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    • sharpejames

      Not booting after SD card put in MAC
      Help and Support • sd card boot problem • • sharpejames

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      mitu

      Sorry, we don't support 3rd party images or pre-sold 'consoles' . You'll have to ask the vendor/seller for support.

    • kitaek27

      Cant boot
      Help and Support • boot problem • • kitaek27

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      mitu

      @kitaek27 Glad you got it working.
      One advantage when using the Raspberry Pi Image is that you don't need to download the image, the program will do it for you and automatically check the image file against its checksum.

    • gromitt

      external hard drive
      Help and Support • external drive boot speed external hdd boot problem • • gromitt

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      mitu

      How many games and files do you have on the external drive ?

      Once EmulationStation creates the gamelists for each system, you can turn on the 'Parse Gamelists Only' option and on the next restart it will not re-scan the disc/folders.

    • tinkydink

      Retropie won't load after initial startup script
      Help and Support • boot problem boot screen startup • • tinkydink

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      mitu

      hdmi_safe will set the resolution to 640x480, if your monitor supports a higher resolution, you can set it by using hdmi_group=2 and hdmi_mode set to one of the values detailed in https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt/video.md. You'll probably have to add hdmi_ignore_edid=0xa5000080, my guess is that your monitor supplies a wrong EDID and the Pi tries to set the video resolution to an unsupported value.

    • OldSchool

      Help With Fan Script
      Help and Support • retropie 4.6 script boot problem • • OldSchool

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      OldSchool

      @mitu
      Ah, got it. I thought my method might be out of date but I'm new to digging this deep, and it's a frustrating but fun learning process. Thank you a ton for the help, I'll check that out once I get the chance today.

    • Pxtl

      Pi4 Bug: can't change resolution on the 2nd HDMI port
      Help and Support • resolution hdmi port boot problem config.txt • • Pxtl

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      SRossi

      sure! didn't want to imply that, it just was a major roadblock for me yesterday and today and a lot of searching around just showed that a bunch of people had the same problem. the solutions with manually editing the config file sure help but it would have been just so much easier if I could have set it in the menue. not because editing the file is difficult, more like you don't think of it because everything else just works like it should (well, beside the playstation classic controller not working despite being a simple USB device) and the config tool just blanking out is confusing. honestly if the whole system wouldn't crawl around at around 10 - 15fps at 4k you wouldn't even notice the problem is there to begin with. I'll search if the problem is known at Raspbian.

    • Rulid

      Problem boot Retropie 4.6 on Pi4
      Help and Support • retropie 4.6 boot problem pi4 • • Rulid

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      Rulid

      yes, with the official image it works after your help. Now i have a similar problem (with an unofficial image) and i was hoping you could help me. Sorry for the inconvenience, thanks anyway.

    • Pandamansam

      Help with RetroPie on Odroid
      Help and Support • help me splash screen controllers keyboard boot problem • • Pandamansam

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      Pandamansam

      @mitu I do apologise, I didn't know it was against your licence but I can see why.

      Thank you for your help, I will start over and hopefully it will fix my problem.

    • GonzoPi

      Prebuilt retropie images not booting
      Help and Support • retropie boot problem pi3b • • GonzoPi

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      Thorr69

      @GonzoPi said in Prebuilt retropie images not booting:

      @wmarcio my apologies, I only included the specific images to be as precise as possible, if I deleted the post and reposted without reference to those specific images would that be more appropriate?

      It's not about appropriate; it's about the fact that those are not official RetroPie products. They are repackaged with with copyrighted material and violate the user license. Unless you are trying to install an official image, you won't get help here.

    • bpcervantes

      Extreme Noob Help needed How to boot image?
      Help and Support • retropie 4 boot problem • • bpcervantes

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      mitu

      @bpcervantes We don't support 3rd party images. Use the image from https://retropie.org.uk/downoad and then add your own games as described in the docs.

    • pandulo

      retropie not booting, boths lights on
      Help and Support • red light green light booting boot problem • • pandulo

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      Clyde

      Hello and welcome to this forum.

      Please provide us with all of the information that is asked for in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first to help us pinpoint the problem.

    • petrucio

      Can't get a Pi zero W to finish booting on a Retroflag GPi case
      Help and Support • retroflag gpi case zero w boot problem • • petrucio

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      petrucio

      It was the bloody power source! I didn't bother hooking it up to a decent power brick because I figured the Pi zero didn't need as much juice as my Pi 3... Idiot... Thanks for your inputs guys.

    • g0ldingkev

      Raspberry Pi4 Image
      Help and Support • pi 4b boot problem • • g0ldingkev

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      ClassicGMR

      @mitu said in Raspberry Pi4 Image:

      @geekinchief As it was explained in the other topic you opened a few days back and is also explained here, the Pi4 is not supported at the moment by RetroPie.
      There's more than just Emulationstation than needs modification and testing for it to make it work, so just bypassing the front-end would not be enough.

      OMGzorz the Pi4 has been out for OvEr a WeEk NoW!!! Where's my support?? I wanna play PS3 games!!!

      </sarcasm>

    • KobeT

      Retropie won't boot
      Help and Support • kernel panic boot problem startup error • • KobeT

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      mitu

      @KobeT Looks like a damaged SD card or improper power source - see https://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#Coloured_splash_screen for reasons why this might happen and maybe try the config.txt modification suggested on the page.

    • superpie3k

      PowerBlock stopped working ("t-t-t-t-t..." noise)
      ControlBlock, PowerBlock & Co. • powerblock power problem boot problem • • superpie3k

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      superpie3k

      So, I have mounted the PowerBlock and I have tested it for some days. It works almost as expected, spordically it shows unexpected behaviour. I will create a separate thread explaining my observations.

      Anyway, thanks for supplying me with a replacement device.

    • Loquo

      emulationstation not load after updating from source
      Help and Support • emulationstaion updating source boot problem • • Loquo

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      Loquo

      Hi there!

      I extract all the roms, configs, images, gamelists, themes, etc... and build a new sd card now with Stretch.

      Now, scraper work properly.

      You can close the thread. Thank you very much!

    • lawarmotte

      Raspberry defective with RETROPIE ??
      Help and Support • hardware boot problem ssh retropie • • lawarmotte

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      quicksilver

      @lawarmotte no worries, you're not the first person to make this mistake. :)

    • kingcraze

      Cant boot retropie
      Help and Support • retropie retropiesetup loading problem boot problem • • kingcraze

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      rbaker

      @kingcraze Hi, first, post the details requested here:
      https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

      How did you write the image? Is your card genuine?

    • MPlay

      External Boot in my image
      Help and Support • external hdd boot config boot from hdd boot problem boot crash • • MPlay

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      MPlay

      @Clyde said in External Boot in my image:

      @MPlay Thank you for sharing your solution.

      you are welcome, my next step is set retropie to stream my game play (if possible in net play mode) in my youtube channel.

      thank you and other friends for support.

    • Borotes

      RetroPie isn't starting with the latest update
      Help and Support • bug bug report problem bugs boot problem • • Borotes

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      Borotes

      Thanks for your help :-)