Number to call for help?
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@hurkgt18 or a faulty SD card. It becomes a hardware swapping game until you isolate the problem.
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@hurkgt18 said in Number to call for help?:
and wrote it to the SD card
Are you using SD card imaging software like Etcher.io to do this or just copying what you extracted onto the FAT32 formatted card? The card needs to be imaged with the download.
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@caver01 ive tried it with win32discimager and etcher.
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i'd also like to point out that i ordered the Pi off of ebay. And it was shipped to me in a plain white envelop with no padding and the envelope was scuffed and have obviously been heavily handled. Any chance something could have broken in transit. I have a new Pi on the way and this one I ordered from Adafruit.
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@hurkgt18 like I said, try a raspian image and see if it boots. Could be a faulty Pi.
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As I pointed out in your other thread, a usb hub isn’t good enough for the pi
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@markyh444 im downloading a raspian stretch lite. i unzip that and flash that to my SD just like I did with the retropie, correct?
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@caver01 haha thats awesome! Or maybe it could be like one of those tip lines that Nintendo had back in the day where you pay by the minute for game walkthroughs and advice.
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@drakaen391 the usb hub isnt what I am using to power the pi. Its just allows me to plug more than one controller into the pi when I play video game. i know i mistyped when I called it a amazon powerhub. Its a USB hub for multiple usb inputs.
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@hurkgt18 said in Number to call for help?:
no flicker of an LED on the Pi but the LED on my Amazon USB hub lights up
No flicker = no power. The usb hub is the issue here. What is it and how are you using it?
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@rbaker the usb hub is an Amazon Basics 4 port usb hub. It is plugged into the USb port of the Raspberry Pi and it allows more than one controller to be plugged in when playing games on the emulator.
Here is the link to the product:
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@hurkgt18 How can this be plugged into a zero?
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@rbaker with this:
https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Samusung-Android-Windows-Function/dp/B00NF8MF3E/?tag=mti0oge5nzk-20
this is what I am attempting to do:
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@hurkgt18 are your USB connections pushed all the way in?
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@hurkgt18 So this is your project? or what you hope to make? Your issue is that the zero has no power. If you are powering it from that amazon usb hub, there is your issue. The reviews of that device are not favourable and a lot of hubs just don't work with the pi. A quick search on here will show you. Also, you have just revealed what you might like to make but what is your current test setup exactly? more information is needed. Also, both micro usb ports can be used to provide "power" (ie. 5V) but only the "USB" labelled port has (USB) data connections.
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@quicksilver said in Number to call for help?:
@hurkgt18 are your USB connections pushed all the way in?
Yeah they look to be half in on that setup!
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@rbaker This is just a picture of someone elses project and how the wires plug into the Pi. If you look at the bottom of the picture, the first plug on the left is what the HDMI cord from the TV plugs in to. The next one over is what the power supply plugs in to. Then the three USB slots there are for controllers and thumb drives to add roms after Retropie is installed. This is how I have my cords plugged in to the pi. Obviously when I try to power it on I plug in the power supply to the correct cord.
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@hurkgt18 You need to build the system step by step and the first step is to power the pi properly and get it working first. The recommended current capacity for a zero is 1.2A so your max of 500mA per usb on this hub is not a great way to power your pi and test it properly.
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@rbaker Hey i wanted to thank you and everyone else who has commented for the help and support. I plugged the Pi in to my computer and it was recognized as a device so I know its not dead. I have a Canakit Pi Power supply arriving in the mail today too. I have retropie image written on a sandisk 16 GB and a sandisk 32gb micro sd card to help eliminate the chance of a bad sd card. Both those cards were listed as OK on the page of good and bad cards. Heres Hoping
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UPDATE: I plugged my pi into my computer and my pc recognized it as a drive, so this means the Pi is not dead. I just received the Canakit Pi power supply, so my power supply is not the issue. I have to imagine it has to do with either the retropie image or the sd card itself. I swear I followed all instructions to the letter when writing the image to the pi but still the pi is not booting. I feel like i am taking crazy pills
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