R4i problem ?menu

[gem11]

cannot get my dsi to work, i have an r4i but all that comes up on the screen is "?menu", can anyone help?

[barrowmanandrew]

what files have you got on your sd card?

[gem11]

only the original firmware when I purchased the card and numerous games, it was working fine until a few days ago, do i need to upgrade the firmware?

[barrowmanandrew]

not if its just stopped wprking.
pull the battery out and in, then set the date back to 2009, see if that works first

[gem11]

tried that mate, didnt work, still saying same thing on screen

[barrowmanandrew]

i think you have deleted a system file.
can you tell me exactly what files you have on your card. not interested in the roms or sav files, just the firmware.
better still, if you could post a screen shot of sd card files

[gem11]

just had a look to see whats on the card and it is empty! how could that happen?

[barrowmanandrew]

you might have a faulty card.
i take it you hadn't backed up your sd card?
problem with r4i cards is there is lots of diffrent versions, can be a bit of a ~~~~in nightmare getting correct firmware.

i would reformat sd card
then on front of your r4i card, there will be a web address
download firmware from there
then put firmware onto sd card and an older game for testing

[gem11]

Thanks for your time and advice mate, i will post my results later

[barrowmanandrew]

no poblem,
i'll keep an eye out..

[gem11]

tried to drag and drop firmware onto the sd card but keeps saying not enough space on file even though the file is empty, is the sd card buggered?

[barrowmanandrew]

sounds like it, did you format it?

[gem11]

didnt realise i needed to reformat the card.I have now done that and the firmware loaded up fine , i will now try and load a game, thanks again m8.

[barrowmanandrew]

yes m8, golden rule..
always reformat card and when you get it working.
Just create a folder on your pc and backup the entire sd card..
makes life soo much easier in the future....

[gem11]

Sorry its been so long had to get laptop repaired. Just to thankyou again for your help. I reformatted my card ,loaded the firmware and a game and hey presto all is well again! cheers