Hacking R4 wont work in certain DS

[Jaxtaylor]

Hey guys, can't seem to find solution to this anywhere;

I have a red DS - actually a friend's - that wont load the R4 up - says there's nothing in the slot. The DS was working fine with the R4 until a couple of weeks ago when it suddenly stopped working with no other apparent problems.

I have tried updating / reformatting the card.

Commercial carts work fine.

Anyone experienced this or know what might have caused it?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Deleted-119707]

poor connection?

 

[Aeter]

I think this your problem. It appears the contacts on your R4 don't connect properly to the DS contacts, which causes the DS of course to think nothing is there since it doesn't recognize a connection.
Here's a solution that has helped many people with this problem.

This is a somewhat common problem. One thing you can try is what is known as "The Paper Trick":

To do the fix:
1. Remove the small screw from the r4ds.
2. Remove the back and remove the main chip.
3. Tear a small piece of paper off of something and fold that piece but make sure its not very large (you just want the chip to sit a little bit higher).
4. Put the piece of paper onto what is now the front-back side on the place where the contacts used to be sitting on the r4ds and put the chip on top of it, making sure its aligned to the front.
5. Finally sit the back of the r4 ontop of it, snap it together and finally screw it back together.
6. The contacts should now be bulging out just a little bit and they will now make better contact with the DS contacts and it should work.


If the problem you're actually having is an issue with the contacts on the R4 not being flush with those in the DS... this should help a little.

 

[Jaxtaylor]

That worked perfectly! Thank you so much man, you're a bloody star!!

 

[Aeter]

That worked perfectly! Thank you so much man, you're a bloody star!!

Don't thank me, thank the guys who invented the paper trick.

Good to see everything is working. Glad to have helped you.