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    • edmaul69E
      edmaul69 @Belum
      last edited by

      @Belum this is a stupid question but in win32diskimager did you choose read or write? If you chose read then not only did you not put the img on but you made your img a blank img. I know, stupid bu i thought id ask

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      • BelumB
        Belum @edmaul69
        last edited by

        @edmaul69 thank you for thinking with me... but yes, I only hit the 'write' button ;)

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        • RiverstormR
          Riverstorm
          last edited by Riverstorm

          If you had a previous image on the SD card (Win32 Disk Imager will fail) or just to be sure it's entirely erased you might try Diskpart before formatting it with SD Formatter. You would need to run it from a Command Prompt. I always use Diskpart before SD Formatter and then Win32 Disk Imager.

          1. Run a command prompt
          2. diskpart
          3. list disk
          4. select disk # (# is the disk you want to erase)
          5. clean
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          • BelumB
            Belum @Riverstorm
            last edited by

            @Riverstorm Thanks for the suggestion. Tried it, but still no difference. So I just ordered a new SD-card, to see whether that is the problem....

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            • edmaul69E
              edmaul69 @Riverstorm
              last edited by

              @Riverstorm i use EaseUS partition master to format cards for pi. It also fixes the partition problem retropie img creates. Really easy to use.

              Just know that windows cannot format an sd card that has been formatted for retropie with the built in windows program.

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              • RiverstormR
                Riverstorm @edmaul69
                last edited by

                @edmaul69 said in Black Screen:

                Just know that windows cannot format an sd card that has been formatted for retropie with the built in windows program.

                Exactly my thought when she has posted she attempted a Windows format. I figured Diskpart is just part of the OS and no need to look for 3rd party software. Thank you I do keep a copy of EaseUS Partition Master handy. It's a nice program. :)

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                • BelumB
                  Belum @edmaul69
                  last edited by Belum

                  @edmaul69 I used MiniTool Partition Wizard 9.1 afterwards - Is that in the same range as Easy US?

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                  • edmaul69E
                    edmaul69 @Belum
                    last edited by

                    @Belum if i am overwriting one pi img with another i dont even format and never have a problem. so anything that can undo the partitioning should be fine.

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                    • RiverstormR
                      Riverstorm @Belum
                      last edited by

                      @Belum said in Black Screen:

                      @edmaul69 I used MiniTool Partition Wizard 9.1 afterwards - Is that in the same range as Easy US?

                      Yes, that one should work fine too.

                      @edmaul69 It's almost out of habit to format and align the partition. :)

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                      • BelumB
                        Belum
                        last edited by

                        Well I guess I am waiting with excitement on my new SD-card... fingers crossed!
                        Its weird though that this SD-card functioned properly when Raspbian was still on it.

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                        • ?
                          A Former User
                          last edited by A Former User

                          Are the power lights on the raspberry?

                          Even though you have a black screen, does it flicker when you turn the device on? (as in the TV has detected something plugged in has been turned on)

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                          • BelumB
                            Belum @A Former User
                            last edited by

                            @KiloPIE No, getting the red light. So no flickering and nothing green :(.

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                            • edmaul69E
                              edmaul69
                              last edited by

                              i did get a bad raspberry pi that did the same as not recognizing data on sd card. red light but nothing. returned it, put the card in another one and it booted right up..

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                              • dankcushionsD
                                dankcushions Global Moderator
                                last edited by

                                make sure you extract the downloaded image (it's in .gz zipped format) before attempting to write it. i say this from experience...

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                                • edmaul69E
                                  edmaul69 @dankcushions
                                  last edited by

                                  @dankcushions i would never have thought of that. I have seperate programs that are linked to different file types so they show different icons for each file type. But if you only had something like winrar they would all show the same icon so i can see how that could happen.

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                                  • ?
                                    A Former User @Belum
                                    last edited by

                                    @Belum Just a word of warning, be carefull buying SD Cards online, there are lots of fake capacity ones flying around. You can always test the SD Card with H2testw to make sure It's legit and has no bad sectors.

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                                    • edmaul69E
                                      edmaul69 @A Former User
                                      last edited by

                                      @KiloPIE amen to that. I got a fake 128gb samsung that was only 16gb and all fakes ive seen crash after you install a certain amount of data.

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                                      • BelumB
                                        Belum @A Former User
                                        last edited by

                                        @KiloPIE Thanks! I tested the SD-card and it is fine, no bad sectors.

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                                        • BelumB
                                          Belum
                                          last edited by

                                          Bought a new SD-card.... works like a charm!!!

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                                          • RiverstormR
                                            Riverstorm @Belum
                                            last edited by

                                            @Belum said in Black Screen:

                                            Bought a new SD-card.... works like a charm!!!

                                            That's always a good feeling when things come together and work. :)

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