R4DS - R4 Revolution for DS (Nintendo DS Lite blank cartridge!)

Sun, 01/20/2008 - 19:17 — mario

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Tue, 08/31/2010 - 03:38 — Anonymous (not verified)

HELP! R4 files suddenly don't show on comp..but says it's full

I had loaded a bunch of new games onto my R4, and tested them out, they worked fine. I turned off the DS and turned it back on again, to select a different game. Suddenly the message "Can't find _DS_MENU.DAT" appears onscreen, and I can't do anything! So then I turned off the DS and plugged in the Micro SD card to see what was up...and NOTHING appears in the files on the card. Nothing! I figured it somehow got wiped, so when I tried to drag and drop new games in, it says "insufficient space." So are all the files still there, somehow, just hiding?

How do I fix this? It was working FINE just minutes ago!

The only thing I can think of is that the Alice and Wonderland game I had opened on the DS to test was a virus or something? But the menu and gameplay screen had popped up fine before I turned off the DS, so I dunno...

Fri, 08/27/2010 - 16:02 — Anonymous (not verified)

Menu?

Hey HELP!!!! i cant seem to work my r4 all it comes up with is a folder thing with an annoyed face with Menu? at the bottom.

Thu, 08/19/2010 - 01:10 — Anonymous (not verified)

Updating to Wood

I need help! I tried to upgrade my R4 SDHC to Wood R4 (I used the patch for the clones), but every time I turn on my DS, there is always a blank screen. Can someone please help me?

Sat, 08/21/2010 - 05:23 — Lucy (not verified)

same problem

hey I'm having the same problem, my screen just says *loading* and doesn't go any further...did you manage to fix yours?

Tue, 08/10/2010 - 23:45 — Random Dude (not verified)

I can't find a good Rom site

Help me!!!!!!

I can't find a good rom site because my game that i wanted to wipe i accidentally deleted!!!!!

HELP!!!!

Sat, 08/07/2010 - 12:44 — Anonymous (not verified)

LOADING PROBLEM

guys if anyone can help me with the loading problem just e mail me
bellsej@hotmail.com

Sat, 08/07/2010 - 12:42 — Anonymous (not verified)

Guys if anyone can help me

Guys if anyone can help me with the loading problem jusst e mail me!please...
bellsej@hotmail.com

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 10:31 — Anonymous (not verified)

r4 deleated

hi i deleated my r4 sd card i have oput new firmwere on but i get a [menu? ] in red have i totally messd up please email me if you cam help way1878@hotmail.com

Wed, 06/16/2010 - 10:58 — oliver (not verified)

HELP!!!

i want 2 keep the date and time correct but whenever i do this it ses System date error! Please check NDS system date. does anybody know how to fix this without changin the date and time?! granny- |:-± confused- :-? cold- :-~ tongue-twister- :-§

Thu, 05/27/2010 - 13:50 — Bob (not verified)

DS roms won't load (says Load Halted or something)

Hey, I've browsed through the questions and comments and haven't seen anything applicable to my problem so far. I just got the R4 Revolution thing, and managed to find the right firmware. NES, Game Boy and GBC games boot up just fine (after a little tweeking), but when I go to load the DS games, it shows on the top screen that its loading for a while then says basically "Load Halted" or something to that effect. I don't have it with me now so I'm not totally sure of the message it gives. I am pretty happy just being able to play NES and Game Boy games, but obviously the main function is the DS games, so I'm kind of bummed. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 12:00 — Anonymous (not verified)

I have this same problem ...

I have this same problem ... did you find an answer? I was so excited i finally got my r4i to work and now bummed again cause the games don't. :-(

Mon, 05/24/2010 - 17:02 — Anonymous (not verified)

Stuck at Menu

Well i use the original R4DS and ever since i decided to update the firmware to V1.18 the menu screen keeps getting stuck and a message in Chinese shows. From what my dad has told me the message says something is wrong with the system, i have tried deleting everything off and replacing the files but it still doesn't work, does anyone have an idea to solves this problem?

Mon, 05/24/2010 - 00:14 — Anonymous (not verified)

HELP!!

I have had an r4 card for about 2 months and at first i downloaded about 15 games. The other day, after dowloading about 5 more games the red ?menu screen appeared. After reading Corts Tutorial I know what to do to fix it and i tried but my computer will not let me put the moonshell, r4 menu etc onto my sd card!!! Please help im desperate!!!!!!!

Fri, 05/14/2010 - 11:06 — Anonymous (not verified)

Hello, umm i tried to put

Hello,
umm i tried to put cheats on my games on the r 4 card and the file that says cheat cant be accssed it says theres no file on my computer and i i tried to open it with a different file like word and it just screwed it right up and when i tried to re download the cheat code editor i wouldnt work because theres no file on there that can help.... anyone help me please

Fri, 05/14/2010 - 06:06 — Anonymous (not verified)

the files in my microsd card

the files in my microsd card for r4 has been wipeout..... gone... i was loading the cheats and suddenly while playing pokemon pearl, it started a new game. then when i plug it into my computer, the microsd card was empty.... why ???

Sun, 05/09/2010 - 18:51 — Jeremy (not verified)

R4ultra

I just bought 32gb micro sd cards for my kids r4ultra cards and I keep having a problem
I get all the games I want onto the card then when I put it in the r4ultra about 20 to 30 games appear then the rest show
up "untitled" I have the same games on my kids other micro sd's I don't get it some have any suggestion on what I can do?
Please help me. You can email me if you have any idea on what to do:
jeremym817@yahoo.com

Tue, 05/04/2010 - 00:38 — Anonymous (not verified)

Won't STOP LOADING!!!

