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    Hardware Misc Problem with SD Card

    I have an SD card from an R4 card which appears dead in all devices but I got one of those USB card readers and found that if I plug it in and out about 20 times quickly and be a little rough with it - it comes to life... until I remove it again. Sometimes I would spend 10 mins repeating the...
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    Original Nintendo DS FlashMe Firmware Upgrade - Pros? Cons?

    Is there anyone here who has upgraded the firmware on their original DS console to enable the extra screen brightness setting who has actually used it a fair bit since? If yes, I was wondering... A) have you noticed any difference in the battery life? B) has it improved your gaming experience...
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    Nintendo DS (original) Motherboard Revisions

    I was assuming that the changes must have been done with a reason in mind, CL61 and R71 labels were added above, C43 and C44 labels were added here. I've only got one board with a faulty cartridge slot at the minute and that's a CPU-20 so I can't compare under the slots yet,
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    Nintendo DS (original) Motherboard Revisions

    I have read a few posts that mention revisions to original DS motherboards but they are only related to the third and last version... CPU-20 So I was wondering if anyone may know what the revisions were for on the second version?... CPU-10
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    DS ML Shell

    Thanks for pointing that out, I've just tried it and yep my welcome sound and health screen are back. :) I got the shells from AliExpress, I think they're supposed to be the candy pink colour which was for the Japanese market but have come out slightly darker, The site below has a list of the...
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    Hardware Homebrew FlashMe to get Brightness

    For anyone else who wants to do this, if you still have the original housing installed you will see a little square white ticker with red dots on it under the battery cover, you can peel that off and then like tech3475 says above use a small flat head screwdriver to bridge it. There is an...
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    DS ML Shell

    Photos are not much to go on but here are two pink ones that I've just re housed today next to each other with the same game in. The one on the left has updated firmware and is set to its brightest setting. It may be worth noting that doing the firmware update removes the health & safety...
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    DS ML Shell

    This is a good way to recycle all those old original DS consoles that are laying around out there with broken hinges or brittle plastic. Luckily the plastic in the aftermarket housing kits has a good lifespan although for a few years the housing kits got hard to find and were selling for over...
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    Need help with weird spots in top screen of Nintendo DSi

    I'm assuming you have wiped the screen with a cloth just to be sure the marks are not on the outside? The front screen lens on the DS Lite and DSi is extremely close to the screen itself, only the adhesive pad separates them so they can sometimes become marked inside just by pressing the lens...
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