mr-atari wrote:
10 am over-here (Netherlands).
Take your time, no rush.
The "B"-folder has 153 files BTW.
Hi there!
Sorry it took so long, but unbelievably only now could I sit down with this again...
Anyway, let me tell you what I experienced, because something is definitely wrong here...
Tracing back:
- Originally I threw a lot of files at the root. This came up pretty fast, but I could not see all the files.
- I then proceeded to create folders per letter (A1, A2, B-D, etc.) and place all files in the corresponding folders. This made it terribly slow, and from the moment I hit enter to start fat32 loader, until I saw all the files/folders on the screen took well over a minute...
After seeing your videos I did two things:
1) Create a "XEX Games" folder, and moved all the letter folders with their files into this folder
2) Copy to the root the Side loader patched for MyIDE-II that you attached.
This is the behaviour I see:
1)
- From the moment I hit enter to start FAT32 loader until I see the files appear, it AGAIN keeps taking almost a minute
- Once I enter the XEX Games folder, I can navigate the letter folders and look at the contents, and these all show up relatively fast (1-3 seconds). This is maintained as long I remain within the XEX Games folder.
- If I jump back to the root, AGAIN it takes well over a minute to show the list...
2)
- If once the FAT32 loader shows me the files I choose the Side loader, when it loads I *see* the list of files on the root folder --but it takes between 25-30 seconds -- before the selection bar appears and I can navigate the folder structure.
- Navigating the folder structure (once again inside the XEX Games folder) is almost instant, like your video. HOWEVER, again if I jump back to the root folder, the selection bar disappears, and only comes back after about 25-30 seconds...
So not really sure what's going on. I am discarding the cart being the problem (unless it's the batch like with the power/initialization issue) because it also happens to a friend, plus I have a second cart here and the same happens on it as well.
Any clues? Do you think it could be the card? (coincidentally my friend has the same card, a 4GB Sandisk Ultra)