DS Lite - Failure to recognise cartridges?

[h0l1yw0od]

Hi,

My DS has started a new trick this week of failing to recognise that there is a cartridge in the slot. I've had it since launch day but it only started Tuesday. Happened about 3 times with different games and then with MarioKart it started to load and then asked me to turn it off, take the cartridge out, put it back in and restart the system. That was all on Tuesday night.

Then this morning it failed to read NSMB. I turn it off give, take out the cart, and give it a blow and it plays fine after that.

My friend has had this happen once.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is it an iffy slot or do i just have a fussy system thats a bit particular about how the pins line up? I don't really want to get it swapped again as the first one i had, had dead pixels.

Like i say, it only started Tuesday. :( :thinking:

Cheers.

[Idle Child]

I've had it happen once with NSMB too.

I did the same, took it out, then put it back, and after it recognised it just fine. Maybe it was seated incorrectly (?)... Hasn't happened since with other games, but i've only played NSMB once that time so can't be sure (if it's an issue only with that game).

[Drexl]

It happened a couple of times of me as well but with the original DS and not the Lite. I just took the cart out and bodged it back in and it was fine. Never happened again since.