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I was posting in the help forums awhile back with false claims that my R4i-SDHC (Clone of DSTT with a Red PCB, runs a modified Wood. The first iteration of the "Dual Core" carts produced by r4isdhc.com) stopped working on my DSi (1.4.3U). I later got a reply on how to fix it, as it was not broken at all, I just messed up the Kernel.
Now, I am somewhat of a noob to things like Kernel and Firmware. I understand that the Firmware is on the Micro SD and whatnot, but what I am unclear of is the Firmware. I assume that it is flashed directly to the card somehow? I don't really know. Bonus points if you can answer that for me
Anyways, I am hear to complain and yelp again (as if there is a shortage of "Halp my card iz briked" posts out there).
Let me start with a couple weeks ago. I was eager to play the English Patch of Fire Emblem 12 on my R4, so I found out that I should put a proper TTMenu on my card. So I attempted that. At first, nothing. The card was working fine with Wood, and the TTMenu booted but didn't load any of my games. So, I looked elsewhere and found the most recent version of TTMenu (I was unknowingly using an outdated version from a chinese manufacturer's website). I loaded it on the card and launched the appropriate TTMenu.nds file (I chose to "dualboot" because I still liked the Wood interface). The TTMenu launched and then I attempted to load up a game, New Super Mario Bros. The screen went white, and then the unit froze. I then restarted the system only to see my DSi tell me that there was nothing inserted in the card slot.
I have had a fright like this before, so I tried to remember what I could possibly do to fix the card. I reloaded a clean firmware from the manufacturer's site, tried booting the card on a normal DS Lite, tried the whole paper-contact trick to try to make the card touch the contacts better. All failed to make the cart show up on any system's menu.
SO, with that being said, I am assuming the card is bricked. AND, with it being a cheap Chinese clone, I don't expect too much help on getting it un-bricked, but if anyone knows how I could go about doing so, that'd be great.
If not, by all means feel free to recommend a different cart to me. Like I said above, I have a DSi 1.4.3U. Criteria that must be met is:
Now, I am somewhat of a noob to things like Kernel and Firmware. I understand that the Firmware is on the Micro SD and whatnot, but what I am unclear of is the Firmware. I assume that it is flashed directly to the card somehow? I don't really know. Bonus points if you can answer that for me
Anyways, I am hear to complain and yelp again (as if there is a shortage of "Halp my card iz briked" posts out there).
Let me start with a couple weeks ago. I was eager to play the English Patch of Fire Emblem 12 on my R4, so I found out that I should put a proper TTMenu on my card. So I attempted that. At first, nothing. The card was working fine with Wood, and the TTMenu booted but didn't load any of my games. So, I looked elsewhere and found the most recent version of TTMenu (I was unknowingly using an outdated version from a chinese manufacturer's website). I loaded it on the card and launched the appropriate TTMenu.nds file (I chose to "dualboot" because I still liked the Wood interface). The TTMenu launched and then I attempted to load up a game, New Super Mario Bros. The screen went white, and then the unit froze. I then restarted the system only to see my DSi tell me that there was nothing inserted in the card slot.
I have had a fright like this before, so I tried to remember what I could possibly do to fix the card. I reloaded a clean firmware from the manufacturer's site, tried booting the card on a normal DS Lite, tried the whole paper-contact trick to try to make the card touch the contacts better. All failed to make the cart show up on any system's menu.
SO, with that being said, I am assuming the card is bricked. AND, with it being a cheap Chinese clone, I don't expect too much help on getting it un-bricked, but if anyone knows how I could go about doing so, that'd be great.
If not, by all means feel free to recommend a different cart to me. Like I said above, I have a DSi 1.4.3U. Criteria that must be met is:
- Ability to load Lameboy, NesDS, and NeoDS
- Rather inexpensive (I'm running on a school-kid's funds)
- Compatibility with the latest Firmwares/Kernels/whatever
- Ability to run the Kingdom Hearts games as well as the English patch of Fire Emblem 12
