Somethings wrong with my R4...

welll I got my R4 about a week ago and its been working fine for awhile... I got my first couple of roms from *censored*
and uh they worked fine and saved fine... then I got some kirby games from this site..... yea they worked goodbut then troubles started appearing when I got Castlevania-portriat of ruin (great game i'd definitly recommend it)everyonce and awhile when I used the menu I would get this random freeze... i didn't really think much of it.... I just saved alot more and didn't use the menu much :d but then all my games start randomly freezing D:heres the list of ones that freezeKirby squeak squad (wtf memory corrupted? :(
Kirby - super star ultra (randomly freezes everytime i beat a stage)
Castlevania - Portriat of ruin (grrr...)i've got an assload of games on my R4 but those are the ones with the problems so faralso I don't know if this is useful but uhh i also have alot of Youtube videos on it*Edit* i'm not pointing any blame i'm just wondering what do i do?...

I've had this problem before. It's your Micro SD card. Buy a new Micro SD card and put all the content from your current Micro SD card to your new Micro SD card.Trust me, all your problems will be fixed. :)

Replying to #2

that's not THE solution at all....
the kirby games probably have anti piracy
and as far as i know about Castlevania... my BF also has a R4 and it turned out that the game is pretty slow and sometimes even freeze!!
i don't know if there's any fix for that.. but my experience is that the R4 doesn't play Castlevania games very well...
i've got a M3 Real and it works perfect with those games...

Replying to #3

I've had no problems with Kirby games on my R4. I know all he needs is a new Micro SD card. He's probably worn the card out (It does happen, even if it does look good).

Getting a new one probably won't work. The issue is that MicroSD cards are slightly slower to read than real DS games. PoR tries to read the game card faster than the SD can deliver. The most you can do is backup the contents of your card, format it and put everything back (should slightly speed it up). Unless maybe if you have a cheap brand of MicroSD and you buy a good quality one. That might help.

try and reformat it

A R4 can only handle a 2gb microsd card you may have trubble with it if you are using a bigger micro sd card then that of 2gb

Replying to #7

It wouldn't work at all if it was SDHC. The problem is speed.

I think the problem is that you have too much on your SD card. Maybe you should back up some of your games on the computer and leave the ones you want to play with on the card. Move them around when you want to play.
That's how I do it.

Fredbox · #5Getting a new one probably won't work. The issue is that MicroSD cards are slightly slower to read than real DS games. PoR tries to read the game card faster than the SD can deliver. The most you can do is backup the contents of your card, format it and put everything back (should slightly speed it up). Unless maybe if you have a cheap brand of MicroSD and you buy a good quality one. That might help.

This man made the most intelligent post in this thread. Ignore everyone else and listen to him.

Replying to #10

It may be the most intelligent post in this thread, but I can assure you all is needed is a brand spanking new Micro SD card to fix the problems.

The best thing to do is a full format of your card, and start againIf you have a R4 original , mabe ysmenu would be better for your games

sexywogboy · #11It may be the most intelligent post in this thread, but I can assure you all is needed is a brand spanking new Micro SD card to fix the problems.

I disagree. That might be one solution, but it may not work. Another solution is backing up and formatting. That also may not work, but it's free and therefore should be tried first. And you may never be able to fix the problem, as even the most expensive MicroSDs are still not quite fast enough.

paintape · #6try and reformat it

three_strangers · #9I think the problem is that you have too much on your SD card. Maybe you should back up some of your games on the computer and leave the ones you want to play with on the card. Move them around when you want to play.
That's how I do it.

All of this sounds resonable...but that's because I dislike r4 cards in general.If the card doesn't read then a new micro SD card is a great idea, if a pc can still read it-then it's fine.Unlike one of my ds dump experiements...that did need a new micro sd...

sexywogboy · #11It may be the most intelligent post in this thread, but I can assure you all is needed is a brand spanking new Micro SD card to fix the problems.

Sounds too quick a fix.And fredbox does have a point-cheap micro sd cards are not a good idea.

Fredbox · #13I disagree. That might be one solution, but it may not work. Another solution is backing up and formatting. That also may not work, but it's free and therefore should be tried first. And you may never be able to fix the problem, as even the most expensive MicroSDs are still not quite fast enough.

I agreeAnd mabe ysmenu will work with certin gameshttps://www.romulation.org/forum/index.php?topic=27617.msg471959#msg471959R4 Firmware v1.18 + YSMenu , updated 21/11/2009http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mjutouennzgR4 Firmware v1.18 + Moonshell 2.05 + YSMenu , updated 21/11/2009http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dndotgzyjitYsmenu for R4 Revolution For DS, updated 21/11/2009http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?iunyyzklymz

mds64 · #14All of this sounds resonable...but that's because I dislike r4 cards in general.

I don't think this is because it's an R4. This is an issue with PoR on all cards.

Replying to #16

If this were an acekard I'd would have an alternitive solution.However because I don't use or like r4's-I'm letting you take over XDI'm not blaming the r4 though, just the way they work, don't mind my opinion...