I bought my son an R4 sdhc v1.4 and it has and 8gd sd card, and a friend set it up and pre loaded it with 100+ games. So he told me to add games just go to www.romulation.net and download the games and just click and drag into usb its easy. So I did and now ots not working right when I tried to play the game it wouldn't stop loading, but all the other options work just not the games. Then I deleted that file ou hoping it would work and it did the something. I click on something esle and the games are still on the card. HOW CAN I FIX IT????

Sun, 06/13/2010 - 01:40 — Anonymous (not verified)

you have to use up to 4gb

you have to use up to 4gb not 8

Sat, 05/22/2010 - 07:41 — Anonymous (not verified)

You need Winrar to extract

You need Winrar to extract the rar file(the game you downloaded From Romulation) and then you put the Nds file( the file you extracted) To your SD card

Mon, 04/26/2010 - 02:45 — Anonymous (not verified)

R4 card dsi date

Hi everyone, I have tried changing the date on my son's dsi and it still won't work any more. It says 'looking for software to download' and doesn't register that the R4i card is inserted. Any ideas?

Tue, 08/10/2010 - 01:01 — Rhyso (not verified)

Click bottom ds sign

Just click the bottom ds sign and click the blue then the clock and the set time then don't just turn it off then press the b button and then click quit don't worry if it says 'system shutting down' just click yes and its done!

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 15:42 — emily xx (not verified)

omg

thank you guys so much i was getting so frustrated with the system date error thing! i tried turning the date back a couple of days and that wasn't working until you told me that i had to change it back a year lolz thnx 4 the help :P xx

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 15:13 — Anonymous (not verified)

i downloading my yugioh

i downloading my yugioh stardust accelerator but when i load it it says unable to read data why plz help me

Wed, 04/21/2010 - 00:59 — Anonymous (not verified)

? Menu

Has anyone sorted out the "? Menu" issue? Everytime I insert the card, a red "? Menu" comes up. Any help please? steven99@rocketmail.com

Sun, 04/18/2010 - 08:50 — Anonymous (not verified)

Hi, I have a r4i, it worked

Hi, I have a r4i, it worked perfectly for about 4 months, but then when I tryed to get some new games one day, the computer didn't read the file. It said that I had to format the files on the microsd, I didn't mind because I had finished those games, so I started the formatting. It gets really close to 100% then says something like, "Windows was unable to finish the format."
Can anybody help?
btw, I've tryed formatting it in My Computer and in Computer Management and I got the same result in both.

Thu, 04/15/2010 - 16:51 — gemma (not verified)

r4

"system date error ! please check NDS system date. " keeps comming up so i cant play anything please help me fix this problem.. its driving me mad if any1 can help please do thanx

Wed, 06/16/2010 - 12:50 — Anonymous (not verified)

System date error.

My daughter has only had her r4i card since may and she has this error.I have turned back the date by a year and this did work.But its not really a ideal or a permenant solution.Do u know what i can do as a permenant solution?.Some of my daughters games need the correct date to play.Please advise.Thanks

Sun, 06/13/2010 - 22:18 — ollie (not verified)

same

i have the exact same problem

Thu, 04/15/2010 - 16:51 — gemma (not verified)

r4

"system date error ! please check NDS system date. " keeps comming up so i cant play anything please help me fix this problem.. its driving me mad if any1 can help please do thanx

Mon, 05/24/2010 - 08:53 — Anonymous (not verified)

Time

Set Your DS System Date To The 11th Of April

That Should Do It

Mon, 04/19/2010 - 09:37 — Anonymous (not verified)

Hi gemma mine to did anyone

Hi gemma mine to did anyone help!

Sun, 04/18/2010 - 21:05 — Anonymous (not verified)

DS

You can try rolling the date badk on the DS to before the 14th that worked for me. The official site advises that you must update the software from their download site. Cheers.

Sun, 04/18/2010 - 05:18 — Anonymous (not verified)

R4 System Date error

Change the date on your DS to a date before April 14, 2010 as a temporary fix and follow the updates at fixya.com. The Kernel needs to be updated once the problem is fixed with the kernel. I had the same problem and tried this and it worked for the R4 SDHC 4GB card.

Sun, 04/18/2010 - 01:05 — Giorgio (not verified)

System error

You have to change the date in 2009.

Sat, 04/17/2010 - 14:16 — Anonymous (not verified)

Hi, Change the date in your

Hi,

Change the date in your DS to 2009 and you wont have to worry for another year!

Sat, 04/17/2010 - 09:48 — Anonymous (not verified)

System date error

I've just found out the answer. R4 cards seem to have an error that trips when the date goes past 14/4/2010. You just need to set it to some date in the past and it'll work again. We went for 2 years ago...

Sat, 04/17/2010 - 09:39 — Anonymous (not verified)

Hi, just alter the date back

Hi, just alter the date back by a year. Its a system bug that is being sorted out for the next set of updates for the r4i cards. I have just had the same problem and altered the date on my dsi ahd it works fine now.

Sat, 04/17/2010 - 04:54 — Anonymous (not verified)

SYSTEM DATE ERROR?

Try changing your system date on the ds itself, just change it to 2 days before.

I had the same problem with my one and this worked. Not sure if it will come back after 2 days or not though

Fri, 04/16/2010 - 19:38 — Anonymous (not verified)

Hi gemma, Firstable sorry

Hi gemma,

Firstable sorry for my poor english.

I've already post this morning on this topic but it seems that my reply hadn't been displayed, so i try again.

I had the same default. It would seems that R4 is upset with the 14th april 2010.... lol
I,ve seen on a french webite that this is a bug of R4. The DS has no problem so keep it and don't put it in the trash !
The only solution to fix that bug is to change the date of your DS by changing the year to 2009, normaly you'll win a year without trouble.
The french website says that many furnisher of R4 have ask to the chineese manufacturer to fix the bug and we hope that it will be soon.
Cordialy
Marc

Fri, 04/16/2010 - 17:14 — friendly irish guy (not verified)

r4 system date solution

to fix this all you need to do is go into the menu (with out the r4card in the ds) and change the date back a couple of years or more .then u will be able to load up the r4 again.on the 15th of april all r4s stopped workin because of this error so all u have to do is trick the ds into thinking the 15th of april hasnt come yet and ul be able to play.
hope i helped!!

