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Old April 1st, 2007   #1 (permalink)
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Bios error - dc_boot.bin ?

I'm not able to enter this emulator at all I'm sorry to say. It's a bios error it seems, but I don't see what I'm doing wrong. I've just copied the bios I used for both chankast, and demul, but it just can't detect it. See pic:


Is it something obvious I'm missing. The error looks for dc_boot.bin, but I've never heard of that file before, and it's not mentioned in the ReadME.

EDIT!!: So Sorry. I just found a mention via a readme 'find' search. I have to rename the file. Ah, I'm just going to leave this thread saying that it could be made a little clearer. -_-;;

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Old April 1st, 2007   #2 (permalink)
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rename dc_Bios.bin to dc_Boot.bin
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Old April 1st, 2007   #3 (permalink)
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You made the same silly mistake I did.

Rename dc_bios.bin to dc_boot.bin for it to work.

I don't know why the developers just reference to dc_bios.bin in the first place instead of calling it dc_boot.bin.
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You made the same silly mistake I did.

Rename dc_bios.bin to dc_boot.bin for it to work.

I don't know why the developers just reference to dc_bios.bin in the first place instead of calling it dc_boot.bin.
Typo i was ~ 60 hours awake to finish up everything for the release so i misstyped it Reuploading files now

edit : Files updated

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Typo i was ~ 60 hours awake to finish up everything for the release so i misstyped it Reuploading files now

edit : Files updated

really?...60 hours!.., man thats not healthy ...besides you will be bored of the emulator quickly..., thanks
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I did the same too but now its not unable to find the file. Check it out
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put it in the data folder..., not the main folder..
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I did all of the renaming and put both files in the data folder but still no luck. What a I doing wrong?
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put it in the data folder..., not the main folder..
I did and it still remains the same problem for me
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Same here
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Maybe you configured windows to hide extensions from "known file types".
Check the nullDC executable, is it named "nullDC" or "nullDC.exe"? If it's named "nullDC" then windows hides the extensions of known file types.
In that case you must name the files "dc_boot" and "dc_flash" (without the ".bin" extension).
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PERFECT!!! Thanks A lot Psyman it ended up working can't wait to try out the emulator!
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I figure it out now. Now I get this dumb pop up. This application has failed to start because d3d9.dll was not found. Re- installing the application may fix this problem.
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guys i have another error, im getting this when im trying to load the emulator without any game:
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Error in .\dc\mem\sh4_internal_reg.cpp:ReadMem_area7:572 -> Unkown Read from Area7 , addr=1ffff834
Error in .\dc\mem\sh4_internal_reg.cpp:ReadMem_area7:572 -> Unkown Read from Area7 , addr=1ffff836
Error in .\dc\mem\sh4_internal_reg.cpp:ReadMem_area7:572 -> Unkown Read from Area7 , addr=1ffff838
not implemented opcode : 0 : Unkown opcode @ 9FFFF67A
Press Any key to continue

I have upload the log also (i use nullDC_100b1.exe > nulldc_log.txt because the default savwelog.bat has another name for the executable)

Im on fire, i really want this emulator to load
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Your bios is wrong (wrong size)
dc_boot.bin should be 2 MB , dc_flash.bin should be 128KB
Both your files are ~ 64kb
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Typo i was ~ 60 hours awake to finish up everything for the release so i misstyped it Reuploading files now

edit : Files updated
oh, thanks drkIIRaziel for taking time and trouble. god bless you.
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Old April 2nd, 2007   #18 (permalink)
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as i guess, thank you man
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Hi Guys,

I'm new to this and i'm amazed that i got this far lol. Anyway i'm getting an error msg "Unable to Load Nullpvr_Win32.dll plugin , errorlevel=201"



Obviously i need some help please? could someone guide me toward the light.
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Hi Guys,

I'm new to this and i'm amazed that i got this far lol. Anyway i'm getting an error msg "Unable to Load Nullpvr_Win32.dll plugin , errorlevel=201"

Obviously i need some help please? could someone guide me toward the light.
Are sure you have Nullpvr_Win32.dll into plugin folder? Also why you are using nullDC_100b1? I recommend you to change to nullDC_100b1.6 that is the latest version.
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