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    Bizzare EmulationSation error on First Boot

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    • J
      justhoeber
      last edited by justhoeber

      When ever im in ES the entire screen has these flashing squares over everything. This happens after a fresh flash of the card. However, if I load into a rom or go into a backend menu it goes away.

      I've tried updating/upgrading in the backend, multiple different memory cards, hdmi cords, monitors and even tried installing in Debian and still get the same thing. I'm out of ideas.

      the flashing squares as mentioned above

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      • herb_fargusH
        herb_fargus administrators @justhoeber
        last edited by herb_fargus

        @justhoeber well that's a new one. Have you tried a different HDMI cable?

        Also if it's a software thing perhaps you can try upping the GPU split

        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        • edmaul69E
          edmaul69 @justhoeber
          last edited by

          @justhoeber bad pi?

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          • J
            justhoeber @herb_fargus
            last edited by

            @herb_fargus tried multiple different cords.

            I think it is software because everything works except emulation station. How would I go about trying that?

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            • J
              justhoeber @edmaul69
              last edited by

              @edmaul69 maybe? but it wouldn't make sense that everything else works how it should.

              booting it as a Linux computer works exactly as it should and all the roms work.

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              • edmaul69E
                edmaul69 @justhoeber
                last edited by

                @justhoeber have you tried forcing a specific video mode (or two) in /boot/config.txt?

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                • J
                  justhoeber @edmaul69
                  last edited by

                  @edmaul69 I tried a couple but dont remeber which ones, the ones I tried made most of the screen white and worse.

                  any you would recommend?

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                  • edmaul69E
                    edmaul69 @justhoeber
                    last edited by edmaul69

                    @justhoeber what resolutions does your tv support? Can you use pastebin.com to post the contents of your config.txt? Also what are you installing this on?

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                    • J
                      justhoeber @edmaul69
                      last edited by

                      @edmaul69 it is a 1080p tv but it suppots everything down to 240p. I've been installing this on a raspberry Pie 3 model B V1.2.

                      config.txt pastebin

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                      • dankcushionsD
                        dankcushions Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        can you post your /boot/config.txt?

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                        • herb_fargusH
                          herb_fargus administrators @dankcushions
                          last edited by

                          @dankcushions see link above ;)

                          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                          • dankcushionsD
                            dankcushions Global Moderator @herb_fargus
                            last edited by

                            @herb_fargus said in Bizzare EmulationSation error on First Boot:

                            @dankcushions see link above ;)

                            doh!

                            gpu_mem=128 should be deleted IMO.

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                            • J
                              justhoeber @dankcushions
                              last edited by

                              @dankcushions that can be done, that was me just playing with different gpu splits

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                              • J
                                justhoeber @dankcushions
                                last edited by

                                @dankcushions however the problem persists

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                                • edmaul69E
                                  edmaul69 @justhoeber
                                  last edited by edmaul69

                                  @justhoeber have you tried these settings?

                                  hdmi_group=1
                                  hdmi_mode=16
                                  

                                  If i recall correctly i think i have actually seen this before but i forgot how i fixed it or created the problem.

                                  Maybe set this too:

                                  config_hdmi_boost=4
                                  
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                                  • J
                                    justhoeber @edmaul69
                                    last edited by

                                    @edmaul69 I just put in those settings then booted up the pie and still have the same problem

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                                    • rbakerR
                                      rbaker @justhoeber
                                      last edited by

                                      @justhoeber Can you post a video of this happening?

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                                      • J
                                        justhoeber @rbaker
                                        last edited by

                                        @rbaker

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                                        • rbakerR
                                          rbaker @justhoeber
                                          last edited by

                                          @justhoeber Never seen anything like it. Does it do this on clean install of retropie from an image?

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                                          • J
                                            justhoeber @rbaker
                                            last edited by

                                            @rbaker yes, im assuming at this point i just got a bad pie and im in the process of returning it and getting a new one

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