Memory card. Do I have to activate it?

[wilbyhilbly]

I have got my 9yr old son a DSi XL and we inserted the sd card in the slot but when he tries to download from the shop we get a "not enough memory" message.

Do I somehow have to activate the card or am I not understanding the instructions.

I know I am 70 yrs old, but I am not completely senile yet, but I am a bit confused and could do with some expert advice please.

This is my first post, so be gentle please. Thanks.

[Ferral]

Nintendo have a support section on this here :

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/sys...na/sdCards.jsp

I believe you need to format the card (while it is in the DS) and tell the DS to actually save the files to it, take a look in the memory settings. Believe it works like a mobile phone where you have to set the default storage to the memory card.

Theres a bit about troubleshooting at the bottom of the Nintendo link on repairing a card which may be worth looking at also.

Hope this helps

[wilbyhilbly]

Thanks for the quick reply, I had already looked at the link which you posted, but it doesn't actually tell you how to format a card or even if you need to, hence my confusion.

I will have a look at memory settings and see if I have any luck there, (if I can find them, lol)

[Ginger-Menace]

check to see if the slider on the memory card is not set to lock, if it is it wont allow you to store or remove anything from it

[Ferral]

Yeah I forgot about the slider on the SD cards. That could well be it!

[wilbyhilbly]

The card is not locked, when I found my way into the settings it shows the game memory as 507 blocks and when I switch to sd card it shows 9,999 blocks which is about right as it's a 2gb card.

So plenty of memory BUT, when I went to download the nintendo games, again it says not enough memory, AAAAAARGH!

Obviously, for some reason it is ignoring the card.

I give up!!!!!!!!!

[blueball]

Is there anywhere in the settings where you can tell it to use the SD card as opposed to game memory?

[wilbyhilbly]

Not that I can see or find.

[Ferral]

Have you got an SD card in your PC?

If you have you can format it in there, or if you have a Nintendo Wii there is a slot in the front in the dropdown bit and you can format it on the Wii.