Fri, 04/16/2010 - 14:19 — Anonymous (not verified)

change your date back a year

change your date back a year and prob is fixed

Fri, 04/16/2010 - 09:52 — Anonymous (not verified)

Don't know why this is

Don't know why this is happening. But I found that if I change the Date on a DS or DSi to any date before the 14th April it starts working again! Hope this helps as a temporary fix.

Fri, 04/16/2010 - 08:11 — Bev (not verified)

System Date Error

I had this error on both mine and my son's DS with the R4i adapter - I changed the system date to the same date in 2009 (without the adapter in the DS) and it now works for both of them.
Date is a year behind but I can live with that as long as I have my games....

Fri, 04/16/2010 - 07:30 — Ford (not verified)

System date error temporary solution

To my knowledge, all instances of Moonshell everywhere started copping a system date error as of last Wednesday (Apr. 14, 2010). Until a more permanent solution is devised, a temporary solution is to go into the DS's setup and set the system date back a month.

Tue, 04/20/2010 - 00:43 — Lauren (not verified)

Thank you everybody. I

Thank you everybody. I thought I was going nuts and screwed up my DS somehow. lol

Thu, 04/15/2010 - 10:44 — Sam (not verified)

There is no DS card inserted

Hi someone has given my son a Ds but we have no instructions when we put the game in it says no ds card inserted however sometimes it does work I can't understand what were doing wrong we tried different games as well
please help !

Tue, 08/10/2010 - 16:57 — Anonymous (not verified)

yeah, I tried buying ds's

yeah, I tried buying ds's from craigslist, two days in a row, and both ds's read "no card inserted" when there was a card inserted. Did not buy either ds....must be a common problem.

Wed, 04/14/2010 - 09:52 — Anonymous (not verified)

Loading D':

I've been playing Mario & luigi: bowser's inside story & today I tried to turn my DS on and when the R4 tried to load the menu, it says " system date error ! Please check NDS system date. " I dont understand whats wrong D ':

Wed, 04/14/2010 - 08:06 — Gail (not verified)

error message

We have our R4 revolution card since December. EVerything has been ok, except today, it starts to load then message' System date error! please check NDS sytem date' comes up.

Please help

Fri, 04/16/2010 - 08:26 — Anonymous (not verified)

Hi, Firstable sorry for my

Hi,

Firstable sorry for my poor english.
I had the same default and i found on french website a beginning of answer.
It would seem that its a bug. The R4 is upset against the 14 April 2010...... lol
So you can fix it by changing the date of your DS. For exemple change the year by entering 2009 and you'll win a year without trouble !
I saw on web site that some of R4 furnishers have made a demand to the chineese manufacturer to correct that fault. We hope that they give us a patch to upgrade the R4 and definitively fix the default.
Cordialy
Marc ( French West Indies )

Wed, 04/14/2010 - 05:32 — Anonymous (not verified)

Hi when i load up my r4i

Hi when i load up my r4i card i get an error message "system date error! please heck NDS system date. i got it on my old dsi so went and bought a new one and getting same message.
Any help would be great

Tue, 04/13/2010 - 08:01 — Anonymous (not verified)

4gb sd card in gold r4i sdhc

mine keeps coming up with the error screen telling me to turn power off & look in the manual but that doesnt help! it with a 4gb sd in a gold r4i sdhc and it driving me mad it for a dsi any help please !!!!! i can get it working on my ds lite but not the dsi ic tryed the firmware on the box it came with also a few others i found but it jus cums up with star wars or sumthin or other ??? and then when u tap on it , it cums up with turn power off and i cant figure out how to do it at all !!!!!!!!!

Thu, 04/15/2010 - 14:34 — Anonymous (not verified)

maybe your card is wrong if

maybe your card is wrong if it is go get a new one and it will work or your computer does not work i use romulation its the best

Mon, 04/12/2010 - 05:38 — Anonymous (not verified)

Games?

i have got my r4 card for nintendo ds and i also have moonshell does anyone kno the site where i can download games..
it is really annoying me becuz i cannot find a site anywhere.. please any help will be greatfull...
email me : amina-taghdi1993@hotmail.com
pleaseASAP.

Wed, 04/21/2010 - 07:52 — crazy8art (not verified)

www.romulation.net is a good

www.romulation.net is a good place to go

Wed, 04/14/2010 - 06:09 — Anonymous (not verified)

Hi just search on google for

Hi just search on google for NDS ROMS and there you go.

Sun, 04/11/2010 - 08:44 — Anonymous (not verified)

Okey i need help i brought

Okey i need help i brought an r4 card and i have a 4gb micro sdhc card. but when i use it all i see is just saying loading and i really cant give it back. plz help me really

Sun, 04/11/2010 - 01:39 — Anonymous (not verified)

HG

My pokemon heart gold used to get stuck or frozen every few minutes or so. And almost everytime I saved. So this one time, I saved and it didn't stop or get frozen. So I said, very good and everything, and very shortly after I did something that got the game frozen. Now, when I try to load the game, the screen is blank. What do I do? Thanks in advance.

Sun, 08/01/2010 - 17:04 — Cloud Strife (not verified)

HG

Hey I have a patched version of Pokemon Heart Gold so if you want add me on msn or e-mail me and I'll send the patched version. I'm not sure if your original .SAV file will work on the patched version. If not then I'm sorry that you'll need to start again. The patched version is 98% English. So, you'll be able to play the game in as much fun as you can possible have with it. All the story mode is perfected with no-one in the story mode speaking Japanese.

Good Luck with it.

