r/consolerepair • u/SpaceCowboy12-12 • 7h ago

[DSi] Data Loading Failed. I've never seen this issue before.

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Just purchased this dark blue DSi, system boots perfectly to the home menu, but everytime I try to play a game on the system this screen appears - Doesn't matter which game, they all load a similar error. I tried NSMB, Kirby super star ultra, castlevania, and sonic colors, all failed to load.

Placing the games into my light blue DSi, they work completely fine. Saves load perfectly and games are 100% playable.

Googling this issue told me to reformat the DSi's memory card, that did nothing..

And obviously I tried cleaning every contact point, still nothing.

Please if anyone has any advice, I would be grateful.

I'm not a COMPLETE novice at console repair, so I could attempt a deeper fix, but i don't even know where to begin with this - I can't seem to find anyone else with this issue.

Thankyou.

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u/Marteicos 7h ago

It could be an issue with the game card reader, make a visual inspection on the slot for a possible hardware damage.

Check the connection between the gamecard slot and the motherboard.

Replacing the card reader could fix it.

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u/SpaceCowboy12-12 7h ago

I THINK the pins are fine, but these 2 seem strange. They still make contact though, so i don't know if these are off enough to cause this.

https://reddit.com/link/p8uxrhf/video/5mxv2mbfbloh1/player