My son's DS recently stopped playing games. When I checked it out, I found it was in manual mode, so I set it to auto mode thinking that would fix it. But after I tried turning it off, putting a chip in and turning it back on (all following the instructions on the DS web site, so I did it all right and several times over besides) it still went to the main menu. When I checked to see what mode it was in, it said it was in auto mode. I pressed A and it repeated that it was set to auto mode, but even with a chip in it, it will not start the game. Just that same main menu. The DS web site doesn't cover the problem. Anyone here dealt with this?
2008-11-09T13:47:36Z
Has he damaged it? I'd be astonished to find he hasn't! He just turned 7 and he has a 2 year old sister. 'Nuff said. I was hoping there was a chance I might be missing something that would set it right. I mean, it seems to be working except for this slightly huge problem of never running the game. If it needs replacement, though, it looks like I'd better hurry. He got it last Christmas.
I guess I should be surprised it lasted this long.
Koop-Dawg2008-11-09T13:40:15Z
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you got something similar to the ring of death on the 360, it is fried, but nintendo should replace it
This is when a trojan stops the DS playing games, rendering it useless hence the same as an expensive brick
If your son has recently bought an R4DS cartridge then that might be the reason, if it is a clone or fake R4 then the hardware will brick any DS it is used in.
If you google 'bricked DS' or 'DS no longer plays games' im sure something will come up but its difficult to say without images
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maybe there could be too much dust or other small things stuck in the DS game chip that it won't read it. this happens sometimes so just blow at it a little. or keep trying to puit it in again to see if it works or not. it's eaither that or the DS is in bad condition and will not play games anymore.
What I do is when I encounter a problem like that is just blow into the place where you put the cartridge to remove some dust and that solves the problem. Or you can go and email Nintendo Customer Support and ask them, if they tell you to and it in then it's guaranteed it'll get fixed.