Tue, 08/10/2010 - 08:11 — Elliot (not verified)

Hey.. I have a patched

Hey.. I have a patched version of both HG and SS. At the minute I've only got the HG one to work (Soul Silver just freezes on one of the loading screens) but the HG isn't a good patch - most of it is in English (like all the important stuff) but none of the unimportant conversations are in English and most of the battles are still in Japanese.. could you email me the patched HG?
I hate not knowing what's going on...
My msn is skating-oldschool-4-life@hotmail.co.uk
Cheers,
Elliot.

Tue, 06/15/2010 - 19:11 — Jeremy (not verified)

HG

in my case i downloaded the EU version and that froze so i waited and they updated the firmware
now it runs smoothly no freeze or anithing

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 02:38 — unaslagt (not verified)

HELP

If I put a new downloaded game on my R4 and I make a new sav. file it stops working, I tried already downloading new data, but that doesn't work. It started when I made a sav. file for one game and played the game while another game still needed a sav. file. Can anyone please help me?!?

Sat, 04/03/2010 - 21:37 — phillipjr

R4i sdhc (red box)

Hello,I just got the R4i sdhc for my ds lite and watched a video on youtube about how to set it up, but unfortunately the kernal on www.R4i-sdhc.com does not work. All I get is a star wars lethal alliance icon and I touch it with my stylus and the screen turns white, Is there a different kernel I could download and if so can someone please give me the exact download.

Sun, 04/18/2010 - 06:35 — Anonymous (not verified)

R4 firmware

There are almost 100 variations on the R4 cards - so many manufacturers and different models.
You MUST use the correct firmware for your particular card or you will most likely be stuck on the "Loading" screen.

Your box should indicate the website to use - go there , download and setup your card according to their instructions.
If you don't have the box anymore then you will be stuck with trying all the different firmwares you can find to get the right one.

Once you get your card working - make a backup on your pc , cd or hdd.
then you have a base point to start from when something goes wrong.

Mon, 04/12/2010 - 14:50 — Vinay (not verified)

As above

I get exactly the same error. Any solutions would be greatly appreciated.

Thu, 04/01/2010 - 02:03 — spitz162003

English v1.18 error creating file

I got a 2gb micro sd card that i formatted from my mobile phone to make it empty.....Trying to create the english v1.18 files on the card and comes up with lots of errors when i'm trying to extract the files. Need help! or can some1 say why? need a heads up on this please... thanx

Wed, 03/31/2010 - 23:09 — Anonymous (not verified)

Can not access saved data

I've tried downloading Pokemon Platinum onto my R4. This part works fine but when I go to play the game, it says it can not access the saved data. Can someone help me with this?

Mon, 03/29/2010 - 14:12 — Anonymous (not verified)

DS/GBA roms on R4 SDHC?

Can you play both DS roms and GBA roms on a R4 SDHC card?

Tue, 04/06/2010 - 04:08 — Anonymous (not verified)

You can't play gba roms

You can't play gba roms because they work diffently to ds ones i can't explain exactly how though :(

Mon, 03/29/2010 - 13:20 — 2006hayleyl

My DS keeps switching off

Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me, I have read problems that other users are having with their ds but have not seen anyone with the same problem as me.

Since putting my r4 card in it was going fine at first but now when playing games it keeps switching off, this is not due to the battery being low as it does it when fully charged, this is very frustrating as sometimes you can only play it for a couple of minutes. please reply if anyone can help.

Much appreciated, thanks

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 19:50 — e.penrose (not verified)

R4 + Moonshell = no games???????

Ok now that I have my R4 III 32gb card where do I go to get games?

Sun, 04/11/2010 - 23:14 — reubangerz (not verified)

where to download ds games

search romulation.net and type watever game u want to download in the search space on the page and click on the game on the list . then there will be a yellow square with download written in it and click on that and then click on north american server and download it but before u do that download the 40 day trial of winrar on the winrar website because when u downoad the file double click on it then highlight the game and then click extract file then choose your ds usb and then extract the file to it and then put the sd in your cartridge and power on and have fun playing(:

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 08:58 — Anonymous (not verified)

Romulation is down

Romulation does NOT Serve ROMs anymore.

Go to CoolRoms.net

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 15:59 — Anonymous (not verified)

ds switching off

Hi was wondering if anyone can help, i have read most of the comments/problems but cant find the answer to fix mine.
the problem is when my r4 card is in the ds it switches off throughout the games (any game on r4 card) other games work fine and it doesnt need charged.
this is very frustrating as sometimes it only works for a couple of minutes before shutting down.

Reply much appreciated, thanks.

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 11:08 — LoneWhiteWolf666 (not verified)

A little problem with the R4 III Upgrade....

I have a slightly small problem, my R4 Upgrade Revolution for DS (NDSL/NDS) vIII will not, and I repeat this, will not load certain icons from games that have had icons shown before. An example would be a picture of the Phantasy Star Zero icon next to the Game Name & Company it was made by will not show its normal Icon. Instead, it shows us a Nintendo DS Lite Icon, and is not able to detect the cheats that are installed in the usrcheat.dat for it. Before I had a rehaul for it to run properly, the game Icons would show up perfectly with the cheats. I have been striving for a solution for the past year and a half and I am now desperate for a solution. If anyone knows how to fix this error, please reply to this message and I will attempt your methods of repair. My thanks to you in advanced.

p.s: If anyone here needs more detail, then reply to this message and I will list the problem step by step for a more easier understanding.

Fri, 02/26/2010 - 03:15 — Anonymous (not verified)

help!!!!

hi i am playing Pokemon heart gold on my computer and recently i bought an r4 so i copied the Pokemon heart gold rom to my r4 and i cant play my saved file on the r4 only on the computer so can you please help me :(

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 09:16 — twigman (not verified)

are you sure that the

are you sure that the heartgold file is a .nds file?

