diff --git a/desmume/src/MMU.cpp b/desmume/src/MMU.cpp
index e8b96067e..e769defe0 100644
--- a/desmume/src/MMU.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/MMU.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void mmu_log_debug_ARM9(u32 adr, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	if (adr < 0x4000000) return;
 	if (adr > 0x4100014) return;
-
+#if 1
 	if (adr >= 0x4000000 && adr <= 0x400006E) return;		// Display Engine A
 	if (adr >= 0x40000B0 && adr <= 0x4000134) return;		// DMA, Timers and Keypad
 	if (adr >= 0x4000180 && adr <= 0x40001BC) return;		// IPC/ROM
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void mmu_log_debug_ARM9(u32 adr, const char *fmt, ...)
 	if (adr >= 0x4000320 && adr <= 0x40006A3) return;		// 3D dispaly engine
 	if (adr >= 0x4001000 && adr <= 0x400106E) return;		// Display Engine B
 	if (adr >= 0x4100000 && adr <= 0x4100014) return;		// IPC/ROM
-
+#endif
 	va_list list;
 	char msg[512];
 
@@ -127,13 +127,13 @@ void mmu_log_debug_ARM7(u32 adr, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	if (adr < 0x4000004) return;
 	if (adr > 0x4808FFF) return;
-
+#if 1
 	if (adr >= 0x4000004 && adr <= 0x40001C4) return;		// ARM7 I/O Map
 	if (adr >= 0x4000204 && adr <= 0x400030C) return;		// Memory and IRQ Control
 	if (adr >= 0x4000400 && adr <= 0x400051E) return;		// Sound Registers
 	if (adr >= 0x4100000 && adr <= 0x4100014) return;		// IPC/ROM
-	//if (adr >= 0x4800000 && adr <= 0x4808FFF) return;		// WLAN Registers
-
+	if (adr >= 0x4800000 && adr <= 0x4808FFF) return;		// WLAN Registers
+#endif
 	va_list list;
 	char msg[512];
 
@@ -857,6 +857,7 @@ void MMU_Init(void) {
 	GFX_PIPEclear();
 	GFX_FIFOclear();
 	DISP_FIFOinit();
+	MMU_new.gxstat.reset();
 	
 	mc_init(&MMU.fw, MC_TYPE_FLASH);  /* init fw device */
 	mc_alloc(&MMU.fw, NDS_FW_SIZE_V1);
@@ -915,6 +916,7 @@ void MMU_Reset()
 	GFX_PIPEclear();
 	GFX_FIFOclear();
 	DISP_FIFOinit();
+	MMU_new.gxstat.reset();
 	
 	MMU.DTCMRegion = 0x027C0000;
 	MMU.ITCMRegion = 0x00000000;
@@ -1785,17 +1787,21 @@ static INLINE void write_timer(int proc, int timerIndex, u16 val)
 //	NDS_RescheduleDMA();
 //}
 
+void TGXSTAT::reset()
+{
+	gxfifo_irq = se = tr = tb = 0;
+}
+
 u32 TGXSTAT::read32()
 {
 	u32 ret = 0;
 
-	tr = 1; //HACK!!!! tests no work now! (need this to make ff4 entities show up)
-	tb = 0; //HACK!!!! tests no work now! (need this to make ff4 entities show up)
-
 	ret |= tb|(tr<<1);
 
 	int _hack_getMatrixStackLevel(int which);
 	
+	// stack position always equal zero. possible timings is wrong
+	// using in "The Wild West"
 	ret |= ((_hack_getMatrixStackLevel(0) << 13) | (_hack_getMatrixStackLevel(1) << 8)); //matrix stack levels //no proof that these are needed yet
 
 	//todo: stack busy flag (bit14)
@@ -1810,13 +1816,13 @@ u32 TGXSTAT::read32()
 	if(isSwapBuffers) ret |= BIT(27);
 	//if fifo is nonempty, we're busy
 	if(gxFIFO.size!=0) ret |= BIT(27);
-
-
-
 	
-	ret |= gxfifo_irq; //user's irq flags
+	ret |= ((gxfifo_irq & 0x3) << 30); //user's irq flags
 
 	//printf("vc=%03d Returning gxstat read: %08X\n",nds.VCount,ret);
+
+	//ret = (2 << 8);
+	//INFO("gxSTAT 0x%08X (proj %i, pos %i)\n", ret, _hack_getMatrixStackLevel(1), _hack_getMatrixStackLevel(2));
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/desmume/src/MMU.h b/desmume/src/MMU.h
index c214b9401..7be484a07 100644
--- a/desmume/src/MMU.h
+++ b/desmume/src/MMU.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ struct TGXSTAT : public TRegister_32
 	u8 se; //stack error
 	u8 gxfifo_irq; //irq configuration
 
+	void reset();
 	
 	virtual u32 read32();
 	virtual void write32(const u32 val);
diff --git a/desmume/src/debug.cpp b/desmume/src/debug.cpp
index 5e9cfa9ef..ddceac9c7 100644
--- a/desmume/src/debug.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/debug.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ void DebugStatistics::print()
 void DEBUG_reset()
 {
 	DEBUG_statistics = DebugStatistics();
-	printf("DEBUG_reset: %08X",&DebugStatistics::print); //force a reference to this function
+	printf("DEBUG_reset: %08X\n",&DebugStatistics::print); //force a reference to this function
 }
 
 static void defaultCallback(const Logger& logger, const char * message) {
diff --git a/desmume/src/gfx3d.cpp b/desmume/src/gfx3d.cpp
index 3ad1cbdac..8901e3637 100644
--- a/desmume/src/gfx3d.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/gfx3d.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ But since we're not sure how we'll eventually want this, I am leaving it sort of
 in this function: */
 static void gfx3d_doFlush();
 
