Hardware Acekard2i being read by Other NDS models but not one in paticular

[Materia_tofu]

I just got a phat NDS in the mail and one of the first thing I've tried was booting up my Acekard, however, it's not being read.
this also happened to my DSi but after installing flashcart twilight menu it just worked for some reason?
It worked with my silver phat NDS and N3DS XL the get go, and still works with those along with the DSi. i tried a different cartridge
(Pokemon Black 2) to see if it would work and it did, along with my sisters copy of Pokemon Platinum.

Other things I've tried:
- The common paper method
- Cleaning the pins (SD card & the Acekard itself)
- the twilight menu method (resulted in the cart still not being read)
- Using a smaller and correctly formatted SD card (16 gb Sandisk Ultra as well as a 4gb Toshiba)
Any assistance is appreciated at this point, I might have to use a different DS until further notice

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I just got a phat NDS in the mail and one of the first thing I've tried was booting up my Acekard, however, it's not being read.
this also happened to my DSi but after installing flashcart twilight menu it just worked for some reason?
It worked with my silver phat NDS and N3DS XL the get go, and still works with those along with the DSi. i tried a different cartridge
(Pokemon Black 2) to see if it would work and it did, along with my sisters copy of Pokemon Platinum.

Other things I've tried:
- The common paper method
- Cleaning the pins (SD card & the Acekard itself)
- the twilight menu method (resulted in the cart still not being read)
- Using a smaller and correctly formatted SD card (16 gb Sandisk Ultra as well as a 4gb Toshiba)
Any assistance is appreciated at this point, I might have to use a different DS until further notice

Contact issue is usually the cause, you might need multiple layers of paper, IIRC it took around 3-4 layers of thin paper on my brother's AK2i to get it working on his DS without random crashes. Wedged underneath the row of pins.

 

[Materia_tofu]

Contact issue is usually the cause, you might need multiple layers of paper, IIRC it took around 3-4 layers of thin paper on my brother's AK2i to get it working on his DS without random crashes. Wedged underneath the row of pins.

should i take it apart (if there's a safe way to do so?) i cut like 3 pieces of paper and got it underneath and it still didn't work unfortunately and this is surprising that it's even doing this as it still works with my 3 other consoles and this one in particular can read other games, so maybe there's something I'm missing?

edit: i noticed that it takes a bit more force to put the Acekard in the cartridge slot of the pink phat ds (but little to none with Pokemon Black 2) but not any other model including my silver phat DS. i MIGHT have to take it apart, i dunno though i've never done something like this before, I've contacted the seller and hoping for a response back soon.

 

[Flame]

should i take it apart (if there's a safe way to do so?) i cut like 3 pieces of paper and got it underneath and it still didn't work unfortunately and this is surprising that it's even doing this as it still works with my 3 other consoles and this one in particular can read other games, so maybe there's something I'm missing?

edit: i noticed that it takes a bit more force to put the Acekard in the cartridge slot of the pink phat ds (but little to none with Pokemon Black 2) but not any other model including my silver phat DS. i MIGHT have to take it apart, i dunno though i've never done something like this before, I've contacted the seller and hoping for a response back soon.

I think you misunderstood. its like paper like this.





don't take anything apart.

 

[Materia_tofu]

I think you misunderstood. its like paper like this.

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don't take anything apart.

Sorry but what am i looking at here? from the looks of it, it looks like paper sticking out from the Slot 1 where the cartridge sticker faces if so i just tried that with no dice, but i'm like 90% sure there's something i'm missing here

 

[Flame]

Sorry but what am i looking at here? from the looks of it, it looks like paper sticking out from the Slot 1 where the cartridge sticker faces if so i just tried that with no dice, but i'm like 90% sure there's something i'm missing here

You need to put enough paper for the flashcard to make contact with the pins of the DS. I just showed an example so you get an idea.

That's what we call the "paper trick". you might need to try and error until it works. The truth is DS flashcards are "cheap" stuff. You might need to put more paper until it works.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

You need to put enough paper for the flashcard to make contact with the pins of the DS. I just showed an example so you get an idea.

That's what we call the "paper trick". you might need to try and error until it works. The truth is DS flashcards are "cheap" stuff. You might need to put more paper until it works.

A paper shim underneath the PCB is more effective.

 

[Materia_tofu]

A bit of an update: the seller contacted me about 2 hours ago they recommended i clean the pins on the AK2i
with "High Concentration Isopropyl Alcohol" and that they were certain they cleaned the console before shipping,
and if by chance the pins within the console got dirty i could cover a games pins in alcohol then "punch" the cartridge in
and out slot 1, and by their words "High Concentration Isopropyl Alcohol is super safe with electronics."

That being said i should probably specify what i initially cleaned it with as i shouldn't have said i cleaned it when it wasn't even the right thing, anyway i used a baby wipe and gently wiped the pins as damp/wet/liquids making contact with electronics typically scare me lmao (my mom visits my apartment later while also bringing the alcohol so i can actually try it then rather than some Mankey brained subsitute)

TLDR: My bad