Hacking Slotting DS cart into slot whilst on-good or bad?

[thiswayup]

Hi all

quick q. If you are playing a GBA game and you decide to slot a DS cart in whilst it is playing, would it have any negative affect on the machine?
I.e will it blow it?

J

 

[Resident0]

It wont damage the DS but it could wipe the save game memory on the DS game due to a power surge, same effect as repeatedly flippering the power switch on SNES games.

 

[thiswayup]

It wont damage the DS but it could wipe the save game memory on the DS game due to a power surge, same effect as repeatedly flippering the power switch on SNES games.

what if it is just a pass card?

 

[Bowser128]

Well a passcard isn't a game, therefore there is no gamesave on it to be lost. So, no, there's no problem.

 

[freemaan]

It wont damage the DS but it could wipe the save game memory on the DS game due to a power surge, same effect as repeatedly flippering the power switch on SNES games.

That's false... only SRAM can lost due to a power surge, NDS cards have EEPROM/FLASH.

 

[omegatr0n]

so i assume plugging a supercard in while the nds is on can cause problems?