Nintendo DS - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support - Page 9

Pay the piper. Don't cheat at anything. The mark of a moral person is "does he or she do the right thing when no one is looking.

You can save under the bed.

We have no access to this type of information.

Regular tap water contains minerals that are left behind as the water dries out. So, even if you did get all the water out, the minerals can still cause damage. In addition, the DS has a 'soft power switch' and that means that as long as the battery is in the device (as it probably was when sprayed) there is electricity present that can destroy the unit while water is there. Most probably, the water already did some damage when the unit got wet and the minerals and/or previous damage may have finished the job later when the unit was turned on. Some water may have even been left in the system since it can hide in areas that the dry rice will not be able to "draw" out. The best way to dry out a device is quickly remove the battery, take the entire system apart and clean the individual components and run some distilled water over the components to remove the mineral content of tap water before it dries on the boards/contacts. The DS lite system is relatively inexpensive these days, I think your best solution might be buying a good used one off Ebay (units can be had for around $50 today). May want to take apart any cartridge you had in it the old one and check for water in there, just in case, before using it in the new(er) one, too. Sorry for the bad news.

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okay the same dang thing happened to me and i do have an answer but make sure you keep this in mind in the future the most likely reason that happened was while the action replay was saving you turned your game off don't do that i did it twice and well it sucks big time but in case you do it again save this to your desktop by copying and pasting on a notepad okay! the fix is simple: Try resetting the hardware by following these steps:
1/ With the console powered off, hold A+B.
2/ Power up the console while still holding A+B.
3/ As soon as the Nintendo screen is displayed, before our screen stating this product is not endorsed by Nintendo, press and hold Start and Select while keeping hold of A+B.
4/ Continue to hold these buttons until the Main Action Replay screen is displayed, then release. Your product is reset, and will accept codes once more.

also afterwards you need to know a game id ill give you my metroid game's click add new game and type in a letter or two randomly and click the next button thingy then type in 

AMHE-187B29B5 and click next after that have your game in the action replay and start the game up as soon as you see your games beginning credits you can switch off the ds and it will then be able to be updated!

also after you fix your ds spread this on forums like this one as answers to people's questions so that other people won't spend forever finding an answer like we did!

Nintendo has stopped updating the firmware for it's older systems here is the latest info from Nintendo.com.

You don't actually "finish" this game. You can always replay events and go for high scores or beat your previous ones

I'm going to say your Ds is damaged from the water and has finally decided to putter out and fail. Unfortunately I think your only option is to get a new handheld. Sorry man.

You may have entered a bad action REPLAY code that can cause the game to malfunction. Or, the version you may have is an old version. Go to Game Stop and purchase the new Action Replay.

Go to the file screen and choose delete say yes and the file will be removed. Here is information from Nintendo.com.

The version you may have might not be updated. It is best to just get a new Action Replay the latest version has the new codes. AND BE CAREFUL PLAYING WITH ACTION REPLAY on the DSI and 3 RD Hope this helps.

As of May 20 Nintendo has ceased all WiFi connection with their games. That means you cannot access the Global Trading Station, Leaderboards, or Matchmaking or any traded Pokemon on those games Go to support.nintendo.com for more information. Hope this helps.

The poor thing may have given out do to water damage

Hi no they are not the dsi screen is larger and the ribbon cable is on the opposite side to the dslite model

You have damaged the ribbon or dislodged the clip that is connecting the top screen to the motherboard in the lower part of the DS.

Open up the lower section and check the clip (see youtube for instructions on how to do this) if reseating the ribbon in the clip doesn't solve it you will have to purchase a new top screen as the ribbon has gotten damaged. (screens can be got cheaply on eBay)

If it is under warranty send it back to Nintendo to fix.

Everyone has this problem!

I think you ribbon thing is damaged or disconnected, or whatever.