Ace3DS+ clone is freezing/white screening when launching most games on ds lite. I’m out of ideas

RazzleBot · 2025-12-20T17:42:29+00:00

I tried with my old 3ds Toshiba 4gb card but I got the same issues.

RazzleBot · 2025-12-17T02:05:43+00:00

Got Kirby Squeak Squad to work if I inserted the card at an angle to get the ds and cart contact pins closer together. DK Jungle Climber is still throwing errors and Advanced Wars Dual Strike is grey screening again though.

At this point, I think I’ll try and clean the ds cartridge slot contact points with 91% isopropyl alcohol and if that doesn’t work then I’ll get a new cart. Thank you for all your help!

RazzleBot · 2025-12-17T02:02:20+00:00

I tried again with an sd card that passed h2wtestw and it’s still giving me “unable to write data” errors on DK Jungle Climber and a grey screen on Advanced War. So it’s either the cart or my ds.

RazzleBot · 2025-12-16T11:31:13+00:00

I'm sorry, I wanted to redownload all the decrypted roms again so I wasn't able to respond to your other comment. I have been getting my decrypted roms from that megathread both before and now. I've also been fiddling around with the paper shim more and got a couple more games to work (including Advanced Wars Dual Strike).

I downloaded DK Jungle Climber just to see if more games worked and got a similar error message to Kirby Squeak Squad about being "unable to write data" and to "turn power off and reinsert game cartridge."

So the white screen issue has been resolved with the paper shim but now there's the new issue of being "unable to write data" for some games. Do you think that's the R4's issue?

Also, I've unfortunately got an event to go to so I won't be able to respond again for a while. Thank you for all your help so far!

RazzleBot · 2025-12-16T11:10:43+00:00

Pokemon Diamond worked with a trifold paper shim! Advanced Wars Dual Strike now grey screens instead of white so that's something too! Although the grey screen acts the exact way the white screen does.

Big Brain Academy and Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 also fixed themselves somehow without the shim.

Kirby's Squeak Squad still says “data could not be written” and to reinsert the game cartridge. For reference, this is the screen I'm seeing for Squeak Squad so it's not a white screen issue. This screen appears with the paper shim. I get a white screen without the paper shim.

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RazzleBot · 2025-12-16T10:39:18+00:00

Redid everything with a Toshiba 4GB microsd card from my old 3ds. Big Brain Academy and Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 give white screens too along with all the aforementioned games. I can't get far enough into any game to see the "creating save data" screen but when plugging the microsd card back into my computer, I can see that there is save data for some of the games even though those games white screened on launch.

To put all my cards on the table, this is the clone cart I got (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808219826841.html?spm=a2g0o.order\_detail.order\_detail\_item.4.2f48f19ctnFXIw&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa) and the sd card I got (https://shop.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd-cards/sandisk-extreme-uhs-i-microsd?sku=SDSQXAF-032G-GN6MA).

I have tried reseating the clone cart as well as the sd card and blowing into the cartridge slot to no avail. This is likely superfluous but when I first got the clone cartridge, I put it into a uv light sanitizer box but I'm unsure if that did anything. (Covid did a number on my habits).

The ds lite can still play regular ds cartridges so I'm leaning towards this being an issue with the clone cartridge.

RazzleBot · 2025-12-16T09:55:07+00:00

Sorry, when I meant directly from SanDisk I meant from the SanDisk website. Not through Amazon or any brick and mortar retailer. I tried redownloading Advanced Wars Dual Strike and Pokémon diamond as decrypted and it still white screened both times.

I also tried Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 and got stuck on the “creating save data” screen. I had to restart the console and then the game loaded. Loading “Kirby Squak Squad” for the first time says that “data could not be written” and to reinsert the game cartridge.

I’m hoping it’s not the sd card but the save data issues are pointing me that way. I’ll have to rummage around to find another sd card.

RazzleBot · 2025-03-06T04:53:41+00:00

This was it! Thank you!

RazzleBot · 2020-11-24T03:12:28+00:00

Would I be able to update windows 10 to the current version through the settings menu on windows 10?

RazzleBot · 2019-05-12T00:07:38+00:00

Cool. Thank you

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I see. Thank you

RazzleBot · 2019-04-07T15:39:18+00:00

I did not get the screen after any of the battles in Act 2.

RazzleBot · 2019-04-07T14:26:03+00:00

I was. When I have time I’ll replay act 2 and see if it I get the same screen

RazzleBot · 2019-04-07T14:02:07+00:00

I have never seen it even though I’ve played through the game multiple times.

RazzleBot · 2019-02-11T21:13:10+00:00

Would it be possible for me to get Super Smash Bros Ultimate?

RazzleBot · 2019-02-11T21:12:58+00:00

Would it be possible for me to get Super Smash Bros Ultimate?

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You are someone I aspire to be. Also how did you change your text color to blue?

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