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PsYAndrew · Oct 20, 2008

I must also stress..That this is happening in the new CV,as well.Only my new games though.All of my old ass ones still work.This is so odd to me.

I am finishing up a full format right now.Im hoping this fixes it.

arschaub · Apr 21, 2009

i am having a problem getting my card to to a quick format...it sits at 0%....any suggestions???

ReggDegg said:

This guide can be used for Firecard, N card, F-card, MK5, & DSLinker cards, as they are all basically the same card.
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1st of all...
..You are probabaly reading this because your having problems with your firecard. so we'll start with some of the basic error messages, what they mean, & what you can do to solve the problem.
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DATA IS NOT ALIGN 16K
This means that you have formatted the firecard in windows using the USB interface.
.....an easy fix. The firecard MUST be formatted while the card is in your DS.
Insert the firecard, turn on the DS. While the firecard is botting, hold down the 'Start & Select' buttons. you will be taken to a menu screen (white text on a black background). Choose 'quick format'. After the card has formatted, link the card to the PC and send the xmenu.dat file to the card.
...Bob's yer uncle.
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OPEN XMENU.DAT ERROR
This means that the firecard does not have the 'xmenu' in it.
.....an easy fix. Put the XMENU.DAT file into the card.
Link the firecard to your PC and 'send' the xmenu to the firecard. After doing this, the next time you turn on the DS(with the firecard inserted) it will create the DSYSTEM folder all by itself.
If you dont have an xmenu file lying around on your PC, you can get one here:
http://www.dslinker.cn/soft/
The reason i link to the DSLinker software download page is because they are usually quickest with new updates for this type of card. Your firecard will be very happy to work with the DSLinker xmenu.
...The job's a good-un.
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FILE WRITE ERROR
(sharp intake of breath) Nasty. It means that something is wrong with your firecard.
But dont worry.....an easy fix.
Some day you may come across this error message when trying to play a game on your firecard. Every game you try to play, you get this message.
Dont try to format the card in a panic(yet). You can rescue the situation without losing all your game saves.
If you try all the games in your firecard, you'll probabaly find that only one of the games is now working. THIS is the problem game. Take it out, throw it away & never put it in your firecard again. You may notice that there are over a dozen save files for this problem game too....Delete them.
THEN (with the firecard linked to your PC) go into the DSYSTEM folder which is inside the firecard & DELETE the file named 'last save'.
Next time you play the firecard everything should be returned to normal.
...& roberts yer fathers brother.
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These 3 errors probabaly cover 90% of the problems new users have with these types of cards.
Occasionally some other wild problems will rear their heads, as i've found out. But we'll cross those bridges when we come to them. My wee fingers are too sore to go on typing tonight.
In-fact....if anyone has anything to add to what i've wrote above, please do-so, in the interest of helping new users get to grips with these great cards.
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Any other Firecard, N card, F-card, MK5, & DSLinker questions can be posted here, and i or someone else in the community will be along soon to help you get your card up & running again.
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Thanks.
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