Wed, 02/10/2010 - 07:38 — laura (not verified)

r4 works in 1 but not the other

hi dont know if any1 can help asap but i have 2 r4 cards and 4ds's in the house the cards will work in 2ds (old 1 and lite) but not in the other 2 y is this?

Fri, 02/05/2010 - 17:19 — Anonymous (not verified)

r4 sdch

I have a DS Lite and I have the regular r4 for ds, but i am wanting to upgrade to the r4 sdch so i can use a bigger memory card *just 4gb*. In the info/features it states No need to flash. Built-in launch Slot-2 (gba) function. Does that mean it is a bigger card and it wont fit into slot 1 like the regular r4? Is there another type that is better recommended?

Fri, 02/05/2010 - 06:44 — Jaychill (not verified)

I have bought an R4 card,a

I have bought an R4 card,a friend downloaded games onto the card.It was working fine at first but now once you put the card into the DS it comes up as error.It isnt the DS as games work.Could you please assist with the problem. Thanks

Sun, 04/11/2010 - 02:50 — tracy (not verified)

the same problem

Hi, i have the same problem. i have bought two R4 cards with games on it but it works fine and then error comes up. if you find a solution please email me anmd tell me. i cant keep spending money when the same problem comes up.

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 23:12 — Anonymous (not verified)

r4 problems

i have 2 problems with my r4 iii
1.my r4 delete files on its own
2.the r4 i have has a small crack at the very bottom
i wonder if anyone could help me

Sat, 01/30/2010 - 15:30 — Anonymous (not verified)

R4 SDHC Upgrade Revolution for DS

dummy question... please advise... is there any way to play an R4 SDHC Upgrade Revolution for DS on a DSi???

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 02:03 — Anonymous (not verified)

Couldn't find -DS-MENU.DAT

my dad has an r4 card for his ds in which he uses a nokia micro sd card,when I put my kingston micro sd card into his r4 it just says "couldn't find -DS-MENU.DAT. Help please???

Fri, 02/05/2010 - 17:10 — Anonymous (not verified)

On your dads card, he prob

On your dads card, he prob has the menu file loaded/saved and on yours you do not. If he has the files from his card saved on his computer all you have to do is hook your card up with micro sd flash drive into usb and when your files come up, drag his files ds.menu.dat and ds.menu.sys and if it is moonshell, also drag ds.mshl.nds file . if not, you will need to copy his files with the sd flash, insert his memory card into it and hook into the usb on your computer. save all files from sd card to computer. then take out his card and insert yours. when your file comes up, drag the ds.menu.dat and ds.menu.sys and if it is moonshell, also drag ds.mshl.nds file. that should take care of it

Sun, 01/17/2010 - 06:32 — Anonymous (not verified)

DSi

will it work on a DSi?

Tue, 04/06/2010 - 02:28 — can you get back games you have lost (not verified)

how do u get back games u have lost

help i was on nintendogs and i switched off and when i swiched back on it was gone plz help

Sun, 01/17/2010 - 09:21 — mario

re: will it work on a DSi?

The original R4 will not work on a DSi. The R4i Red will work on the DSi (even v1.4) and DS Lite. Checkout the guide:

http://www.wiilovemario.com/R4DS-Guide

Sun, 01/10/2010 - 13:06 — Anonymous (not verified)

R4DS card stop working when I added new files

We got two R4-DS cards (I think the original with 2Gb) and my kids used to play with old DSs and regularly added files to their R4-cards. Recently, we got a new DS-Lite. Both R4-cards were working with the DS-Lite (when remained unmodified). But today, I added new game files on one R4-card (didn't touch the system files), and it completely stopped working. I get the message "Couldn't not find the SD/TF card" in the DS-Lite (and it doesn't work in the old DS anymore). Yet, the other unmodified R4-card still work in both DSs (old and Lite). I tried to put the english 1.18 firmware (we had a french version???)

What could I do to have the R4-card working back to normal?

Sat, 01/09/2010 - 23:40 — Anonymous (not verified)

my r4 works fine i recently

my r4 works fine i recently put zelda spirit tracks onto it and it plays but now when i plug my r4 into the computer via micro sdhc adapter it wont show up in my computer or anywhere in my pc. could some please respond as i want to put more games on dont tell me to format because i cant it wont show up in my computer anymore. it just stopped working the other day.

Sat, 01/09/2010 - 09:31 — scott (not verified)

deleting games off r4 by mistake

hi my child is only 3 and keeps deleting her games off her r4 card by pressing x whilst it is in the ds,,is there a way i can block her from doing this by mistake, Is there soemthing i can do to stop them deleting whilst pressing x on games menu

thanks

Mon, 04/19/2010 - 10:31 — Anonymous (not verified)

i dont know why all these

i dont know why all these people are ragging on you. my daughters been playing with her ds/ds lite/now dsi, since she was 2. some kids are smarter than others and know how to play games on a console. leave her/him alone!!

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 16:36 — Anonymous (not verified)

wow, you are stupid your kid

wow, you are stupid
your kid is three year old. most games are recommended for children over the age of 6, which is the E for Everyone rating.
plus, you are pirating games. you are already teaching your kid at an early age that pirating/stealing is okay.
you are a bad parent

Thu, 01/14/2010 - 18:31 — ommon Sense (not verified)

DS 3yr old?

Simple solution, don't give a $130 DS to a 3 year old, give them some blocks, they are cheaper. And if your child isn't able to comprehend not pushing a button that deletes the games, or even that you tell them not too, or the fact that they can't read kinda is a sign that maybe its too advanced for them.

Tue, 01/12/2010 - 10:49 — Anonymous (not verified)

Be a better parent and load

Be a better parent and load the game up for the three year old. Communication is key.

Tue, 01/05/2010 - 03:02 — Anonymous (not verified)

PLEASE HELP ME MY CHILDRENS DSI WONT PLAY GAMES!!!

