Cleaning a DS AR

[Lazyboy0337]

anyone know how to clean a DS action replay? I recently got lint into mine, and I can't get it out without ripping my AR apart. I tried using a q-tip, the the lint is too big. Help?

 

[Gligar13]

Get a can of compressed air at like staples for example. Blow into your DS with it and it should come out. It worked with a emerald game, and should also work with a DS or a AR. Though, you shouldnt hack.

 

[TTEchidna]

Lint? Like a blue jean string? Or like a blob of fluff? If you can't shake it out by just turning the thing upside-down, or blow it out, try with the corner of a blank piece of paper.

And hacking, far as I can say, is just fine, as long as you're using it purely for your amusement, and not to put yourself at an advantage over someone.

 

[Our Wasted Years]

Get a can of compressed air at like staples for example. Blow into your DS with it and it should come out. It worked with a emerald game, and should also work with a DS or a AR. Though, you shouldnt hack.

No such rule exists, plus its his game.

 

[Lazyboy0337]

K. I managed to get the lint out, but now the AR doesn't read my games. It just says "unknown game" when a game is inserted

 

[Our Wasted Years]

That's odd. Did you scratch the AR on the inside by accident?

 

[Lazyboy0337]

That's odd. Did you scratch the AR on the inside by accident?

It has some exterior damages to it. Do I need a new one?

 

[FullMetal]

It has some exterior damages to it. Do I need a new one?

yea more than likely. but hey theyre pretty cheap.

 

[Lazyboy0337]

yea more than likely. but hey theyre pretty cheap.

yeah. I got mine at gamestop for $10.

 

[FullMetal]

oh even better, last year mine was $14

 

[Scizor_Technician]

Wow how come you guys get them so cheap, I paid $60 for mine.
Anyway back to the question, did you happen to delete all the cheats off there somehow because if it's saying unknown game, it could mean somehow the codes and the game itself has been deleted off the Action Replay and that's why it's not recognising it.

 

[immewnity]

Don't send it to me to fix it. My "fixing" would just make it worse... ever seen an AR in the fireplace, then chopped up with a sharp dagger? Didn't think so.

 

[Lazyboy0337]

Wow how come you guys get them so cheap, I paid $60 for mine.
Anyway back to the question, did you happen to delete all the cheats off there somehow because if it's saying unknown game, it could mean somehow the codes and the game itself has been deleted off the Action Replay and that's why it's not recognising it.

No, it still has my cheats on them.

Don't send it to me to fix it. My "fixing" would just make it worse... ever seen an AR in the fireplace, then chopped up with a sharp dagger? Didn't think so.

I know I'll regreat asking this, but, how?

 

[immewnity]

I know I'll regreat asking this, but, how?

How what? How I'd murder it? Oh there's more... now where's that new electric saw I got...

 

[Water-Type King Tom]

Have you tried updating it via the computer?

 

[Lazyboy0337]

Have you tried updating it via the computer?

I don't have the disc or the cord, and I doubt the computer will fix it's external damage.

 

[Water-Type King Tom]

I don't have the disc or the cord, and I doubt the computer will fix it's external damage.

lol well i had one but i lost the cord, still have the disc. i believe the problem is the game your "hacking" hasn't got any info on the AR about the inserted game, have you tired using a game that the AR has got codes on? i had a similar problem when i was going to muck around on my "new" platinum and i could find the cord so i went to the code junkies site and got the codes and manually added to the AR.

 

[Gligar13]

You can always enter the codes into it manually, though.
You need to add new game, then enter in the unknown game id, then enter the cheats in.

 

[Dawn~Berlitz]

yeah the game and its codes may have been erased on the AR or the pins inside the AR could of gotten dirty from that lint if it is case damage but not board damage then the performance shouldnt bee affected at all