Hey all.

First, a little background. I got a new R4 cos my old one broke (the spring bit no longer took/ejected SD cards properly - salvageable by the way?) and it worked fine etc etc. I checked and it seemed to be a real one (going on the guide from this site).

Anyway, a little while down the line, my old DS stopped recognising that a cart was in slot 1 (DS slot) and I had to switch it off and eject/insert the R4 for it to be recognised.

Well I got my DS changed today for a brand spanking new one... but now no efforts and no combination of blowing/ejecting/inserting will make it recognise that there is a cart in the DS.

Please respond with any suggestions, similar problems, or possibly even the solution to my dilemma. This is making me quite sad

Thanks!

 

I bought it around late july/early august. The name of the flash card (came WITH the R4.... as in it was inside the packaging but everything was in original packaging. So R4 was in its box but inside that box was the microSD card but the SD card was in its packaging as well. Man that was confusing wasn't it?)

What was I saying? oh yeah!

Kingston ®
2GB
MicroSD
numbers and letters...
some more numbers and letters JAPAN
SDC/2GB 36 (funny symbol)

I really have to stress this though: the DS doesn't even recognise that there is the R4 in the DS... :S

 

Well I dunno if it recognises the SD cos... well I just don't. SD is recognised fine on my computer though. I'm in the process of copying everything to my HD then formatting and putting it back and seeing if that helps.

As for contacts... I'm not sure? I don't think they are...

 

Dang that sucks... :/

This one's a brand spanking new DS Lite.

Oh and the format thing didn't help a thing... which I expected cos it was being read fine on the PC...

More help needed!

 

I'll just take a completely uneducated guess on this and say that they put anti-flashcard measures into new lites. DON'T TAKE THIS AS FACT. I'm just postulating here.

 

People have had this issue on older DS' too. It's not a new problem.

 

It's a pretty common problem with R4, sometimes you need to carefully wipe the chip a bit and it will load.

 

Going back in time a bit here, but have to tried placing a folded piece of paper inbetween the DS and the R4?

I think I remember hearing about that a while ago, unsure as to whether or not it works.

 

BY not recognizing R4 do you mean when you on the DS it comes up the 'touch screen to proceed' thing or stuck at loading? If it is the 'touch screen to proceed' one then it is your cart problem, not your SD card. When that happens to me I just reinsert my cart till it works ^.^ Not very helpful is it?

 

Lol it's the former... it just says touch screen to proceed (I have it on autoload slot 1) and then I touch screen and ... yeah doesn't even say there's a cart in slot 1