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    Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

    My screen is all color boxes

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    • K
      kyody
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      I have the basic carbon theme and slowly my words and pictures tun into a box of white or red I'm using raspberry pi 3 when I reboot I fixed untill I enter a menu. This started when a scraped a few of my game is this the cause?

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      • ninja_penguin16N
        ninja_penguin16
        last edited by

        Have you tried different screens?

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @kyody
          last edited by

          @kyody Please add more info about your system - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

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          • K
            kyody
            last edited by

            I'm using raspbian and I installed retropie manally. Im using a 2amp power supply. On my TV it does the same thing if anyone has an answer it would be helpful

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @kyody
              last edited by

              @kyody Looks like a lack of video RAM, textures showing as white boxes. Allocate more RAM in the config.txt and then increase the VRAM limit in Emulationstation's preferences, see if that helps.

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                kyody
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                This worked thx

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