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Ds lite isn't going to sleep properly and is locking up or shutting down

AnteCantelopeAnteCantelope Registered User regular
edited December 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
I have a ds lite that's about 2 years old, never had any problem with it before. Now, when I close it up to put it to sleep, the power light flashs really quickly and it makes a weird clicking noise. After a couple of minutes it turns off. Does anyone know what this means? Or am I going to have to send it in?
Thanks

edit: now it's not doing anything when I close it, just staying on

next edit: ok, now it's locking up or turning itself off whenever I close the lid. Can anyone help with this

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  • AnteCantelopeAnteCantelope Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Just going to bump this once, if anyone knows what's going wrong.

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  • InfidelInfidel Heretic Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    You don't have a card in the slot? The clicking/flashing thing happens to me when there isn't a proper card inserted, because the sleep code requires bits that are on the card and can't find them.

    Only time I've seen this.

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  • AnteCantelopeAnteCantelope Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    No, it's happening while I play Zelda. It was working fine for a few hours, only recently started this. Maybe the game is a bit damaged?

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Are you sure it's not a pirated cart?

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  • AnteCantelopeAnteCantelope Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Pretty sure, got it from ebgames on release day.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Hah, alright then :P

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  • KyanilisKyanilis Bellevue, WARegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Try another game and see if it does the same thing when you close it on that game.

    Either way I'd give a call to see if someone can troubleshoot that for you. Kinda of a weird problem to see but I can almost guarantee it'll have to be sent in for repair.

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  • AnteCantelopeAnteCantelope Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Kyanilis wrote: »
    Try another game and see if it does the same thing when you close it on that game.

    Either way I'd give a call to see if someone can troubleshoot that for you. Kinda of a weird problem to see but I can almost guarantee it'll have to be sent in for repair.

    I'm on holidays at the moment, so can't get anyone to check it and I only brought one game. I guess I'll have to wait until I get home to try that.

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