4 freezes in a hour WTF

trekdrop

How can i see if there is a fault in my pi? Or my sd card?

Do you know where the log is stored?

Twitch0815

Fill this out which will help anyone trying to help you troubleshoot a much easier time.

Pi Model: (B, B+, 2 B etc..)
RetroPie Version Used: (3.6, 3.8.1, 4.01 etc..)
Built From: (Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website, Berryboot, or on top of existing OS etc..)
USB Devices connected:
Controller used:
Error messages received:
Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log (if relevant):
Guide used: (Mention if you followed a guide)
File: (File with issue - with FULL path)
Emulator: (Name of emulator - if applicable)
Attachment of config files: (PLEASE USE PASTEBIN.COM FOR LARGE LOGS)
How to replicate the problem:

In your case answer the question if the freezing is a new issue after your Raspberry pi has operated optimally or if this behavior has been present from the first time you set it up.

To answer your question you use the process of elimination.
I am assuming you only have 1 Raspberry pi which makes that difficult.

Try a diff power supply. Make sure it is a power supply that can provide 5v @2500 ma
Check for your pi to overheat touch the chip or cpu does it feel arm or does it feel extremely hot.

Try a different SD card with the latest build image and see if the freezing continues. This would also remove the possibility of some sort of driver or package conflict.

If neither of those solutions work you might need to consider you have a faulty raspberry pi it can happen. Consider exchanging or ordering a replacement.

PetroRie

You need to give us more information about your setup. We simply cannot know the details of your setup (if I had that kind of ability I would have won the lottery multiple times lol).

What kind of SD card are you using?
Whats the AMP output of your power supply?
What kind of case do you have, maybe the heat is building up and causing the crash?
What if you just start RetroPie and don't play a game, does it still crash?
Did you edit or delete any config files?
Which installation guide did you use?
What kind of hardware peripherals are connected, how many are connected?

Before it freezes do you see a yellow square in the top right corner? If so then it means that there is a heating problem. In the summer I was getting that, so I decided to touch the processor and it was so hot that it actually hurts but there was no lags etc. However every scenario is different, if I would be in your shoes I would touch the processor and see if it's burning hot. If not at least you know it isn't a heating problem.

trekdrop

@PetroRie

Its a pi3, attract mode, retropie the newest Just update. Sandik 64 Gb Ultra, case with fan, 5v 3000mA.

Sometimes i see a yelleow Square in the corner, sometimes nothing. Most of the times it hangs when in transfer files from my pc to the pi.

PetroRie

@trekdrop That yellow square indication means that it's overheating. Let the Pi cool down and remove the top part of the case and see how it runs, also when you do so unplug the power wires of the fan.

edmaul69

@trekdrop not sure how your fan is but if you plugged the 5v and the ground backwards you can cause it to overheat blowing the hot air back onto the heatsink.

Erick

@edmaul69

Hhahah... yeah uhm really stupid.

During my night shift i showed my colleague my pi and pluged my fan the wrong way.. really stupid.

can i ask you guys another question? i am trying to get cps3 working, how did you guys did it? I have no luck.

rbaker

@Erick said in 4 freezes in a hour WTF:

Dont know if i can post this, if not i will remove.

Why don't you know?
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2/forum-rules

Twitch0815

@Erick
You cannot,
You gotta read man
The forums have a clear Read this First post you completely ignored.
Had you read the forum rules you would know that posting link to rom sites is against the rules.
If you want to look at fixing your rom issues read the wiki page documenting exactly what you need to do. Feel free to ask on the forum if theres something confusing that you dont get once you have tried to understand it https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs
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PetroRie

@edmaul69 That was what I was thinking too. I really hate those small fans, if you want to do it the hardcore way use a north bridge 4cm x 4cm heatsink with a 5v fan, it costs around 8USD but it works way better compared to those small fans.

edmaul69

@Erick i use lr-fba-next to play cps-3 games

RetroResolution

Hi,

If you have overclocked your Raspberry Pi at all, the first thing I'd suggest it removing all overclock settings and seeing how the system runs.

Secondly, I'd check that your power supply is up to the job: Looking after your Raspberry Pi – Part 1: The importance of a quality power supply (PSU)

Whether or not you have overclocking enabled, the following guides will allow you to stress/stability test the cpu, ram, and sd storage.

Part 1: Overclocking the Raspberry Pi
Part 2: Stress testing the CPU with mprime
Part 3: Stress testing the RAM with Memtester
Part 4: Stress testing the SD card storage with the Stability Test Script

Regarding the appearance of the yellow square, overheating is common on the Pi 3, however the single-core nature of the emulators in RetroPie generally means this doesn't become a problem - for more information, please see:
Overclocking the Raspberry Pi 3: Thermal Limits and Optimising for Single vs Multicore Performance

Please note that soak testing is important - I found some stability issues that were uncovered only when running these tests for up to 24 hours (that said, for any serious instability these tests will reveal problems far more quickly)