Hacking R4DS Wont work help please

[pigsbladders]

I've had a few DS Lites over the years and a few R4DS and TTDS cards, and I've never had a problem that I couldn't fix myself but this really confusing me.

Bought a secondhand DS Lite of a mate, works fine playing any original game I've tried and so far no problems.

Put my own R4DS cartridge in, which I know works as I'm just about to finish Final Fantasy, I switch it on and it goes to the loading screen and then switches off.

Tried my TTDS card again which I know works and same thing happened.

I've tried various combinations and with new firmware for various cards, but it always switches off at the same point

Also if I switch on DS without the cartridge in and then put in when it's on main screen it again switches off.

Help me

 

[Sephxus]

just to clarify
Is it a blank screen or does it literally turn off?

 

[pigsbladders]

Pops up with loading then it goes black screen and then the green light turns off

 

[Sephxus]

Are the gold teeth (pins) bent? Take a look inside they might be bent out of shape.

 

[pigsbladders]

I did have a look at the pins already and to be honest they look ok, but i'll make sure it could only be bent a little bit i suppose

 

[pigsbladders]

All the pins look fine, none are bent that I can see, but i do have an idea to see if any pins are slightly out of place, will let you if it helps

 

[gifi4]

Try the paper trick.

 

[pigsbladders]

The Paper trick, please ellaborate on what exactly is the paper trick

 

[Stropdasje]

The Paper trick, please ellaborate on what exactly is the paper trick

Search gbatemp.net or Google for instructions. It's a procedure to put a thin layer of paper under the PCB where the contacts are, raising the contact points a tiny little bit.

It seems that the contacts of flashcards are just a tiny bit lower than commercial cartridges, just out of reach for the DS. The paper trick solves this problem.