Media Card/Micro SD

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ADD THE FILE SYSTEM USED WHEN ADDING A NEW CARD

For information on how to post, and for techniques to enable you to get better results with your card, please check the main Media Card page.

If it works:

• Card Name and model/serial no. (if known) - link to an image
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA and Firmware E25
  • 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.

Please note what cluster size you used if you needed to use START to run GBA games.

If it doesn't work:

• Card Name and model - link to an image
  • DOESN'T WORK with Firmware E25
    

Please Note: This page is for MicroSD compatibility with the M3 Lite. Compatibility with the M3 Simply is not guaranteed.

[edit] Micro SD Cards

Micro Secure Digital - Wiki The M3 Lite is now being shipped. Please update the wiki with your findings.

• A-Data My Flash 512MB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E30 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT32

• A-Data MicroSD 1GB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E28 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) V29 Firmware, FAT16 Cluster Size Default
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT16 Cluster Size 64k
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) e28 FW, factory settings, no reformat

• A-Data MicroSD 2GB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E28 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS
  • Castlevania Test: 4 (4xDMA, Trim-rom) V30c Firmware, FAT16 Cluster Size 64k
  • Castlevania Test: 4 (4xDMA, Trim-rom) V30c Firmware, FAT16 Cluster Size Default

• Corsair MicroSD 1GB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, 30C firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS
  • Castlevania Test: 4 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT32 Default Cluster Size
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT16 Cluster Size 64k

• Dane-Elec MicroSD 1GB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E29 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS
• Dane-Elec MicroSD 2GB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E35 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS

• Kingmax MicroSD 512MB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E28 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT16 Default Cluster Size

• Kingston MicroSD 1GB | Picture
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA and Firmware E30 (and E27A, E23)
  • GBA mode: WORKS Games must be started with "START" instead of "A" if using FAT16
  • Castlevania Test: 4.5 (4xDMA) FAT32 Default Cluster Size
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT16 Cluster Size 64k, E29 Firmware

• Kingston MicroSD 2GB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA and Firmware E30 (and E27A, E23)
  • GBA mode: WORKS Games must be started with "START" instead of "A" if using FAT16
  • Castlevania Test: 4.5 (4xDMA) FAT32 Default Cluster Size
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT16 Cluster Size 64k, E30 Firmware

• Lexar MicroSD 2GB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, Firmware E32
  • GBA mode: WORKS Games must be started with "START" instead of "A"
  • Castlevania Test: 3.5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT32 Cluster Size 16K
  • Castlevania Test: 3.5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT16 Cluster Size 64k
  • I gave it 3.5 because it freezes when Soma dodges the energy ball

• PNY MicroSD 1GB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E30 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS, but the games must be started with START instead of A
  • Castlevania Test: 3 (1xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT16 Default Cluster Size
  • Castlevania Test: 3 (1xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT32 Default Cluster Size
  • Castlevania Test: 4.5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT32 Default Cluster Size
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT16 Cluster Size 64k
  • I classify 4.5 in FAT32 default cluster size because it dropped one frame.

• Sandisk MicroSD Ultra II 1GB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E27 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS Games must be started with "START" instead of "A"
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT16 Cluster Size 64k
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT32

• Sandisk MicroSD Ultra II 2GB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E29 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS Games must be started with "START" instead of "A"
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT16
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT32

• Sandisk MicroSD 512MB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E28 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS
  • Castlevania Test: 3 (Software Reset, 4xDMA, Trim-Rom) FAT32

• Sandisk MicroSD 1GB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E28 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS
  • Castlevania Test: 3 (Software Reset, 4xDMA, Trim-Rom) FAT32
  • Castlevania Test: 4 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT32 Cluster Size 8192k
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT16 Cluster Size 64k
  • Note: One user had a problem with backups, no matter what the settings.

• Sandisk MicroSD 2GB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E29 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS Games must be started with "START" instead of "A" in FAT16
  • Castlevania Test: 4.5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT32
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT32 Cluster Size 16k
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT16 Cluster Size 64k

• Transcend MicroSD 512MB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E27 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS
  • Castlevania Test: 3 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT32
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT16 Cluster Size 64k

• Transcend MicroSD 80x 512MB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E27 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT32

• Transcend MicroSD 1GB
  • WORKS with 1x/4x DMA, E31 firmware
  • GBA mode: WORKS
  • Castlevania Test: 5 (4xDMA, Trim-rom, Software reset) FAT16 Cluster Size Default