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    PS3 controller not connecting wirelessly

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      A Former User
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      For the roms, try doing it over network. It's in the docs as well.

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      • dankcushionsD
        dankcushions Global Moderator @r641wd
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        @r641wd said in A newbie having a few problems:

        @pjft I'm using retropie 4.2 and yes I've followed the directions, but maybe I'm doing something wrong. And I watched a tutorial on how to install roms to retropie using a flash drive. It says that it needs to be formatted to FAT32, not sure why but that's what it says.

        your flash drive needs to be formatted to fat32, not the sd card. if your having problems, what are they? any error message?

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          backstander @r641wd
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          @r641wd
          I've actually never tried the USB stick transfer. I will either use the SFTP Option or the Browse Over My Network Option.

          Most USB sticks (flash drives) are already formatted to FAT32 or exFAT (which is the same as FAT32 but optimized for flash memory)
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_flash_drive#File_system

          What size USB stick (flash drive) are you using? And what operating system are you using (Windows, Mac, Linux)?

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators @r641wd
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            @r641wd Please edit your post and change the topic to something that summaries your issues.

            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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              r641wd @backstander
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              @backstander I'm using a 16gb flash drive. And I don't get any error messages, it just says that I only have 57mb free when there's nothing on it

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              • dankcushionsD
                dankcushions Global Moderator @r641wd
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                @r641wd said in PS3 controller not connecting wirelessly:

                @backstander I'm using a 16gb flash drive. And I don't get any error messages, it just says that I only have 57mb free when there's nothing on it

                you put the retropie image on it as well? ut oh...

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                  backstander @r641wd
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                  @r641wd
                  You know, I had one of my SanDisk flash drives at work do something like that. I tried every trick in the book to reformat it and nothing seemed to work. I contacted SanDisk and I had to RMA (return merchandise authorization) it back to SanDisk and they send me a replacement. Took about 3 or 4 weeks before I received the replacement.

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                    pjft @backstander
                    last edited by pjft

                    Is that space related to the flash drive or the SD card? For the SD card, you may need to expand the file system after installing RetroPie.

                    https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#how-do-i-extend-the-available-space-when-upgrading-to-a-larger-sd-card

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                      r641wd @pjft
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                      @pjft just figured out how to transfer roms over wifi

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                        r641wd @dankcushions
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                        @dankcushions it tells me could not install package(s): checkinstall libusb-dev libbluetooth-dev

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                          pjft @r641wd
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                          @r641wd huh. Any particular error message? Lack of space? Something?

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                            r641wd @pjft
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                            @pjft it tells me could not install package(s): checkinstall libusb-dev libbluetooth-dev

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                              pjft @r641wd
                              last edited by

                              @r641wd I don't have enough information from your description to suggest next steps.

                              Searching for the error you described on Google seems to take me to this page. See if those steps help?

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