Illegal instruction on Raspberry Pi 3 B Plus
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I have had problems similar to this with disk errors and check disks happening on boot up... worked fine on a 3B and issues on the 3B+, even some apps didn't load... and the problem was the power supply. The 3B+ seeems to need a solid, quality PSU (5v, 2.5A) where as the 3B you had a little give. Try a new/different one would be my first suggestion here.
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@jono I'm using a Vilros adapter that already has those specifications. Link to it here
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So, the 3b+ would be the 2/3 images
I had a similar problem and it was a bad download
Use etcher, but do not extract the gz file... let etcher do that.
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@drakaen391 tried letting etcher do the decompression as well. First option I tried actually. Still illegal instruction.
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I am at a slight loss...
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@alucard971 said in Illegal instruction on Raspberry Pi 3 B Plus:
Also I just used the same SD card on my Raspberry Pi 3 B and it works flawlessly.
Can you try installing Raspbian Strech Lite on you SD card and then boot ? Does it work ? If it works, then you can follow the Manual Installation procedure and get RetroPie on your system. If it doesn't then something's wrong with the Pi or there's another problem that's not software related.
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I'm still trying. Seems I can log into command prompt, but having a hard time getting much else.
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This realy su... i have the exact same issue on my Pi 3 B Plus, this is 100% a image/version compatibility problem with the Pi 3 Plus.
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@mril 1000s of people, including myself, are running the current image on a plus successfully.
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Wow, iam glad to hear its working for you!
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Suggest your power supply. A compatible power supply and one that is GUARANTEED to give the extra power the PI3B+ needs are very different
I could buy an adaptor here in UK for cheaper than you paid that claims to be 2.5A but under load would drop drastically causes no end of grief. Great for low power device like charging mobile phones but hopeless for a high power device that NEEDS a good steady supply like the PI3B+.
People seem to rate the CanaKit 2.5A power supplies, maybe look for them
http://www.wirelesshack.org/what-is-a-good-power-supply-for-the-raspberry-pi-3.html
I personally bought an official 2.5A power supply for the PI3B I have, a lot more expensive than a 'standard' power supply I could have usually bought, but its never given me any complaints after reading power supplies can give lots of strange problems as they work then don't or random errors
My set-up doesn't stress the supply in any way and never had had weird instructions,. I'm overclocked to the limit, running a 1TB USB powered external hard drive for RetroPie, running OSMC for KODI and running a USB powered wireless dongle for the PS3 compatible joypad, plus USB keyboard. All works fine, plus a tiny fan to keep the huge heatsink cool
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