• Format your microSD using the Panasonic formatter
• Follow the AKAIO installation quick guide (found at the AKAIO WIKI)
• Update your AKAIO firmware
• Update the AKAIO loaders
• Try older AKAIO loaders
• Try the official loader
• Delete optionlist.bin and globalsettings.ini
• Read the “readme” files included with homebrew
• Verify your ROMs are clean dumps, by CRC
• Research the common problems with your Acekard
• Try your microSD in another Flash Linker, try another microSD in your Acekard
• Try your Acekard in another NDS
• Try another Acekard (ie: AK2i, AK 2.1,R.P.G.) or contact users at GBATemp.net to test for you.
• Try other dumps of the ROM (other regions, not other hosting sites)
• Try the different AKAIO DMA modes
• Try the ROM with patches (soft-reset, cheats, etc) turned off
• Try a retail game cart on your NDS
• 3in1 problems, try GBA Exploader and GBALdr. If one of those works, your problem is solved.
• Delete and replace files, windows 2k+ drag/drop may append and not overwrite
• Make use of the vast amount of information found at GBATemp’s Acekard forum.
• Try manually setting the save size (especially for R.P.G. issues).