I Brought 2 dsi's 1 each for my son & daughter they have been working fine then i connected them to my wireless internet & all of a sudden i cant play any games on them i'm not good at understanding things like this so not sure if ive done something wrong they keep coming up with the error screen telling me to turn power off & look in the manual but that doesnt help! Can someone help understand whats going on & have any ideas on how i can resolve this matter Thx x

Sun, 01/10/2010 - 06:35 — Anonymous (not verified)

its because you have updated

its because you have updated the ds to version 1.4. i am having same problems but cant find the work around and dont have an old ds to upload the firmware arrrggghhh

Mon, 01/04/2010 - 19:41 — Anonymous (not verified)

corrupt files on r4 cant delete...

i downloaded bowsers inside story, it had a virus, it infected eveery mario game i had and now i cant delete any of them from my r4. can anybody help? please i have tried everything. thanks...

Wed, 03/31/2010 - 18:51 — Matt B (not verified)

Format it.

Once the R4 is plugged in to the computer, find it in 'my computer' and right click on it. Choose format, and it will erase every file on the R4, corrupted or not. That's how you get rid of files you can't delete.

Fri, 01/29/2010 - 13:25 — Anonymous (not verified)

if you hok it to your

if you hok it to your computer a good antivirus program should kill the virus but you might lose the games

Mon, 01/04/2010 - 12:03 — Anonymous (not verified)

Corrupt .sav file

Hey all,

I got a 4gb R4 SDHC card. But when I play a game, save it, restart the ds then I get the message ".sav file corrupt. Need to delete the file". I have this with several games, not all. I´ve upgraded to the newest kernel version (1.30), formatted the disc (using panasonic formatter) but still no luck.

Can anyone here help me?

thx

Sat, 01/02/2010 - 07:25 — Anonymous (not verified)

r4 ultra and rune factory a fantasy harvest moon

uh hey guys i have bought a r4 ultra for my ds but i can't play the game rune factory a fantasy harvest moon on it it will just stop before the main screen i'm using the firmware 1.54please can anyone help me??if you can please send a message to my email: abdel_jaouad@live.nl

Thu, 01/07/2010 - 20:04 — Anonymous (not verified)

r4

you need to play other games because not all the games work but if you search the game on a different r4 list you might get a version that works

Fri, 01/01/2010 - 10:34 — Anonymous (not verified)

PLEASEEEEE HELP ME :[[[[

I had a r4 since 2 years. I thought that my software 1.18 was old so I downloaded the dsi 1.55 one. I found out that 1.55 isn't for my r4 original. So I deleted it and put back my 1.18. I found out that I am MISSING THE THUMBS.db and can't get it back even if I try to put it in(drag and drop in the sd) now it's saying error create system file failure and storage space inadequate. I have a 1gb Kingston and the original r4. PLEASE HELP ME MY PARENTS ARE GONNA FREAK.(they bought it for me when it costs about $100 (yes I know they got scamed))

thanks in advance

Tue, 12/29/2009 - 20:34 — anonymous (not verified)

not booting..

hi! actually, a couple of weeks ago, i bought a DSi and an R4 card..thing is suddenly it stopped working. I select the R4 menu on the DSi menu and it goes blank (A white screen, nothing else....)...it was working well for the first few days..and then suddenly, it started to blink..and after a couple of minutes the R4 menu used to appear..but now, that has stopped too. nothing comes and i dunno what to do...pls..if anyone has a solution, do share! :) thanks!!

Tue, 12/29/2009 - 10:09 — Anonymous (not verified)

Game not loading now

Okay sooooo i downloaded alot of games for my r4ds, all of them worked completely fine.
BUT now my zelda: spirit tracks wont load up. ive tried deleting it then adding it again. nothing. i tried getting a new one and it still didnt work. ive played the game already and loaded it up before more then twice.
i dont know how to make it work. i really want to play this game.

Wed, 12/30/2009 - 15:31 — Anonymous (not verified)

problem

yeah same thing happened to me it started working after i pressed the green button in the top right hand corner where it says r in a circle

hope this helps:)

Wed, 12/30/2009 - 10:50 — Anonymous (not verified)

When your on the list of

When your on the list of games before going to Zelda press the r in the top corner so it turns red then the game should load

Fri, 12/25/2009 - 22:21 — Anonymous (not verified)

I have two Revolution for

I have two Revolution for R4's and one of it works perfectly fine and the other doesn't. It doesn't work for the latest games and it just blank out. It also doesn't support the 'skin' features... I just copy and paste what is in from my another Revolution for R4 that works perfectly fine for the latest games and supports the 'skin' feature.

Help x.x

Mon, 12/21/2009 - 00:53 — Anonymous (not verified)

Stuck at "Game laoding..."

I formatted my 2GB MicroSD using the Panasonic version, after trying my PC's FAT (not FAT32) method, and it takes a long time for the games to load. Actually I am unable to play any games, because it never gets pass the "Game loading..." phase.

What could be the problem?

Fri, 12/18/2009 - 02:49 — Smod (not verified)

questions

hey all,

i just got the R4i (gold) and i have a nintendo ds lite i have a 8G chip. i can not figure out what firmware or sofware of what ever i need. i know the R4i i have works with the ds lite and 8g chip becuase it says so on the box. there error i recive is a loading screen.

Please help.
thanks

Wed, 12/09/2009 - 11:03 — Anonymous (not verified)

"R4 SDHC UPGRADE Revolution for DS" for my DS lite

hi i bought the "R4 SDHC UPGRADE Revolution for DS" for my DS lite and when i put the software and the game and put in to the ds and on the top screen its shows "menu ?" i dnt kno wt do do is anyone can help me pls

thank you

Fri, 12/18/2009 - 19:42 — Anonymous (not verified)

"R4 SDHC UPGRADE Revolution for DS" for my DS lite

You need to download the Menu and also put it on the card. There should be a website on the box that the card came in. Got to that site and download the menu. You'll need to extract it. I used 7Zip to extract because WinZip didn't seem to handle the format. Extract and copy the files and folders to your card and it should work.

