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Off Topic Forums => Other Platforms => DS (Nintendo) => Topic started by: _GhOsT_ on July 11, 2007, 06:13:00 PM

Title: Just Got A Ds Lite
Post by: _GhOsT_ on July 11, 2007, 06:13:00 PM: just got a black ds lite

its cool

but how can i mod it and what is the best (or most preferred) way to do this
Title: Just Got A Ds Lite
Post by: throwingks on July 11, 2007, 06:31:00 PM: You can obviously do tons of hardware mods, case replacements, LEDs, PulseVU type things, etc.

As for the other kind of mods there are a few avenues to pick from.
1. Buy a slot-1 flashcart and not alter anything. Slot-1 carts work without any modifications to play NDS backups and homebrew. But, you cannot play GBA backups.
2. Buy a slot-2 flashcart and play a vast majority of NDS and GBA backups and homebrew. But you need to flash the firmware in order to get the DS to read from the GBA slot instead of looking in the NDS slot.
3. Buy both, and have the best of both worlds, and no need to flash firmware. Some slot-2 carts offer things such as rumble, or extra RAM for the Opera Browser, etc.

Personally, I went with option 1 and bought a DS-X and did not flash my firmware.

The cheapest, easiest and safest would probably be the R4DS and not flash firmware. You can brick your DS with a bad flash. But, if you get one good flash in, you should be set, because all current hacked firmwares have a fallback in the 1st few bits. So, if anything ever goes wrong you can easily reflash without worrying about bricking.

Here is a chart of Slot-1 flashcarts:
http://wiki-scene.co...?title=DS_Carts
Title: Just Got A Ds Lite
Post by: _GhOsT_ on July 11, 2007, 11:17:00 PM: i went ahead and bought the R4DS witha 1 gig microsd
Title: Just Got A Ds Lite
Post by: throwingks on July 12, 2007, 06:32:00 AM: I think you'll be very happy with your decision.
Title: Just Got A Ds Lite
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 12, 2007, 02:59:00 PM: also note certain microsd cards have slowdown on certain games.

there is a thread a couple down with details.

im pretty sure the good 1gb sticks are on sale at meritline for about 11 shipped if you find you have the Taiwan made Kingston card.
Title: Just Got A Ds Lite
Post by: _GhOsT_ on July 12, 2007, 04:52:00 PM: the site i got my r4ds also sells japan made kingston microsd
came to like $53
Title: Just Got A Ds Lite
Post by: vacuuum on September 29, 2007, 11:00:00 PM: I'd like to know this too.
Title: Just Got A Ds Lite
Post by: 5H3375 on March 06, 2008, 10:49:00 AM: I am deciding between SuperCard and R4DS. Which is better? Just wondering. Or is there one out there better than that?
Title: Just Got A Ds Lite
Post by: yaazz on March 06, 2008, 11:24:00 AM: I have an EZFlash V and the 3In1 Slot 2 adapter. I like it but the instructions were written very fluent in "engrish" so to speak.
Title: Just Got A Ds Lite
Post by: Libtoem on March 13, 2008, 11:03:00 PM: I have the same thing,it wont let you play full DS roms,only DS demo's and plus homebrew works very well.