When you get the message like "NO gateway 3ds card found! Please insert the gateway 3ds card to boot into gateway mode. Press A to close this message." , it means you have to update your gateway 3ds, and you can just press "A', here is a guide on how to deal with the message: How to update gateway 3ds card for the new V2.1 OMEGA
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In that guide the author got the message as he hadn't inserted the red card yet. jemartik has the red card inserted.
My first gateway gives the same message, its just not detected at all. Diagnostics (on an old gateway software version) would give all fail result.
The thing worked for a while, then started giving 'game card removed' type errors while playing, then eventually just stopped being detected at all. Bought another and so far so good.
You could try the 'paper trick' (folded paper in the cart slot to try to push the contacts on the gateway closer to those in the 3ds), but if its just not detected after many attempts it does sounds like faulty hardware.







