Help needed on new X gold

[midsta666]

Hi, I just got me a new neogeo X gold with firmware 500. I fancied trying to get the sd Card with loads of games on. It's from Spain and it's got 180 games on it. It says I need firmware 0.45 to get the card to work. Is it possible to change the firmware from 500 to 0.45 and is it actually any good. Or is their a way I could use the sd card with a different (better) firmware. I have a rocket cable on the way. And is their anyway you can change firmware through a pc or is it only possible via rocket cable. Cheers guys for any help. I am new to the forum and also new to neogeo gaming. Also I have the 15 games built into my console.

[midsta666]

Also where would I get the firmware from?

[rob7979]

I don't think it is possible to roll back from firmware 500 to an earlier version.

Also if you have a card with 180 games on this suggests to me that the unit was jailbroken in which case 500 (or 500a) should be sufficient.

[f40boi]

no FW 4.5 is jailbreak firmware, 500 is not jailbreak

the card shouldn't work with firmware 500 as it is aftermarket (not stock) roms and firmware 500 specifically has protection on it to prevent home-brew roms

nevertheless it is fairly easy to jailbreak the neo geo x

my question is whether stuff that works on firmware 4.5 will also work on 3.45 , because 3.45 jailbreak apparently is the firmware to have

[crujones4life]

Nov 27, 2016 23:44:05 GMT -5 f40boi said:

no FW 4.5 is jailbreak firmware, 500 is not jailbreak

the card shouldn't work with firmware 500 as it is aftermarket (not stock) roms and firmware 500 specifically has protection on it to prevent home-brew roms

nevertheless it is fairly easy to jailbreak the neo geo x

my question is whether stuff that works on firmware 4.5 will also work on 3.45 , because 3.45 jailbreak apparently is the firmware to have

Yes. If your rom works on one version of jailbreak it will work on all of them.