Having a problem with R4 card on my daughters DS and could use some Help Please!

I bought my daughter a DS for Christmas and also an R4 card with a 2 gig SD memory. It used to work perfectly but one day it just stopped working . So I ordered another one and just received it with a new 2 gig SD card. But it doesn't function either.
I put the R4 in and start the unit both screens lite then up and on the bottom screen it shows R4 on the top line. When that is touched with the pen the top screen lites up with a small menu Icon and that's it nothing more . The unit functions perfectly with regular DS and Game Boy games though.
Can anybody identify and help me resolve this problem. The same thing occurs with both R4 cards and SD cards.
Thanks for any and all help.

Well, have you tried cycling the card.
Turn it on. Turn it off.
Pop the card out for a few seconds, put it back in and then turn on the DS.If that doesn't work, carefully blow into the slot-1 card slot >.>...to get dust out of it. (Like the old days! ;D )

Re: Having a problem with R4 card on my daughters DS and could use some Help Plewhat ds do you have, is it a dsi? some cards stop working with the dsi 1.4 firmware. also, what card do you have, specifically,

Backup the contents of the card and format the card.

I have done all of the above and have not been able to correct the situation. The card is an R4 SDHC revolution upgrade for Ds (NDSL/NDS)
I even tried setting the clock back 1 year as was suggested by someone else to no avail.
I still have the same Problem!
Any other ideas and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for any and all ideas and suggestions!

iluvfupaburgers · #3what ds do you have, is it a dsi? some cards stop working with the dsi 1.4 firmware. also, what card do you have, specifically,

Duh, if the DS is a DSi the card won't even show...

Replying to #5

Download firmware from here:
http://www.r4sdhc.com/
Downloading could take awhile.

had the same problemback up all your files and reformat the micro-sd card.Redownload the (right) kernel and put it in the root folder. (http://www.r4sdhc.com/)
It should work now...oh,
It must be the latest kernel :P

that's all to bad :(....
There are allot, and I mean ALLOT of R4 clones out there, if you got the original one it's all good, BUT.... neither the site nor people (devs) are updating the R4 version to be compatible with future releases.
So i would strongly suggest an acekard2i, I bought mine from http://realhotstuff.com/
*very reliable, upgradeable (whenever a new game comes out that has a new version they patch it), and it has a very professional look to it.
the newer acekard's are called (acekard2i) and work perfectly on ALL ds models, yes even the XL's
they also sell R4's there but as mentioned before not a good buy....
hope this help dude....

doughboyif you got the original one it's all good, .[/b]

casinos · #5I have done all of the above and have not been able to correct the situation. The card is an R4 SDHC revolution upgrade for Ds (NDSL/NDS)
I even tried setting the clock back 1 year as was suggested by someone else to no avail.
I still have the same Problem!
Any other ideas and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for any and all ideas and suggestions!

r4 SDHC is a clone, like r4i (gold, ultra, ...)
the original r4 can't handle micro-sd cards that are higher then 2 gig.Sorry dude,
you've got a fake r4 :sI would recommend you a new acekard or a cyclodsyou can buy it here:
www.shoptemp.net

make sure u hav all the software on it

casinos · #5I have done all of the above and have not been able to correct the situation. The card is an R4 SDHC revolution upgrade for Ds (NDSL/NDS)
I even tried setting the clock back 1 year as was suggested by someone else to no avail.
I still have the same Problem!
Any other ideas and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for any and all ideas and suggestions!

OW WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT!!Download from HERE!
http://www.r4i-sdhc.com/

I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH AN R4 SDHC UPGRADE - YOU HAVE TO HAVE A 4GB CARD OR MORE FOR IT TO RUN.

Replying to #12

You don't have to. It also runs 2 GB and 1 GB cards.

oh well, don't know how, on the back of my box it says 4gb-32gb, you must of been lucky.

Replying to #14

It ALSO runs 4-32 GB cards.My friend has a SDHC because there were no originals and now he has a 2GB with it.

Just to let you know i'm running 2 R4 SDHC cards, 1 in an old ds (bigger version) with a 4Gb card and the other in a newer DSLite with a 2Gb card. Both are running fine with the V1.34 kernal. The only probs i had with either of them was fixed with power of, reseat cart and card and powering back up again. Hope this helps.

perhaps my r4 111 upgrade was different then.

Replying to #17

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R4 SDHC
R4 III UpgradeThe name already is different...