NDS – Unable to load data (Solution) – How to update R4 kernel
Recently, i downloaded a lot of latest NDS games from internet and hit the following error while starting the game.
“Unable to load data. Turn the power off and reinsert the game card”
This is because my NDS R4 kernal is outdated(v1.08), can not support latest game. After updated R4 kernel to latest version(v1.18), everything is fine now. Hi , some game shops may charge you expensive to just help update the R4 kernel, please do not stupid to pay for it. Update R4 kernel manually is just a piece of cake. I had provided following guideline to show How to update R4 kernel, hope help.
1) Take out your R4 card (small card) from NDS.
2) Plug your R4 card into USB pen drive which support micro SD, when you brought NDS, it come together (USB pen drive which you used to copy game). Your R4 file content should like something below
3) Go here http://www.r4ds.me/download/r4ds.html to download latest R4kernal
4) R4 Kernal file is something like “English-1.18.rar”, you need winrar to unzip it. please go here to download if you do not have winrar installed http://www.rarsoft.com/download.htm
5) Unzip it, _DS_MENU.DAT and _DS_MSHL.NDS are core files for R4 kernel. R4 latest kernel file should contains something like below
6) Copy all unzip kernel files above to your R4 card and REPLACE IT ALL. (Please remember backup , just in case).
7) Unplug your USB pen drive and reinsert your R4 card, enjoy your game.
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Thanks, it really helped me!
When I replaced it, and inserted again into my nds and turned on ,the data was loading. And I wait but no respond. What is my mistake?
I always recommend http://www.dsttcard.net to buy a dstti. They also have the most up to date dstti dsi kernels. Have a fantastic day keep up the good work!
Winrar can handle Zip as well as Rar.
Thanks for useful guide!
I’ve finally got the R4 update to work, but the new games won’t work! One freezs on me and one keeps on saying there’s a corrupted file…press A to delete it…
Even after I press A, the same error shows up.
Lifesaver! I have been downloading games to my R4 and it wouldnt load them, kept saying something about the save data! turns out it was the software update that was needed afterall, my DS works a treat again, lots of new games just in time for my holiday!
We shall see. I’m a huge fan of the series and fell in love very quickly with the show.
How do you unzip files on winRAR? I have winrar (i think) but how do you unzip it? GAH
I have an R4 card that i bought back in Jan10. I have downloaded games and everything has worked ok until now. The games I have just downloaded look as though they are loading when I switch on the ds then the screen goes black and nothing happens
I replaced the old files with the new R4 files, but when I turn on my DS, an R4 picture comes up imediately, I don’t even get to the menu! I don’t know what went wrong! Can you please help me!!!
Hi CK, you havent got all the correct files on your sd card, you should go to the official r4 site and download the latest software as your missing the menu file.
There is a new firmware out for the R4 DS Card,it’s called WOOD R4 and I believe it is at version 1.08 right now. It fixes all of the problems with the (now) outdated original R4 DS firmware. So I suggest everyone to download the Wood R4 firmware as it adds support for all of the newest files!
I’ve downloaded the Firmware thingy and I the new R4 update, but My DS still won’t work!!!! The screen still shows some words that says something about the software… Help!!!!
Please, help me. My R4 DS card was working fine. However, I downloaded the game Mario and Luigi Partners in Time and when I tried to play it, the DS stopped working. I restarted it, but now it won’t read the contents of the R4. The option to open the R4 appears on the screen, but when I click on it the screen flashes once, very quickly, and then both screens get white blank and freezes.
Do you think the game Mario and Luigi has some component that damaged my DS console?? I’ve tried everything I could: formatted the micro SD, formatted the DS itself, but nothing works.
Please, help me.
this is crazy. my friend bought my r4 card and put the right stuff on it and it worked fine for 1 day then it wouldn’t load and i couldn’t put it on the computer, it wouldn’t read it. what to do???!
Tyler, it may be a case of a defective card, or worse, a cloned R4 DS, there are sadly a lot of them out there, cheap knock offs of the original R4 Card and they are made with horrible quality, both on the inside as well as the outside! I would contact the seller you purchased from and ask for an exchange as the card should work for years and years, not just 1 day.
The other thing that may have happened is that your microSD card got corrupted. This could be due to a knock off, or could be that the microSD card was defective. Try to reformat the microSD card again to see if it makes a difference.
Mine just says “SD/TF card error” just help me anyone.PLZZZZZ!!!!