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title: X6 DSi and factory firmwares
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releaseslug: factoryproto
date: 2024/10/09
preview: /photos/X6/X6_open.jpg
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    <h1>X6 DSi and factory firmwares</h1>
    <p>Today we're happy to release a prototype DSi and 3 other motherboards with prototype firmware. Huge thanks to MarioDS64 for sharing his X6 DSi, HudsonU for his factory firmware, and Kelly for helping me get ahold of my two boards.
    <h2>TWL-CPU-X6</h2>
    This retail prototype DSi has an X6 motherboard and an X4 battery board. The white parts of the shell are slightly different from the released color, and there is no printing on the shell. The sides of the shell have slight notches where there used to be wires, but these have since been removed.
    <br><br>
    The X6 is running the v2235-7985 factory (prototype) firmware. When a DSi first comes off of the assembly line, it has the factory firmware <a href="/dsidev/twl_eva_pre_import.html">installed</a> to allow it to boot factory test cartridges. The firmware has no menu and only autoboots inserted cartridges. If no cartridge is found then there will just be a white screen. There is a prototype <a href="/dsidev/machinesettings.html">MachineSettings</a> also included, though it is inaccessible.<br><br>
    Parts of this firmware have been found in brand new DSis, but this is the first time finding the complete firmware and having it installed.<br><br>
    <h4>Download</h4>
    <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/files/AAAMPP3EH529_v2235-7985_prod_X6_MarioDS64.zip">X6 DSi NAND</a>
    <div class="screenshot">
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_top.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_top.jpg" alt="Top shell of the X6"></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_bottom.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_bottom.jpg" alt="The bottom shell. It has chinese characters which translate to 'for mass production', and there is a serial of AAAMPP3EH529."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_open.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_open.jpg" alt="The X6 is opened. The top half is black and the bottom half is white."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_whahoo.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_whahoo.jpg" alt="The X6 is running Super Mario 64 DS."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_back.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_back.jpg" alt="The back side where all the ports are."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_right.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_right.jpg" alt="The right side where the SD card slot is. There is an unknown notch in the shell."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_left.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_left.jpg" alt="The left side where the volume buttons are. There are two notches here which slightly open up to the X6's interior."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_mobo_attached.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_mobo_attached.jpg" alt="The X6 mother attached to the DSi."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_mobo_front.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_mobo_front.jpg" alt="The front of the motherboard. It clearly says 'TWL-CPU-X6'"></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_mobo_back.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_mobo_back.jpg" alt="The back of the motherboard."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_compare_top.png" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_compare_top.png" alt="A side by side of the X6 and a retail DSi top screen interiors. They look very similar."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_screen.png" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_screen.png" alt="A photo of the interior shell."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_sub_comp_back.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_sub_comp_back.jpg" alt="A side by side of the X6 and a retail battery board (back). The X6 is using an X4 battery board."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_sub_comp_front.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/X6/X6_sub_comp_front.jpg" alt="A side by side of the X6 and a retail battery board (back). The X6 is using an X4 battery board."></a>
    </div>

    <h2>Additional prototype/factory firmware dumps</h2>
    There were 3 more DSis found with the factory firmware. These are not prototypes, but they're still interesting to look at. Each one contains a complete deleted final firmware (my two having 1.4.4U and 1.4.3U, and HudsonU's having 1.4.4U). These may have been returned to the factory due to being bricked or damaged, and the boards were reused. The logs didn't have any useful information so it is impossible to know. 
    <br><br>
    <h4>Download</h4>
    <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/files/NOSERIAL_v2235-7985_prod_HudsonU.zip">HudsonU's factory firmware NAND</a><br>
    <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/files/NOSERIAL_v2235-7985_prod_03Y12504_rmc.zip">rmc's factory firmware NAND (03Y12504)</a><br>
    <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/files/NOSERIAL_v2235-7985_prod_17622504_rmc.zip">rmc's factory firmware NAND (17622504)</a>
    <div class="screenshot">
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/factory/03Y12504_front.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/factory/03Y12504_front.jpeg" alt="A front photo of a factory motherboard. It has the text '03Y12504' to identify it."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/factory/03Y12504_back.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/factory/03Y12504_back.jpeg" alt="The back of the 03Y12504 motherboard."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/factory/03Y12504_cartridge.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/factory/03Y12504_cartridge.jpeg" alt="The cartridge port of the 03Y12504 motherboard. It has the text '2213P1'"></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/factory/17622504_front.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/factory/17622504_front.jpeg" alt="A front photo of a factory motherboard. It has the text '17622504' to identify it."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/factory/17622504_back.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/factory/17622504_back.jpeg" alt="The back of the 17622504 motherboard."></a>
      <a href="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/factory/17622504_cartridge.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="{{ site.releasedir }}{{ page.releaseslug }}/photos/factory/17622504_cartridge.jpeg" alt="The cartridge port of the 17622504 motherboard. It has the text '2213P11'"></a>
    </div>
