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    Illegal instruction on Raspberry Pi 3 B Plus

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      alucard971 @Jono
      last edited by alucard971

      @jono I'm using a Vilros adapter that already has those specifications. Link to it here

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      • Drakaen391D
        Drakaen391
        last edited by

        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.

        RPi B & RPi 3B OC (Now Raspberry pi 4b 8gb)
        Retropie (Latest Stable)
        PiBox with Wind Tunnel Cooling System

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          alucard971 @Drakaen391
          last edited by

          @drakaen391 tried letting etcher do the decompression as well. First option I tried actually. Still illegal instruction.

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          • Drakaen391D
            Drakaen391
            last edited by

            I am at a slight loss...

            RPi B & RPi 3B OC (Now Raspberry pi 4b 8gb)
            Retropie (Latest Stable)
            PiBox with Wind Tunnel Cooling System

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @alucard971
              last edited by mitu

              @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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                alucard971
                last edited by

                I'm still trying. Seems I can log into command prompt, but having a hard time getting much else.

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                  mril
                  last edited by mril

                  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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                  • dankcushionsD
                    dankcushions Global Moderator @mril
                    last edited by

                    @mril 1000s of people, including myself, are running the current image on a plus successfully.

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                      mril @dankcushions
                      last edited by

                      Wow, iam glad to hear its working for you!

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                        steptoe
                        last edited by

                        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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