Using an R4 card with your Nintendo DS or DSi
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
If you own a Nintendo DS Lite or DSi, then one of your ‘must have’ accessories is without doubt an R4 Card. The R4 Card is an adapter that is used with a memory card to add extra functionality and software to your DS console. To get started, you need to make sure that you order the right R4 Card for DS Console:
If you have a DSi then you will need the R4i Revolution Card For DSi
If you have a DS Lite you can buy the R4 Card on its own, or bundled with a memory card (max size 2GB)
If you have a DS Lite, but want to use memory cards (up to 32GB), then you will need the R4 SDHC Revolution Card
There are a couple of important things to remember. The first one is that you will need a Micro SD memory card that you can use in the R4 Card. The second is that in most cases you will need to download the latest version of the software free of charge from the R4 Website before you can use the R4 Card as the software is not included with the card. To make this a bit easier for you, I’ve put the download links below:
Download R4 software for Nintendo DSi
Download R4 software for Nintendo DS Lite
Installation:
To keep installation simple I’d suggest downloading the files to the desktop. You will need to unzip the files once they have been downloaded. To install the software, you will need to connect the memory card to your computer using the card reader that came with your R4 Card. You will then need to Drag and drop all the downloaded files on to the Micro SD Card. It’s important that the files are copied into the root of the memory card, and not into any other folders that are on the memory card. Once you’ve copied the files over, you can then drag and drop your ROM files to the Micro SD card using windows explorer.
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