The R4DS is a storage device for Nintendo gaming console. There is a wide range of storage devices. All the devices differ from one another in features, size and price. Each product offers its own features such as memory capacity, size and price. There are two generations of the storage device, known as the first generation and the second generation. The first generation cards are the old cards and the second generation cards are the new ones. The first generation cards had bigger size, smaller memory capacity, and less features than the revolutionary second generation cards.



The R4DS stands for the Revolution for DS and is the latest technology in the memory card storage devices. The R4DS cards require to be installed in your Nintendo system before it can be successfully installed. The installation setup of the R4DS card may be a big problem for the persons who are new to this technology. This article explores the process of installing and configuring the R4DS card. It will provide you the information basics of installation process of R4DS card in a step by step manner.

Download the Firmware:

All hardware needs software for them to run. The R4DS card is no exception here. The firmware software will be the first requirement of the process of setting up R4DS card. You can download the latest version of it from the R4DS.cn website. Once downloaded, save it in your computer. Then Insert the card in card reader and insert it into the USB port. Now it is the turn to format the card. You can format it by using FAT32 file system.

Saving files in the card:

You can easily save files on the R4DS card. The all four files from the firmware are needed to be drag and drop. Other files like .nds and .mp3 files can also be stored in the card as per your requirement.

Setting up the card with R4DS cartridge:

After adding files to the card, you have to insert the card to the Nintendo DS. For this, take out the card from the card reader, insert it into the R4DS cartridge, and insert the r4ds cartridge in the Nintendo DS slot-1.

Go on with Nintendo DS:

Now after turning the DS on, you will probably have the message which displays ?Loading?. If not, the transfer of the files is not properly done. You have to restart the process given here from the first step. If the loading message is displayed, then your R4DS card is now ready to use. You have to just find out games for you and start playing.

The simple installation process of R4DS cards can be easily understood and performed by any body having a little knowledge about the software installation and formatting the memory card. After reading this article, you are now able to install and configure the R4DS cards