DARKSOFT CHIHIRO TYPE 3: New Firmware !

[DCrosby]

Quick Question: When you do the firmware update, do you do it through Wi-Pi or CF-Adapter, or hook up a PC and run the netbooter.exe ? What's the most straight-forward way of doing it? (I think Wi-Pi only has support for Net-Dimm Boards, which this would not cover) Something which could possibly be changed

 

[whatnot]

The majority of Type-3 machines have a net board in them. You'd transfer it to the machine in w/e method you want, transfergame.exe, etc.

 

[Mrhide]

Quick Question: When you do the firmware update, do you do it through Wi-Pi or CF-Adapter, or hook up a PC and run the netbooter.exe ? What's the most straight-forward way of doing it? (I think Wi-Pi only has support for Net-Dimm Boards, which this would not cover) Something which could possibly be changed

You can use the wi-pi and temporarily rename the firmware.bin with the name of a game.bin and load that "game"

 

[DCrosby]

You can use the wi-pi and temporarily rename the firmware.bin with the name of a game.bin and load that "game"

I'll give that a try, thanks!

 

[DCrosby]

Worked as described, I did have to take the bin after renaming it to one of the games for Chihiro that I wasn't going to play (and I renamed the existing game to .old, so I could set it back once done). After which I had to use 7Zip to make it .bin.gz to make a gzip package... so it would fall in like with what the Wi-Pi expected...

 

[Darksoft]

Enjoy!

 

[multiretroproject]

Hello all,

Sorry I wanted to ask, I have problem with Chihiro Type 3, I tried netbooting to upgrade the Firmware, but when doing so the Chihiro rebooted about 2 times then ended up with Error 31 and no change in system information. is there something wrong with the steps I've done? Thanks before

 

[DCrosby]

On all Chihiro net-dimm supported games ? I remember seeing something like this on some of them like the gundam games as they need a specific board to run, due to the analog inputs.

 

[whatnot]

On all Chihiro net-dimm supported games ? I remember seeing something like this on some of them like the gundam games as they need a specific board to run, due to the analog inputs.

Gundams biggest blocker is it expects a specific netfirm revision that hasn't been archived. I ended up editing the game to just check the latest (plus a custom kernel, wont work on any public even hacked).

 

[ForestOfDreams]

If one has both tops on hand, say a type 1 top and a type 3 top.
My question pertains to this firmware.
If I update my type 3 top to this firmware, can I no longer use my type 1 top on it?

Or does this firmware only affect the top board and not the bottom board.

 

[Mrhide]

If you have both, use a type 3 and stick the type 1 on a naomi no?

 

[ForestOfDreams]

Crazy taxi 3 has issues on type 3 so I have kept a spare top around purely for it.

Type 1 & 3 the top portions interchange if you remove the 10ish screws.
Base bottom is identical.
Only have 1 working bottom currently.

 

[rtw]

What issues do you see with CTHR on Type 3 @ForestOfDreams ?