Forever "Loading" on AK2i on DSL

I just received my Acekard 2i also today for use on my US DSi and I had the same problem that you are describing. No matter what I tried with the AKAIO 1.4.1 firmware it would just stay on LOADING. I finally tried the official ACEKARD 4.16 firmware and everything now works. I have no clue what the difference is.

 

do you meen the ak2i official firmware...or ace kard firmware

 

I am having the same problem. I've tried both the AKAIO and the official firmware, multiple times, and all it ever does is say "LOADING". Is there anything else I can do? I only have my US DSi so I can not test it elsewhere..

EDIT: I'm just a moron. SD was not inserted 100%.

 

The Contacts of the MicroSD card are not touching the AK's contacts very well.

Easy mod: Put some tape on the top of the MicroSD to make it slightly thicker. Two pieces is usually the magic number.

 

Do the tape trick. And two pieces of tape.

Paper's thickness isn't going to cut it.

Oh, and this is my 200th post.

 

How about some more tape? What we're aiming for is to get the SD card's contacts with the AK's contacts. Just keep making the microsd thicker until it works. If you're on you're >6th piece of tape and you've formatted, reinstalled, and done everything, now's the time to contact your seller or the AK team.

 

The Acekard firmware I used that got mine working was on the Acekard website:

http://www.acekard.com/download.php#ak2

Firmware 4.16

 

there is no logical reason (from a coding standpoint) that one firmware would load and another would not. the problem is with the extremly rushed and poor build of the ak2i. stop messing with it, return it for a replacement or your money back.

-another world

 

I have the same "loading screen" problem on both my dsi and my dslite

My acekard 2i only works with the official firmware 4.16 form the acekard website

I hope a future firmware solves this issue.

 

if this was indeed true, then akaio wouldn't work on any ak2i. its the same hardware, yet everyone else is using akaio on it. i'm sorry, but this is user error.

-another world

 

AW, If this is user error then please explain what I and apparently other users are doing wrong. The steps I used to install AHAIO are straight from the Wiki:

1. Format the microSD with the Panasonic formatter.
2. Download the current version of AKAIO
3. Follow in install guide below: Put the _aio folder and akmenu4.nds in the ROOT of your microSD card
4. Insert the microSD card firmly in a non-spring loaded (new shell) ak2.1 and ak2i. If your MSD slot is spring loaded make sure it "clicks."
5. Insert the Acekard firmly into your NDS, again make sure it clicks.
6. Boot up the NDS, select the Acekard from the firmware Slot-1 selection box, and enjoy

I also tried the same installation on 2 other MicroS cards from other manufactures and I also tried installing the new loaders with the same result.

Even though I am new on the DS homebrew scene I am very familiar with homebrew on the Wii so I know the importance of following directions to the letter of the law. I have also been building and repairing PC's for the last 18 years and my first computer was an original Apple // with interger basic. I am aware of device drivers working with many of the same items (IE video cards on the same system spec machines) and 99% of the time the devices all work. However there are cases where even though 2 machines are identical there same device does not work because of a driver issue. I know that we are installing firmware and not a driver but the same goes for flashing a motherboard or video cards bios. I am well aware that your reply will most likely be why are you wasting forum space with this as drivel as you did in many posts on this forum under different headings. My response to you would be why waste my and others time if you do not wish help and just point out out flaws instead of trying to figure out the problem.

 

you are not updating, adjusting, altering, changing anything at a bios level when putting firmware on a msd. it also has zero correlation with a computer and a driver. if you did everything correctly, your ak2i is not faulty, and your ak2i does not boot, it’s simple use error. how about you explain to me how the developers of the akaio firmware, recently moved development to the ak2i? please do that instead of telling me that you don't agree with my comments in other threads.

bottom line, i'm not here to be your e-buddy. if you don't like my comments, posts, whatever, simply ignore it. no need to try to call me out on something and start your little e-battle of who has more computer degrees.

after 18+ years of computer building you still think a driver is a magical device that works on one machine but not another? hardware conflicts, mobo issues, faulty chipsets, IRQs, yea... these things are never to blame.

-another world

 

instead of formatting the SD card several times try to just keep everything the same but delete the globalsettings.ini file in the _aio folder

 

or the optionslist.bin (if one exists), it seems this is still causing issues for some.

-another world.

 

As the primary author of AKAIO, I use my AK2i for testing all the time. Thus as others have said this must be a user error. As if it works with the broken ass official firmware then nothing is broken in the hardware itself meaning the problem is to do with the microsd which does imply user error.

 

hang yourself.