If set, the R4i Gold 3DS card on Nintendo DSi / 3DS appears: Failed. Press and hold the POWER button to turn off the system. Please refer to the Nintendo DSi Operations for more information.
This is due to improper installation of the firmware on the card or the R4i Gold 3DS has not been installed with the latest version of firmware for the DSi or 3DS.
Note that the R4i Gold 3DS is blocked by the DSi or 3DS, installing the latest firmware version requires a DS Lite or DSi with firmware lower than 1.4.2
Can anyone how to doubt to check the firmware version, here is the guide on how to check the firmware:
A. Click Settings (the icon with the tool) from the main menu
Second Look in the upper right corner of the screen shows out 1.X
After the version of your machine,
Here the statement is drawn up guide:
Firmware Fix for 3DS v1.4.3
What you need:
You need a DS Lite / DSi with firmware 1.4.3 or lower than a DS Lite update R4i Gold (r4i-gold.eu)-map for 1.4.3 compatible with the DSi.
Make sure NDS was fully charged, better with external power supply plugged.
1 Connect the DS console to the wall to ensure that the power of the DS will not be interrupted during the process of updating the firmware.
2, download the official driver (R4i 3DS V1.53b-English) and firmware (fwup143b).
3 Unzip the files downloaded (using Winrar) on your PC.
a) Winrar can be downloaded from www.download.com when searching for Winrar at the Search.
b) Unzip the files mentioned in the preparation of the previous software, you get:
R4i 3DS V1.53b English fwup143b ↓
↓ fwup143b.nds homebrew
↓ R4iMenu readme.txt
moonshl2
moonmemo
R4.DAT
4, then all the above eight files are copied to the root directory of the Micro SD / SDHC memory card.
5 Insert the microSD card into the R4i Gold 3DS, R4i Gold 3DS card use for DS Lite / DSi / DSi XL.
6 Turn on the console and press "A" fwup143b.nds to perform the update files.
7, Press A to start Upgate
8, The R4i Gold 3DS Card updated now. Please leave instead of the console alone in a flat until the upgrade
Note:
If you put the card R4i 3DS gold, not the right to disconnect the power or remove the card R4i Gold 3DS, this could damage the R4i Gold 3DS.
9 Upgrade 100% Congratulations! Now restart your DS.
Icon 10 icon on the main menu is means that you have upgraded the R4i Gold 3DS Firmware successfully changed.