Have an R4 card that has been working away for months went to put new games on it today as normal and now the ds is saying "couldn't find ds menu.dat" any help would be much appreciated

i have the same problem today r4 doesnot work but original games work. bought the card slot from ebay . is it a problem with the new slot?

Yes I can we had the same problem with all 3 of our cards today you just need to take the date back on the actually DS if you take date forward it will not work. Not sure what will happen tomorrow as it seems to be 14th April that seems to b problem. Hope this helps

I think you need to update the R4 software,dont know what is your R4 update website?
you know ,there are many version of r4, If you are in UK,i suggest you visit www.logictoyz.com

Have you downloaded and installed the software you need to do this so the games will play
Download it here http://www.dsir4i.com/r4i-software.html
but make sure you leave it at the root of the card SEPERATELY FROM THE GAMES

JonnieC

you dont say if you have the r4 softwear loaded on the sd card if not try the r4 website and download the correct softwear for your card,you should then be able to open the games you have downloaded,hope this helps

The only thing i can suggest is to go to the site that is on your card and download the new firmware for your card, it maybe that you just need to update your card, if that dont work you may need to buy a new card, i would not leave your card in the nds if you are not using it for a while, take it out, dont leave it in the nds, it maybe that the contacts are worn.

for put games on de psp you better go to http;//www.pspdemoscenter.com

Is your DS a DS Lite? If it is, open up your R4. Fold up a piece of paper and put it right behind the gold contacts (on the side facing away from the DS). Close it all up and it should work.

OK, my kids have the R4, iam not sure its the Deluxe one, but they look same as yours, anyway i went and downloaded the newest version of R4 software from here
h**p://r4ds.cn/download/r4_v1.18_kernel.html, now change ** to tt, (http) in the link.
Now with the older version a lot of the games did not work, when i downloaded the newest version
(english kernel v1.18) most of them worked, and make sure you read that web page.
----- How to update R4?
After downloading and decompressing the new updated files, there will be one shell folder and two files _DS_MENU.DAT、 _DS_MSHL.NDS.Copy these files to the root directory of TF(the memory card in R4) card to replace the former files(i suggest to cut and paste old system kernel file from yours to a folder, then put the new ones in).
this one worked for me for most of the games. thanks