castlevania Test: 3.5 of 5 on both (U) and (E) ROMs - Freezes at Random times during the game, and Freezes when the Menu is accessed.

• <b>Toshiba 1GB (SD-C01G)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.02
  • Castlevania Test: ?

• Transcend 512MB 80x
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.02
  • Castlevania Test: ?

• Transcend 1GB (TS1GUSD)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.02
  • Castlevania Test: ?
  • No errors with Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

• Transcend 2GB (TS2GUSD)
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.00/1.01/1.02
  • Castlevania Test: ?

• Transcend 1GB 66x? (TS1GUSD) - Made in Taiwan Newegg Image
  • WORKS with Firmware 1.02
  • Fit is sticky compared to the SanDisk 512MB, but not problematic.
  • (Factory Format - FAT16/64K & FAT32/16k) Castlevania Test: 2 of 5 (Random freezes, Warp freezes.)

Please include the model no. for the SD card, as Sandisk makes multiple speeds of microSD.