How does the everdrive work?

[BonBon]

Thinking of buying one have no idea how it works how to play games on it or how to put games on it

[keropi]

All everdrives have an SD-card slot, so you just copy rour games in a SD card and insert it to the everdrive. When you power on you are presented with a game selector screen, you choose a game and it starts playing  

[BonBon]

So u download roms on an sd card from a computer right?

[famifan]

iphone can't into SD card?

[keropi]

So u download roms on an sd card from a computer right?

yes 

[XiTaU]

its a very simple process you just put the operating system onto the SD card and download ROMs onto the card. then they come up in a simple file list and u can choose the rom u want no harder than setting up any emulator.

[L___E___T]

I had more trouble getting the thing in a shell than getting games to run on it.

[lobdale]

I spent a while choppin down my spare Salamander cart last night, used a plastic clipper for Gundam models and a couple small files, took some real fenagglin' but it looks pretty good now!

[Zero107]

lobdale, that looks sick. I have a Salamander on the way for that same purpose. So what exactly did you have to cut, does it have too many plastic tabs?

[XiTaU]

from the looks of it u will need to cut the top tabs so the pcb will fit and the 2 small rounded tabs on each side which slot through the pcb as they are in a different location on the everdrive pcb. Mainly u will be using the large middle tab to hold the pcb in place.

[Zero107]

Ah, I see. Shouldn't be too hard. As far as safely opening the cartridge up, is there any other safe method besides using a Quick-Grip? There has to be some other non-damaging option.

[manuel]

That looks awesome indeed.
It's just unfortunate that Salamander carts have to go for that... 

[lobdale]

I had to cut virtually every peg and tab, including the Konami "hole" on the back side, as well as snip down both tabs on the top and the sides, nothing matches up on the cart with the case except the top and side tabs (which taper to be larger and so need to be trimmed).  It was a serious chore, I do not advise using a Salamander cart for ease whatsoever.  But it sure looks cool!  To get it apart I basically just squeezed and pried till it snapped apart.  I sorta doinked the top right clip but it doesn't make much of a difference since the side clips are really strong.  Took a while to file down the slot for the SD card on the side as well.

Glad it's over with!

[XiTaU]

Yeah im glad i had 3 copies of adventure island because when i opened 2 of them they had chips and lucky last had a glob and the pcb style i needed and its an easy transfer.

[L___E___T]

I have a Salamander cart opened also ready for this.  Can't decide if I want to add a translucent label like the original or not though.  Glad you attempted this first, I can learn from your process

Just to add, the DK I used was also not straightforward, I've come to the conclusion no cart shell will be because the Everdrive is way taller than early carts so I think each one is a trial and error DIY job.