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 05:53 — Anonymous (not verified)

"R4 SDHC UPGRADE Revolution for DS" for my DS lite

does anyone here know the link?
ive already discarded the box...

Sun, 03/21/2010 - 13:57 — mario

Try this one:

This is for the R4 SDHC, see if it works:
http://www.wiilovemario.com/download/R4DS/kernel/R4-SDHC-English-1.29.ra...

This one is for the R4 III Upgrade, try this one if the above doesnt work:
http://www.wiilovemario.com/download/R4DS/kernel/R4-III-Upgrade-English_...

Tue, 12/08/2009 - 03:05 — dslover

Hellp!

I used to have an R4 for more than 2 years and I never had any problems with it untill my cousin broke it so I bought a new one. I've tried and done everything I've done for my old R4 but when I open my ds it just goes *LOADING* and even if I leave it for an hour it still wont work. I don't know what's wrong with it. I also knew how to put pictures and music in my old R4 but I don't know what I've done wrong with my new one. *My R4 isn't fake* I've also just bought an 8GB micro sd card but the biggest sd card I've ever had was a 2GB micro sd card.
Is that the problem?
Does anyone know why my R4 is not opening?

Thans in advance.

Sat, 12/19/2009 - 08:41 — Anonymous (not verified)

possibly your system does

possibly your system does not fit to your new r4... you can down load them by going to the r4 site indicated in your r4 cartrage...

Fri, 12/18/2009 - 19:51 — Anonymous (not verified)

Hellp!

You need to download the new Menu for this card. The old menu will not work. There should be a website on the box that the card came with. Go to that site and download the menu. You'll need to extract. I used 7Zip because WinZip couldn't handle the format. Extract and copy the files and folders to the card. Should work then.

Sun, 12/13/2009 - 04:42 — Anonymous (not verified)

ds

make sure that u formatted ur card fat 32 first thats what mine did at first so io reformatted it and did it again and it worked

Sat, 12/12/2009 - 04:23 — Anonymous (not verified)

Try using a smaller MicroSD

Try using a smaller MicroSD card. 8 GBs isnt compatible to my knowledge.

Wed, 12/09/2009 - 23:19 — Anonymous (not verified)

it may be the system

it may be the system differences ie. old system files or are you using the new files you got?

Tue, 12/08/2009 - 22:28 — Anonymous (not verified)

well if you are only using a

well if you are only using a nomal r4 and you are using a micro sdhc card it wont workso if you are you need a new sd card but its probably just better to get a r4dsi

Sun, 12/06/2009 - 18:54 — behknux (not verified)

hey guys i just downloaded

hey guys i just downloaded the legend of zelda spirit tracks for my r4 only to find out 7z format files dont work. is there a way to convert it?

Tue, 01/05/2010 - 22:08 — Anonymous (not verified)

zeler game

piret bay download it drage drop to sd turn on find game THEN top righ corner tuch the dot it do from green to red. red ok play

Sat, 12/19/2009 - 00:06 — Anonymous (not verified)

7z is just a form of

7z is just a form of compression for computers you need to unzipped it there are many free 7z extractor software out there

Tue, 12/01/2009 - 14:48 — Anonymous (not verified)

Help....

i no that most of these problems have been solved but i still cant work my r4 2gb it didnt come with a disc so i have no idea what needs to be on it...... i've been trying to install the kernel thing but its not working and i dont know what else needs to be on the micro card. Can someone give me some simple instructions on how to get it to work :S helpp...

Sun, 11/29/2009 - 11:28 — Anonymous (not verified)

dsi errer

hi, today i bought a r4 ds ultra that is preloaded with games. when i inserted the r4 the icon was there at the dsi menu, but when i click it,is says that
"an error has occured. press &hold the power button to turn the system off pls see the nintendo dsi operations manual for help trouble shooting"
ive already tried what the manual says which is 2 turn the dsi off and wait 4 awhile then turn it back on to try again.they also say that if the prob. persists call the nintendo hotline.im just wondering is there a way to fix this thing without needing me to call them. is it because of the version of the dsi? my version is 1.4u.pls help me!

Tue, 12/08/2009 - 14:11 — Anonymous (not verified)

if you bought you card

if you bought you card before august 3rd then you should fimnd an update to get working,if not then cheack for the latest firmware

Sat, 11/28/2009 - 09:10 — Anonymous (not verified)

can not delete folder

i noticed my r4 was not working so i plug it into my computer and i saw these random folder and icons the icon name was random shapes and they will not delete. now my r4 will get to the menu i will click the game icon and then it freezes and it does not show any games nor any menu options like the cheates or anything .
the last thing is that my moonshel is gone and some of options. did the random folders infect the other ones???????

does any body suggest anything????

Tue, 11/17/2009 - 21:53 — Anonymous (not verified)

dsi wont save r4 games after playing it

Hi, we brought a r4 card for my daughters dsi, if we play a game then go to anothe it wont save the game we played before, is there anyway of fixing this. Thanks

Mon, 11/30/2009 - 16:40 — Mr. Nintendo (not verified)

Games won't save

Hello,
From what I've researched of your problem, the most likely culprit is an outdated "firmware"version. Use the link posted above and download version 1.18. (Make sure you delete the old version off the micro SD card before you copy the new one over to it). I believe the older firmware just isn't compatible with some of the newer games your using. Good Luck

Mon, 11/30/2009 - 16:32 — Mr. Nintendo (not verified)

R4 issues

To all of those who have posted questions/issues with their R4 cards, please check this link for "how to" help. This will solve most of the problems for the "noobs".

Good Luck..Hope this helps.

Mr. Nintendo.

