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====== Menu User Guide ====== | ====== Menu User Guide ====== | ||
- | This page explains the features of the menu, as of version | + | This page explains the features of the menu, as of version |
You can find all releases of the menu, and a '' | You can find all releases of the menu, and a '' | ||
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This shows all of the folders and recognised images in your SD card. | This shows all of the folders and recognised images in your SD card. | ||
- | Press A to launch a game or enter a folder. If you enter a folder with only one disc image in it, it will be automatically launched. | + | Press A or C to launch a game or enter a folder. If you enter a folder with only one disc image in it, it will be automatically launched. |
- | Press C to move back to the parent folder. Use the left and right shoulder buttons | + | Power cycle the Saturn to return to the menu from the game. (Or, if you're using [[Action Replay patching|a patched Action Replay firmware]], you can use A+B+C+Start a couple of times.) |
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+ | The menu performs a region-free boot of the disc, so you can launch out-of-region discs this way. This boot method (the '' | ||
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+ | Press B to move back to the parent folder. Use the left and right D-pad to jump a full screen at a time. | ||
You can nest folders if you like to organise things that way. | You can nest folders if you like to organise things that way. | ||
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* ISO files | * ISO files | ||
- | * CUE files, with any combination of BIN and IMG data files | + | * CUE files, with any combination of BIN, IMG, ISO and WAV data files |
- | CUE files can have an arbitrary number of track files - there' | + | CUE files can have an arbitrary number of track files - there' |
- | Pressing | + | Pressing |
===== Tools Menu ===== | ===== Tools Menu ===== | ||
- | The tools menu currently gives you access to the Action Replay tools. | + | The tools menu currently gives you access to: |
- | If you'd like to transfer games between your Saturn' | + | * Action Replay tools, for backing up and flashing AR-type cartridges |
+ | * Diagnostics for your system | ||
+ | * Formatting | ||
- | ===== Action Replay tools ===== | + | If you'd like to transfer games between your Saturn' |
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+ | * slinga' | ||
+ | * cafe-alpha' | ||
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+ | ==== Action Replay tools ==== | ||
The AR tools are intended to help you work with Action Replay style Flash cartridges, including those used for Pseudo Saturn / Pseudo Saturn Kai (PSK). | The AR tools are intended to help you work with Action Replay style Flash cartridges, including those used for Pseudo Saturn / Pseudo Saturn Kai (PSK). | ||
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If your cartridge is not making good contact, you may get a Flash ID error. Simply wiggle the cartridge to reseat it and try again - you don't need to reboot. | If your cartridge is not making good contact, you may get a Flash ID error. Simply wiggle the cartridge to reseat it and try again - you don't need to reboot. | ||
- | Note that there was a change to flash ID code between | + | |
+ | ==== Diagnostics ==== | ||
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+ | As of menu 64, the only diagnostic available is the SD card latency test. | ||
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+ | === SD Latency Test === | ||
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+ | This does a set of 1-sector random reads on your card, and measures the time it takes to complete each operation. | ||
+ | Long latencies, or errors in this test, indicate that your card may not work well with the Satiator. | ||
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+ | For reference, the cheap SanDisk cards I use for testing have a mean latency of around 1500µs, and a maximum latency of around 3000µs. | ||
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+ | The Errors count should be zero. If you get errors, your card probably needs to be replaced. | ||
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+ | For ease of comparison, | ||
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+ | ==== Format SD Card ==== | ||
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+ | This option | ||
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+ | The cluster size used for FAT32 is 32KiB; for exFAT, 256KiB. |
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