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TROUDBLE SHOOTING:

If you encounter a problem while installing or using your CD64, check this section for help.

CAUTION : To prevent damage to your Game Console and PC, turn off electrical power before connection or disconnection .

• No menu screen came out form TV after CD64 installed
• Menu screen came out but go black after few seconds
• TV screen keep scrolling
• CD64 display 0M for dram memory size
• Game files load to CD64 , but no file name display on the bottom of the menu’s screen.
• No color on some games and Cannot play some game.
• The output connector for TV on the CD64 is not working.
• CD format error
• Checksum Error.
• Game hangs while playing
• Blank screen after start game
• Top part of CD64 getting warm.
• Cannot link to PC
• Upgrade problem

• More Problem Solving Help
• Question : Not a CD64 file CD !!
  

TROUDBLE SHOOTING:

If you encounter a problem while installing or using your CD64, check this section for help.
CAUTION : To prevent damage to your Game Console and PC, turn off electrical power before connection or disconnection .

1. No menu screen came out form TV after CD64 installed
   Make sure you already insert a boot cartridge into CD64.
   Boot Cartridge :- ( original cartridge without hardware protection * i.e. Mario64, Pilot Wing , You cannot use following card for boot card : Snowboard 1080, Yoshi story, Diddy Kong Racing. Since those cartridge has hardware protection. )
2. Menu screen came out but go black after few seconds
   Make sure you connect the AC Adaptor to the CD64, otherwise CD64 are using the power current of N64. Some N64 AC Adaptor’s current are not enough for both of N64 & CD64.
3. TV screen keep scrolling
   Your TV is too old for using CD64, it cannot auto-synchronize the signal by itself, please use another TV for using CD64.
4. CD64 display 0M for dram memory size
   CD64 display 0M for dram memory size
   Bad contact between (i ) the memory ram module and slot or (ii ) CD64’s pin connector and N64. Please remove the memory module and re-install again or check the pin connector to make sure the pin not bent, otherwise clean the pin connector by alcohol
5. Game files load to CD64 , but no file name display on the bottom of the menu’s screen.
   Please refer to CD64 display 0M for dram memory size. And also maybe the connecting cable for the CD-Drive is loose, please re-connect again..
6. No color on some games and Cannot play some game.
   Because of the software protection, a lot of PAL games [ENG] cannot play on the NTSC [JPN] machine. But you can patch the game to run on the NTSC machine, there are a lot of patch file you can found at the NET. But be careful , there are a lot of patch files still have bugs ( no color , hang? etc. )?on it. You have try to get the right one.
7. The output connector for TV on the CD64 is not working.
   The output connector for TV on the CD64 is not working.
   The AV out of the CD64 is use for the optional VCD output, and it is no function at this moment.
8. CD format error
   CD64 's cd format is ISO 9660 MODE 1, it can read muti-session cd. But it cannot support sub-directory. The file extension can be anything. Our Bios & Hardware structure is totally different from V64 & Z64. Only the CD-ROM software ) is compatible. The CD64 can load V64 and Z64 files alike.
9. Checksum Error.
   Please refer to 4 & 5.or  The checksum error means the game file is not n64 checksum made. You can use the cd64 tools menu checksum function to make thechecksum.
10. Game hangs while playing
    Make sure you already connect the AC Adaptor to the CD64. Sometime, insufficient current may cause the game hangs.
11. Blank screen after start game
    If you confirm there is no not the problem of the games files. Please select menu "CD64 CONFIG". Select start game by press [A]key or [RESET] (Some patched game need to start with [RESET] example : Snowboard 1080. ). If you select start game by [ RESET ], you cannot use the cheat-code function at the same time. You can have an alternative method by turn off the N64 and on again. Select START CD64 FILE to start the game.
12. Top part of CD64 getting warm.
    Top part of CD64 getting warm.
    It is normal, because CD64 have a current protection circuit design on it.
13. Cannot link to PC
    Make sure you already install the Pro Comm Link card or the Parallel Port Adaptor into your PC. The operation for linking to PC , please refer to the USAGE OF PARALLEL PORT ADAPTOR.
14. Upgrade problem
    The bios image and the upgrade program is fully tested and did not get any problems. It should work if people follow the instruction show by the upgrade program step by step. They should upgrade the cd64 successfully. When there are upgrading the bios don't turn the system off!!!! By solving your mistake, If you have a eeprom programer:
    A. Take the eeproms out from the cd64 and don't forget the odd[O] &even[E] position.
    B. Select programmer with the eeprom type as ATMEL 29c010.
    C. You can load file to the programmer with binary format.
    D. Burn the odd byte to eeprom marked with [O], and even byte to eeprom marked with [E].
    E. If your programmer didn't have the burning odd even byte function, you need first to split the file into odd and even format files.
    F. Put the eeproms back to it's position.
15. More Problem Solving Help
    If you still have the problem, please contact your local dealer or service center. Or you can contact internet webmaster for help.
16. Question : Not a CD64 file CD !!

    I have a question about how the cd work on cd. I have a cd that have a .v64 file in it (not in sub-dir), but when I load it in the CD64, it saids "Not a CD64 file CD". How do I make it a cd64 file cd?? Is there any special software I have to do with the file oranything? Btw I have bios 1.30

    Answer : Please use Nero Burning ( you can download from www.download.com ) to make it. Make sure it is ISO LEVEL 1,enclose is the picture for your reference.