@Seriuskiller Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Which image ? Did you unpack it as detailed in the installation instructions ? 2.5a is recommended for a RPI3, 2a may not be enough, but the boot issue may be due to incorrectly written image or bad download, or something else.

You can also use https://etcher.io/ to write it without unpacking.

@tygr20 We're here to help!

@kn1ghtone I am a little confused by your post.

I just removed power and Rasbian always boots.

You mean you just pull the cord? Not recommended.

Then you say

retropie will not start after i do a shutdown from the menu. I can reboot it just fine. I can copy files to it. I can run games from it. As soon as I shut it down, it will not turn back on.

What do you mean by this? "Will not start?" followed by "I can boot just fine?" - What are you trying to do? Describe exactly. Once you shut down from the menu correctly, you have to disconnect the power. I use a switch for this purpose. Then, when you reconnect the power, it will boot. I am confused by your "I can boot just fine" comment.

@ivarwa I have done that multiple times, with different operating systems, NOOBS gave me error writing system partition, but at least it booted then. Now the light doesn't even turn on.

Yeah maybe a bad SD card, but scandisk ones work well for me on the pi3.

Managed to SSH into it, manually ran updates again, had to force the dpkg lock removal, and all seems ok now, whew!

@BuZz ill keep an eye on it and try the other SD cards I have and repost if there are any similar issues, cheers BuZz

@kassult said in RPi B doesn't boot into controller setup:

If I remember correctly the B only needs 0.5A so I figured I was fine.

It needs more than twice that - 1.2 A
https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/faqs/#powerReqs

You don't want to use safe_mode for general use - forces lower resolution mode etc. hdmi_safe also enables hdmi_force_hotplug=1see https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt.md