Amazing! This did the job!

Thank you @mitu , but the problem is still present. Ich will put my experience to the other topic.

mine never showed up on a static ip for some reason but worked with dchp(on the windows machine)

Seems similar to https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/2522, still unresolved.

@mitu Yes, it is definitely connecting. As the Pi boots, the light blink, but then when it connects, it vibrates and goes solid.

@yardley there is a theme gallery here: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Themes/ And you can install emulationstation on a PC too but at that point I'd just use the pi for

@tbartus Try using KiTTY

@hurricanefan It was only $3.99 lol. Works great!

@edmaul69 was doing that but no joy. In the end I just did a clean install and everything is now working... well except psx will not pick up the bios

Hey guys, Thanks for the response. I formatted the SD card again and reloaded retropie. Still had the same problem so what I did was removed my wireless playstation controllers and plug my hard drive in a different usb port (because it wouldn't boot up without the hard drive in) this time I had a different error message. I turned it off, unplugged the usb then turned it back on without the USB and then everything was back to normal. It's bizarre, but I'm glad everything is back to normal. Thanks for your help!

[SOLVED] What was causing the issue was the ps3 bluetooth drivers, which I realized were disabling the standard bluetooth on the device. Thanks to this thread: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=148305&start=100 The solution was to simply uninstall the PS3 drivers from the retropie_setup menu.

I see, we'll I think I may try it out again when I get home but can anyone here give me a tip incase it goes wrong like it decides to not wanna update and just hang there.

@spruce_m00se for using tons of db9 controllers i recommend either a vision-daptor or ultimate pc interface (upci is 2player version. Has some other controllers the vision-adapter doesnt have. Both made by the same person.) The master system also has the two extra pins as functiong buttons. They match the same button numbers as start and mode button on the genesis mode. He added these so i could use my db9 modified nes and turbografx/pc engine controllers. He makes some other controller adapters too. His adapters truly are the best i have ever used.

I just got another switch which works, not sure how this one would

@Pixel0501 when you say "my" password, you aren't talking about your Mac OS password are you? The default password for retropie is ........ raspberry. Another question is have you logged in via ssh before? Because if you have and had to start over by reinstalling retropie, Mac OS has a security feature that keeps logs of MAC addresses and ssh keys, and when you try to log in again it will stop you since the new retropie install will not be using the same key. Mac OS tells you though and tells you what file you have to edit to remove that log.

@Wizardling Also a gold choice to change password. Annother solution is to use the import feature .... But use the hashed PW value instead. Every hash consits of a HEX value. So it does not matter if you used special Characters.