Re-write image every time

TheBear123

Hi, I have a problem with my retropie. Every time I turn off my raspberry pi, when I turn it on again it won't start up. I have to rewrite my image every time, and I loose all my roms and progress. I use an old DELL monitor with a DVI female to HDMI male adapter. My retropiwe version is 2,7, and I have a raspberry pi 3 model B. Please help

dankcushions

how are you turning it off?

simonster

Are you sure you are using Retropie 2.7? The current version on the website is 4.2. Also can you complete the list in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first ?

Xeon

make sure you shutdown.
use a good power supply
try a different or higher quality SD

edmaul69

@thebear123 as @Xeon stated use a good sd card. Your sd card is probably crappy. A legitimate samsung sd card (not ebay bootleg special) wont corrupt so easily. To properly shutdown, in emulationstation press start, go to quit, shutdown. Then you need to wait until your tv screen changes showing it lost signal before unplugging it.

TheBear123

@dankcushions I use Start>Quit>Shutdown system

TheBear123

@edmaul69 I do everything on the list, but I use a kingston 64GB SD-card

TheBear123

@edmaul69 And it's not the SD-card, it's the monitor. It works perfectly on a TV, but it doesn't work on my monitor

TMNTturtlguy

@thebear123 so why are you re-imaging if it still runs on your tv. Sounds to me the image is fine, you have an issue with the signal to you monitor. Make sure your monitor is on first and you are securely plugged in. Then I would check your cable.

Do you make any changes to you system after you install it? Do you change the boot file or any video settings?

edmaul69

@thebear123 what monitor? Is it vga, dvi, or hdmi? What is the max resolution of the monitor?

TheBear123

@tmntturtlguy No, the first time I just added roms and it wouldn't boot

TheBear123

@edmaul69 It's DVI, and I don't know the Max resolution, but I think it's 720X1080. But it's kinda weird shaped, it's almost a square

Xeon

@thebear123
That's quite a hungry display.

TheBear123

@xeon What do you mean?

Xeon

@thebear123 Sounds like very power hungry display.
Running from the same power supply?

TheBear123

@xeon Kinda. They both take power from a branch, wich is full

Xeon

@thebear123 I don't understand sorry.

simonster

@thebear123

Can you please fill in the grid from https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first , to make it simple I have included it below:

Pi Model or other hardware: (B, B+, 2 B, 3, X86 PC etc..)
Power Supply used: (If using a Pi)
RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest):
Built From: (Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website, Berryboot, or on top of existing OS etc.. - please provide the filename of any image used)
USB Devices connected:
Controller used:
Error messages received:
Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log (if relevant):
Guide used: (Mention if you followed a guide)
File: (File with issue - with FULL path)
Emulator: (Name of emulator - if applicable)
Attachment of config files: (PLEASE USE PASTEBIN.COM FOR LARGE LOGS)
How to replicate the problem:

edmaul69

@thebear123 can you give me the model number and brand of the monitor? We could help you set the correct resolution if we knew more about the monitor

TheBear123

@edmaul69 It's a DELL E193FPc 19" monitor