Tue, 11/03/2009 - 17:40 — Anonymous (not verified)

nintendo ds lite and r4 card?

well ppl ive been knockin about different forums for days gettin prity fed up..........sumone help my problemgoes like this i i have a r4 revolution and a kingston micro sd.have dl the kernals from the web site it mention on the bear bone blister packet thingy,www.r4ds.com copyed and pasted over to my sd card ,made games folder and dragged roms in.but in my ds light which is my daughters and a pink one doesnt show a game cartridge installed?????it beats me truly can some one help plzz?????

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 06:54 — Anonymous (not verified)

nintendo ds lite and r4 card?

I had to format the SD card before it would see it. I used SDformatter V2.0. This might help.

Tue, 11/03/2009 - 17:40 — Anonymous (not verified)

nintendo ds lite and r4 card?

Mon, 11/02/2009 - 08:57 — claire (not verified)

R4 card and micro SD for DSI

Hi, please can someone help me. I currently have a nintendo DS and have an R4 card. I an upgrading to a DSI and know that I have to buy a new R4 card that works in the DSI. Do I also need to buy another micro SD card or will this just slot into the new R4 card for the DSI???? hope this makes sense.....
Also does anyone know how many games you can fit on a 4GB card??
Thanks

Tue, 12/08/2009 - 03:08 — dslover

It counts on how big your

It counts on how big your games are the bigger your games the less games you have on a 4GB card.

Wed, 10/28/2009 - 05:30 — eXid (not verified)

Alot of u people have

Alot of u people have problems with ur R4.

Maybe u guys should try kernel 3.10 http://www.r4iii.com/download.html
Its for the R4 sdhc UPGRADE revolution.

Thu, 10/22/2009 - 11:18 — Anonymous (not verified)

i put moonshell on my sdhc

i put moonshell on my sdhc but when i look at it on the computer it is not there so i put another moonshell in but it says this folder already contains moonshell can someone please help me

Tue, 10/20/2009 - 11:22 — lee (not verified)

r4

my r4 worked in old nintendo ds but wont work in a new ds , anyone got any idea's

Tue, 10/20/2009 - 09:02 — Anonymous (not verified)

could anyone help me ? my

could anyone help me ? my son had a ds and a r4 card which worked perfectly but he broke his ds , i recently bought him a new ds but the r4 doesnt work in it have nintendo found a way to block the r4's
!

Tue, 10/20/2009 - 06:25 — phil_s (not verified)

r4ds with sd card files missing

I have bought an r4 revolution with a 4 gig sd card. i have loaded all my games onto it and it works great. I have put the correct software also. So that is fine.
When i turn on the ds lite and all the games are listed in top screen, in the bottom screen it tells you the name of the game highlighted, and below that it shows 2 grey boxes the left box says setup x the right box says cheat y.
If i press the setup x in the left box after doing so next time i switch the ds lite on it just hangs. So if i take the 4 gig sd card and look on my computer it shows as empty, yet it is full. So i formatted the card reinstalled software and games and all is good again. But i need to know why this happened incase the kids press the setup x box again.
Can anyone tell me why this happens and how to stop it happening again. Thank you for your time.

Fri, 10/16/2009 - 16:07 — Lucas (not verified)

R4 full but no files on it

Can any one help? My R4 has completely nothing on it so when i plug it into the computer i can't see any files but go properties and it 100% full.

Sun, 10/25/2009 - 21:53 — Anonymous (not verified)

i've had the same problem -

i've had the same problem - all you can do is re-format the chip and put your games back on there as you've lost all your data - to avoid this, don't let ur chip hit its maximum volume

Fri, 10/16/2009 - 06:38 — Anonymous (not verified)

Crushed R4 (not exactly it has the same shape)

hey i accidently crushed my r4 under my door and now its working although the micro sd card is working the problem is that when i insert my r4 and on my ds instead of that loading screen my ds start screen comes up and it says there is no ds card inserted plzzz help oh man i wonder wat my father will say...thanks in advance!!!!

Mon, 10/05/2009 - 08:15 — Logan (not verified)

R4 - SDHC, 2gb, INSERT DISC INTO DRIVE F - AND - the "? MENU"

Right, I have two problems with my R4.

I have the 2gb one, and my DS is the original Pink one (which, from what i've heard, doesnt work with R4's).

So i put it in the USB stick thing that came with the R4-SDHC, and my computer says "Please insert disc into Drive F".
MY R4 DIDNT COME WITH A DISC.
People keep saying to download Kernel 1.18.
I've done that.
WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO EXTRACT IT TO IF THE THING DOESN'T WORK??

My second problem.
When I put it into the cart, and into the DS. i get the "? Menu" screen. And it won't go any further.
Is this because I can't put games on it? I don't know.

So yeah, it don't work in my PC or DS.
Made in Korea? Yep, never buying anything made in Korea ever again.

So if you can help me, thanks.

Mon, 12/28/2009 - 12:37 — Rose (not verified)

I have exactly the same R4,

I have exactly the same R4, the [menu?] screen is because you don't have the menu installed on there yet - without the kernel it's just an empty SD card in the cartridge after all.
The only thing I can think of is that you get a new SD card or reader - which ever one is causing the problem.
As soon as you can get the kernel on there, it works fine I promise.

Mon, 10/05/2009 - 05:48 — paul (not verified)

sdhc card 4gb corrupt

tried to download r4 software to the card via the reader but it wont load onto pc says files not accessible or corrupt should i send back to seller ? or any tips?

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 14:06 — Anonymous (not verified)

Disable anti virus. If you

Disable anti virus.

If you have aol software installed on the machine you should stop it from running.

Sun, 10/04/2009 - 06:30 — Anonymous (not verified)

How to get rid of the games

Hi im trying to delete some of the games off of my kes Ds's but i don't know how to get it plugged into my computer. Someone pleases help.

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