Emulation station wont load

ech33k

Hello, I have had troubles getting my Pi 3 to boot up emulation station. The emulation station flickers on the screen then this alternate screen appears and I cant do anything. Im not sure how to fix this

mediamogul

Is this a fresh install you're dealing with? Also, what does this alternate screen look like?

ech33k

Yes this was on my initial boot and I have retried but to no avail. The screen looks like this... alt text

opensourcefan

I once had errors like that, turned out being a corrupt sd card.

mediamogul

That's a likely possibility. Running with that assumption, you should try a new install and see how that goes. Also, corruption right out of the gate might point to issues with your power supply. What is it's listed volt and amp rating?

ech33k

It is 5v/2.5A, is this adequate? Also, if it is likely the sd card, should I just completely wipe it clean and reinstall retropie on it and try again, or will I need a new sd card? I am currently using a 64G card.

opensourcefan

Try a different card if you have one lying around, even a smaller one will do for testing purposes. My bad card was just plain bad, no matter how many times I did a fresh install it came up with errors. I even ran it through fsck which found errors but still couldn't get it right, it's in the trash now.

Unless you're overclocking or running lots of peripherals that power supply "should" be okay. They're not all the same though and they can't always be trusted. Are you seeing a low voltage rainbow square in the top right corner on boot?

mediamogul

Yeah, your power supply is probably fine. If wiping it with a fresh install works out, you're golden. If it doesn't, you can try fsck. After that, trying a different card will help determine if outside issues are in play.

ech33k

I reinstalled retropie but the same issue occurred. I checked my sd card for corruption but it said it was clean. Im not sure what my next move would be

BuZz

Try another sdcard.

ech33k

I will, would downloading an older version make any difference? I have 3.7 but would 3.6 or something work? No clue, just trying to cover everything

BuZz

No - the problem is a hardware issue I believe (or something is going very wrong when writing the image).

opensourcefan

When trouble shooting you don't want to change too much, you'll never know what the issue is. Just try another card, like I said I had the same errors with a bad card.