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    Emulation Station boots back to BIOS

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    • timeonmyhandsT
      timeonmyhands
      last edited by

      I had to do a total re-install after getting this the other day. I was originally running 3.6 and then did a clean install of the latest version. I'm still not sure what triggered it, though. The only new things that I did were:

      Had some Amiga and PSX bios files in the BIOS folder on my USB stick, and put a LOT of roms onto the stick in the 'retropie' folder. I'd transferred over a .zip file of roms, unpacked them, and then - stupidly - forgot to get rid of the original .zip, so I think ES choked on that file - once I cleared it from the roms path everything was fine.

      Put simply, I think this screen appears when ES crashes for whatever reason, so whatever edits you were making, I believe one or more may be causing a crash.

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      • herb_fargusH
        herb_fargus administrators @IWANIAK
        last edited by

        @IWANIAK I think you mean the terminal. The BIOS is general part of the boot screen for a Windows pc

        Anyways yes likely something you did with your theme that broke it.

        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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        • AlexMurphyA
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          Is nobody going to mention the Power Ranger...?

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            timeonmyhands @AlexMurphy
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            @AlexMurphy
            !!!!! Damn - we'll never be able to un-see that!

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              @timeonmyhands 0_1490105431131_pr3.jpg

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              • mediamogulM
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                ghost boy

                RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                    • mediamogulM
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                      @AlexMurphy

                      Ha! I I love that he decides to abandon all pretense and just invades the shot. I'd watch that movie.

                      RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                      • I
                        IWANIAK
                        last edited by

                        Haha yeah, it's our office mascot!

                        I have reinstalled everything and everything seems to be in order now, cheers guys :)![0_1490111629698_IMG_7689.JPG](Uploading 1%)

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