SD Card help.

[Shawee]

I recently purchased a Raspberry Pi off of Ebay, it works fine, but NES games dont work with the SNES controller, they did but then just stopped.

I got a new SD card to setup with Retropie, but when I flash the image with Win32, is anything suppose to go on to the SD card, it changes the name to boot, I put it into the Raspberry Pi 3 and it does nothing, my old SD card has files on it such as.

Overlays
Kernal.img
bootcode.bin

but the new SD card when I flash is has nothing, am i doing something wrong?

[soulfunkdjx]

Please try again to format your card with formatter and try to write the image with win32.
Maybe this new sd card is not supported?.
Try another sdcard

[dankcushions]

@Shawee talk us through your process in more detail, giving filenames etc. perhaps you're missing a step.

[Shawee]

@dankcushions I put the SD card into my reader then into my PC.

I then use SD Formatter and format the SD than use Win32 and select my SD drive and hit "write"..

Once that is finished I take out the SD and Put it into the raspberry Pi and it just sits there, not loading..

The HDMI is brand new, and it works fine with the other SD card, problem with the other SD card is that when I try to load NES games. It says the controller is not configured. But N64, PlayStation games work fine. I even tried a PS4 , controller..

[dankcushions]

@dankcushions said in SD Card help.:

giving filenames etc

i specifically asked that because the downloaded image needs to be extracted first, and what you're describing sounds like what happens when you write the image before extracting

[Shawee]

@dankcushions I've extracted it using winrar and it is in a folder.

[dankcushions]

@Shawee so now i'm going to ask for the file name again to make sure you're using the right image. also, please fill in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first so we know everything about your setup

[Shawee]

@dankcushions

Pi Model: (B, B+, 2 B etc..) 3
RetroPie Version Used: (3.6, 3.8.1, 4.01 etc..) 4.01
Built From: (Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website, Berryboot, or on top of existing OS etc..) Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
USB Devices connected: GENERAL 32GB USB for ROMS
Controller used: SNES USB
Error messages received: "Controller not configured"
Guide used: (Mention if you followed a guide) I tried the Retropie one +

File: (File with issue - with FULL path) I'm doing exactly what the Retropie Guide says to do with a brand new SD Card
Emulator: (Name of emulator - if applicable) Retropie? not sure what this means sorry

[dankcushions]

@Shawee said in SD Card help.:

@dankcushions

Pi Model: (B, B+, 2 B etc..) 3
RetroPie Version Used: (3.6, 3.8.1, 4.01 etc..) 4.01

don't you mean 4.1?

Built From: (Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website, Berryboot, or on top of existing OS etc..) Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website

which one - there's 2. the exact file name please. 4th time now.

USB Devices connected: GENERAL 32GB USB for ROMS
Controller used: SNES USB
Error messages received: "Controller not configured"

you said it wasn't loading at all. now it is loading and you're getting an error?

Guide used: (Mention if you followed a guide) I tried the Retropie one +

File: (File with issue - with FULL path) I'm doing exactly what the Retropie Guide says to do with a brand new SD Card
Emulator: (Name of emulator - if applicable) Retropie? not sure what this means sorry

[Shawee]

@dankcushions It always gave me the error in Yellow text when I click a NES rom saying "controller not configured"

What file are you asking I'm so confused, what do u mean there is two? are you meaning which of the files I'm downloading and imaging?

[markyh444]

@Shawee Which image file have you downloaded from the site to burn to the SD card. @dankcushions wants you to provide this filename because there are 2 builds, one for Pi 1 and zero, and another for 2 and 3. Please help us by reading what we're asking for and giving us as much information as possible, otherwise it's just a guessing game as to you're setup and it makes it a much harder, drawn out process to assist you.

[Shawee]

@markyh444 I'm using the Raspberry Pi 3, I watched a Guide on how to do it via Youtube, I downloaded the 2/3 File.

[markyh444]

I give up

[soulfunkdjx]

Try another card. Maybe the one you are trying is not compatible!!!!