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    Can't exit out of games to main menu or save games

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      sirdevin
      last edited by

      Ok, good to know. I have an i7-5930K gaming rig that I've wanted to play around with the overclock settings. It's liquid-cooled so I believe that will allow me more room to overclock safely. I know overclocking for Windows computers can be a bit tricky and so far I haven't found a good resource for information about properly overclocking and what to look for. Do you or anyone else know where I could find more solid info about PC overclocking?

      And yea any info that you have about Raspberry Pi overclocking would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!

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      • CodeDrawerC
        CodeDrawer
        last edited by

        Don't worry about windows. I'll help you through to get the pi 3 overclocked.

        N64 emulation is the next step :)

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        • CodeDrawerC
          CodeDrawer
          last edited by

          Here is a better reasourse. https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Overclocking

          N64 emulation is the next step :)

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          • CodeDrawerC
            CodeDrawer
            last edited by

            Right from the github page :

            Manual Overclocking

            All Raspberry Pi models can be manually overclocked by editing /boot/config.txt and rebooting. Read the SSH page if you are not familiar with editing text files in Linux.

            Parameters are set like:

            parameter=value

            For example, to set the ARM to 1000MHz:

            arm_freq=1000

            Useful Parameters

            The following speed parameters can be set:

            arm_freq - speed of the ARM core
            core_freq - speed of GPU processor core, keep it the same as gpu_freq
            gpu_freq - speed of all GPU components, keep it the same as core_freq
            sdram_freq - speed of SDRAM
            sdram_schmoo - a set of SDRAM timings
            

            The following voltage parameters can be set:

            over_voltage - voltage of ARM and GPU
            over_voltage_sdram - voltage of all SDRAM parts (c, i, and p)
            

            The voltage starts at 1.2V and adjusts up or down in 0.025V steps. 0 is equal to 1.2V, the minimum -16 is 0.8V, and the maximum 8 is 1.4V. Voltage starts to help when running core/GPU/SDRAM at or over 500MHz.

            To set voltage greater than 6 you must set force_turbo=1 which voids the warranty.

            N64 emulation is the next step :)

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            • CodeDrawerC
              CodeDrawer
              last edited by

              But @sirdevin I can get you editing that text file. Just know what you're doing! :-)

              N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                sirdevin @CodeDrawer
                last edited by

                @CodeDrawer Awesome thanks for those links. I could just use my Cooler Master V8 and throw some thermal paste on there and call it good haha XD

                I don't think I have any heat sinks laying around that would fit that. That may be a project for a later date once I've gotten some of the other parts working as I def do not want to burn out my Raspberry Pi.

                I'm assuming I can just edit the text file with Notepad++ or something right?

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                • CodeDrawerC
                  CodeDrawer
                  last edited by

                  @sirdevin I was thinking you could use the pi from terminal! :-D

                  N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                    sirdevin @CodeDrawer
                    last edited by

                    @CodeDrawer through PuTTY or something?

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                    • CodeDrawerC
                      CodeDrawer
                      last edited by

                      So what you do first is type

                      cd /

                      that brings you to the root directory.

                      then type sudo nano /boot/config.txt

                      then you will be using the text editor! :) That should be it. If there are any questions, let me know!

                      N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                        mathisfun
                        last edited by

                        This solved my issues with being unable to exit NES games using an Xbox controller and the choppiness playing N64 games. Thanks!

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                          junglecrus @pjft
                          last edited by

                          I cannot exit out of games anymore, i upgraded, now nothing i do will allow me to exit out of games. I have a rp 3 b+, select + start used to work fine until after the update, now i have to type in a user name and pw, (pi, raspberry) and I can't exit from the games, any ideas? shortcuts? keyboard exits? I reconfigured controller, using select as the hotkey, and using the center "mode" button as the hotkey... nothing.

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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator @junglecrus
                            last edited by

                            @junglecrus Please open a new topic instead of re-opening 1 year old topics. Add the information requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first when you open the new topic.

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                            • KN4THXK
                              KN4THX @sirdevin
                              last edited by KN4THX

                              Edited....Didn't realize the age of post

                              "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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                                junglecrus @CodeDrawer
                                last edited by

                                @CodeDrawer This was the ONLY thing that worked for me, I setup the keyboard as a controller and set the f12 as the hotkey with Return as the Start key, while inside a game, I pressed F12 and Return and it exited out. I could not get ANY controller to respond with a hotkey, only the keyboard.

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                                • edmaul69E
                                  edmaul69 @sirdevin
                                  last edited by

                                  @sirdevin ceramic heatsink for the pi is .99 cents on ebay.

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