#160583 - Holland - Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:46 am
Lately my DS won't recognize the R4 is in it all the time. Sometimes I'll turn on my DS and it will go to the default DS menu. Sometimes I'll be playing a game from my R4 and the game will just freeze. I'm assuming this is because the DS thinks the R4 was removed from the system.
Anyone else have this issue? And if so, is there anything to make it better? It's not a big deal I guess...but it's a bit frustrating.
#160585 - tepples - Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:06 am
Ordinarily, I'd suggest cleaning the contacts. But on DS Game Cards and SLOT-1 flash cards, the little plastic teeth between the contacts make the ordinary method less workable.
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#160589 - JLsoft - Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:13 am
Try making a small wedge/shim of folded paper to insert along with the R4 (on the sticker side)
This helped me with my first model one (and then worked for a couple others on the original R4 forum), but then mine eventually died all the way several months later, always stuck on 'Loading...' :/
#160592 - nanou - Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:18 am
I've been having this problem too, but very rarely. It scared me the first time, but it's generally fine. I hope it doesn't become a problem, since I don't have another slot-1 device.
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#160605 - spinal_cord - Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:09 am
| JLsoft wrote: |
Try making a small wedge/shim of folded paper to insert along with the R4 (on the sticker side)
This helped me with my first model one (and then worked for a couple others on the original R4 forum), but then mine eventually died all the way several months later, always stuck on 'Loading...' :/ |
Doesnt the R4 have a single screw on the back, it should open up super easy, then clean the contacts and put it back together.
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#160632 - JLsoft - Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:52 pm
The problem isn't with dirty contacts, it seems to be with the contacts not actually touching all of the teeth in the slot after a while :/
#160653 - Holland - Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:06 pm
| JLsoft wrote: |
| The problem isn't with dirty contacts, it seems to be with the contacts not actually touching all of the teeth in the slot after a while :/ |
that's what i figured. there's no way it could be dirty contacts...i JUST got the R4 about a month ago.
this is making me sad because the problem is became more and more frequent. it happened once about a week ago and then didn't happen again for a while. but now it's happening about once a day. :/
#162543 - Holland - Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:44 pm
Been a while since I had the problem, but now it's happening again. :(
Does anyone know how I can test to see if it's my R4 or my MicroSD that is in the R4? I don't have enough money to buy another R4 or MicroSD to test them...any ideas?
#162846 - another world - Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:13 am
all flash kits have this problem. usually taking it out and putting it back in makes better contact. some require you prop the board up with a small wedge of paper to force the contact. also try blowing some compressed air into your slot1. this fixed my r4 contact issue.
you do know the r4 is a dead kit now? the team is involved in a heavy lawsuit in japan, they stopped producing the kits over 4 months ago, and they have no plans to release any fixes or updates to the firmware.
perhaps you should send it back, get a refund and pick up an acekard 1.2. the ak team fixed the hardware FAT problem on the 1.2 build. my acekard rpg is the best kit i've owned (i've had 6 different flash kits so far).
anyways before you take it apart and macgyver it, did you try a different msd card? the one you have might be having problems. if you don't own a second its time to pick up a 2gb for 8 bucks.
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