When your DS starts up and freezes on a Loading Screen with the R4, or a red menu icon with a clone card, here is the fix. This common problem with the R4 DS card is nearly always caused by a mismatched firmware or no firmware installed onto the micro sd memory card. This [...]]]>

When your DS starts up and freezes on a Loading Screen with the R4, or a red menu icon with a clone card, here is the fix. This common problem with the R4 DS card is nearly always caused by a mismatched firmware or no firmware installed onto the micro sd memory card. This happens because that firmware, also known as kernal software tells the DS specifically how to interact with the R4 chip. If it can’t match the versions, it can’t run.

Pay close attention to what exact model of card you own as they require different versions of software between models i.e. a R4 SDHC will require different firmware then an R4 Ultra. If you check out the great guides on R4 cards on our sponsored site R4DSRevolution they have links to all the manufacturer pages for the most popular R4ds cards. From there you can download the latest firmware direct from the manufacturer of your card. If you purchased a card from DSCardWorld then we monitor these sites ourselves and host the latest downloads right on our support page so you don’t have to go hunting for it yourself.

If you’ve installed the wrong firmware simply reformat your micro SD card by inserting it in a Micro SD USD adapter and plug it into your computer, start a reformat in FAT32, recommended a full, not a quick, reformat for first time card use. Once that’s done copy the correct firmware onto the SD card and insert that into your R4 DS card. It should load right into the R4 Screen or the Nintendo DS game screen where you select the game the R4 is showing up as.

Hopefully, this helps you out, because it would be a shame to return a perfectly functional flash card when we can quickly fix it. Best of luck and Happy Thanksgiving to those in USA.

-The DSCardWorld Team