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DS Flash Equipment > PassMe bent 4 pins in my DS's cart slot [Renamed]

#65011 - idn - Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:58 pm

Well, it's not that bad, but still - I inserted the device to test a couple of homebrew, later took it out and inserted my Advance Wars DS only to see "There is no DS Card inserted". I took it out, peered inside the slot to see that four of the reading pins were bent out of their place. I tried to put them back with a small, flat screwdriver, but they passively refused. What can I do? It's past the warranty date :/. I have an appropriate screwdriver from back when I was installing the Afterburner to my GBA but I'm afraid to break the slot completely. Are there spare slots on sale somewhere? :<

#65083 - shaz - Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:58 am

Thats really Bad!
On one of my Ds's, the SuperPass spoiled my Ds slot. I cant put cartridges in there anymore. When I do, it just pops back out...
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#65216 - Lynx - Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:52 pm

Wow.. how do you do that? I've inserted a ton of PassMes into my DS, as well as my own PassMe a few hundred times and I've never bent a pin yet.

Maybe I just need to push harder?

#65219 - m2pt5 - Sun Jan 01, 2006 12:17 am

I don't quite get how a PassMe can bend any pins at all. The damn thing is FLAT.

#65245 - JaJa - Sun Jan 01, 2006 12:00 pm

If you force the passme along the top side of the DS cartridge slot (the side with the pins) i imagine you could bend them.

#65369 - G-SAS - Mon Jan 02, 2006 5:01 pm

I am so happy I used my Passkey that I converted to Passme 2 only once. I can only recommend installing Flashme, it rocks.