R4 DS Card

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  1. Bol

    Boltonred New Member

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    #1 Boltonred, Nov 17, 2008
    Does anyone use one of these for downloading Nintendo DS games?</p>

    If so can they PM me.</p>
     
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    #2 W1zz, Nov 17, 2008
    Your don't' use these for downloading games - You download em from tinternet and transfer to the memory card via a USB adapter.

    Use TTDS cards myself ;)
     
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    #3 Boltonred, Nov 17, 2008
    Sorry, could have wrote it better.
    I've got the whole set up, R4 DS card, Micro SD card, USB adapter. Just having issues getting the games onto the SD card
     
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    #4 W1zz, Nov 17, 2008
    1) Download the latest kernal for the R4DS card from http://download.r4ds.com/soft/english3/English-1.18.rar

    2) Format your MicroSD memory card (FAT32) and copy the extracted Kernal to it.

    3) The games should be extracted from where ever you've downloaded them from and have a '.nds' file extension. You can rename the rom name to something more meaningful to you.

    4) Copy the '.nds' roms to the MicroSD card - I prefer to create a folder on the top level called 'Games' and store them all in there.

    Insert to DS and your good to go.


    There's a bit of a tutorial here http://www.gameolosophy.com/Accessories/How-To-Set-Up-The-R4DS.36201

    It's a bit out of date with the firmware version, but the principles the same.
     
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    #5 Boltonred, Nov 17, 2008
    Cheers for that pal. Tried for 3 hours last night and couldn't get it working!

    Managed to get the software onto the SD card but when I downloaded a game onto the PC it was formatted with WinRar and I couldn't get into the files.
     
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    #6 Spectemur Agendo, Nov 17, 2008
    you need winrar to open the files. then upload the .nds file to your card.
     
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    #7 Boltonred, Nov 17, 2008
    I've downloaded Winrar. How do I use that to open the files?

    PLEASE BE AWARE........ Your talking to a computer novice here! lol
     
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    #8 Micky Finn, Nov 17, 2008
    Do you?? I didn't. Just download, extract, then drag &amp; drop the resulting .nds file into the 'Games' folder on the card.
     
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    #9 Spectemur Agendo, Nov 17, 2008
    use winrar to extract the .nds file to desktop. then send the .nds file to your micro sd card.
     
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    #10 Micky Finn, Nov 17, 2008
    No, just right click and 'extract all', then drop onto micro SD. Don't need winrar.
     
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    #11 Boltonred, Nov 17, 2008
    I have downloaded the latest Kernal and added the files to SD memory card. Also formatted it.</p>

    I've clicked a couple of downloads, but when they download onto the PC they are in Winrar format. It won't allow me to extract and drop n drag doesn't work either</p>

    HELP!!!!</p>
     
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    #12 Boltonred, Nov 17, 2008
    I have downloaded the latest Kernal and added the files to SD memory card. Also formatted it.</p>

    I've clicked a couple of downloads, but when they download onto the PC they are in Winrar format. It won't allow me to extract and drop n drag doesn't work either</p>

    HELP!!!!</p>
     
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    #13 andytyke, Nov 17, 2008
    with winrar installed, right click the the rar file and select extract here, you should then end up with a .nds file,

    copy and paste this onto the card
     
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    #14 eddie, Nov 17, 2008
    i use 7-zip to unzip the rar files. free download from www.7-zip.org. sometimes the file will unzip as a .nfo and a .nds file - you only need to copy the .nds file to the microsd card. Send me a pm if you need further help, or somewhere to get ROMs
     
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    #15 eddie, Nov 17, 2008
    www.gbatemp.net is a great site

    which has lots of forums. R4DS is one of many cards. I have an Acekard 2.1 and an DSTT, but there are lots of variations. They all work the same, but have their own 'operating system' (or kernel) - e.g. you need windows on a PC, but Mac ? on a Mac etc
     
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    #16 Boltonred, Nov 17, 2008
    RE: Eddie you have PM nt
     
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    #17 Boltonred, Nov 17, 2008
    RE: Eddie you have PM nt
     
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