+#define TESTS_ENABLED 1
+
 #define INVALID_COMMAND 0xFF
 #define UNDEFINED_COMMAND 0xCC
 static const u8 gfx3d_commandTypes[] = {
@@ -1339,8 +1341,13 @@ void gfx3d_glViewPort(u32 v)
 
 BOOL gfx3d_glBoxTest(u32 v)
 {
-	//gxstat &= 0xFFFFFFFD;		// clear boxtest bit
-	//gxstat |= 0x00000001;		// busy
+#ifdef TESTS_ENABLED
+	MMU_new.gxstat.tr = 0;		// clear boxtest bit
+	MMU_new.gxstat.tb = 1;		// busy
+#else
+	MMU_new.gxstat.tr = 1;		// HACK!!!
+	MMU_new.gxstat.tb = 0;
+#endif
 
 	BTcoords[BTind++] = float16table[v & 0xFFFF];
 	BTcoords[BTind++] = float16table[v >> 16];
@@ -1355,7 +1362,7 @@ BOOL gfx3d_glBoxTest(u32 v)
 	if (BTind < 5) return FALSE;
 	BTind = 0;
 
-	//gxstat &= 0xFFFFFFFE;		// clear busy bit
+	MMU_new.gxstat.tb = 0;		// clear busy
 	GFX_DELAY(103);
 
 #if 0
@@ -1369,7 +1376,7 @@ BOOL gfx3d_glBoxTest(u32 v)
 	INFO("\n");*/
 #endif
 
-#if 0
+#ifdef TESTS_ENABLED
 
 	// 0 - X coordinate				1 - Y coordinate			2 - Z coordinate			
 	// 3 - Width					4 - Height					5 - Depth
@@ -1420,19 +1427,18 @@ BOOL gfx3d_glBoxTest(u32 v)
 			//if(face==0)INFO("box test: testing face %i, vtx %i: %f %f %f %f\n", face, vtx, 
 			//	boxCoords[face][vtx][0], boxCoords[face][vtx][1], boxCoords[face][vtx][2], boxCoords[face][vtx][3]);
 
-			if ((boxCoords[face][vtx][0] >= -1.0f) && (boxCoords[face][vtx][0] <= 1.0f) &&
-				(boxCoords[face][vtx][1] >= -1.0f) && (boxCoords[face][vtx][1] <= 1.0f) &&
-				(boxCoords[face][vtx][2] >= -1.0f) && (boxCoords[face][vtx][2] <= 1.0f))
+			if ((boxCoords[face][vtx][0] >= 0.0f) && (boxCoords[face][vtx][0] <= 1.0f) &&
+				(boxCoords[face][vtx][1] >= 0.0f) && (boxCoords[face][vtx][1] <= 1.0f) &&
+				(boxCoords[face][vtx][2] >= 0.0f) && (boxCoords[face][vtx][2] <= 1.0f))
 			{
-				gxstat |= 0x00000002;
-				T1WriteLong(MMU.MMU_MEM[ARMCPU_ARM9][0x40], 0x600, gxstat);
+				MMU_new.gxstat.tr = 1;
 				return TRUE;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 #else
-	//gxstat |= 0x00000002;		// hack
+	MMU_new.gxstat.tr = 1;				// hack
 #endif
 
 	return TRUE;
@@ -1440,7 +1446,9 @@ BOOL gfx3d_glBoxTest(u32 v)
 
 BOOL gfx3d_glPosTest(u32 v)
 {
-	//gxstat |= 0x00000001;		// busy
+#ifdef TESTS_ENABLED
+	MMU_new.gxstat.tb = 1;
+#endif
 
 	PTcoords[PTind++] = float16table[v & 0xFFFF];
 	PTcoords[PTind++] = float16table[v >> 16];
@@ -1453,7 +1461,7 @@ BOOL gfx3d_glPosTest(u32 v)
 	MatrixMultVec4x4(mtxCurrent[1], PTcoords);
 	MatrixMultVec4x4(mtxCurrent[0], PTcoords);
 
-	//gxstat &= 0xFFFFFFFE;
+	MMU_new.gxstat.tb = 0;
 
 	GFX_DELAY(9);
 
@@ -1462,8 +1470,6 @@ BOOL gfx3d_glPosTest(u32 v)
 
 void gfx3d_glVecTest(u32 v)
 {
-	//gxstat &= 0xFFFFFFFE;
-
 	GFX_DELAY(5);
 	//INFO("NDS_glVecTest\n");
 }
diff --git a/desmume/src/windows/main.cpp b/desmume/src/windows/main.cpp
index 4dde9838d..31114bfe3 100644
--- a/desmume/src/windows/main.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/windows/main.cpp
@@ -4857,11 +4857,12 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK SoundSettingsDlgProc(HWND hDlg, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARA
 					WritePrivateProfileString("Sound", "SoundCore2", tempstr, IniName);
 
 					// Write Sound Buffer size
+					int tmp_size_buf = sndbuffersize;
 					GetDlgItemText(hDlg, IDC_SOUNDBUFFERET, tempstr, 6);
 					sscanf(tempstr, "%d", &sndbuffersize);
 					WritePrivateProfileString("Sound", "SoundBufferSize", tempstr, IniName);
 
-					if(sndcoretype != SPU_currentCoreNum)
+					if( (sndcoretype != SPU_currentCoreNum) || (sndbuffersize != tmp_size_buf) )
 					{
 						Lock lock;
 						SPU_ChangeSoundCore(sndcoretype, sndbuffersize);