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    No Gamepad Detected

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    • rbakerR
      rbaker @Snickers1863
      last edited by

      @snickers1863 said in No Gamepad Detected:

      I'm connected by a phone charger to the pi

      This is probably the issue.

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      • S
        Snickers1863
        last edited by

        What can I do to fix it? I do have a Lithium Polymer 3.7v 1200 mAh battery with a red and black wire. Could I use that as the power source and have it work?

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        • rbakerR
          rbaker @Snickers1863
          last edited by rbaker

          @snickers1863

          Power Requirements here

          Peripherals add to the current draw. Phone chargers are not really regulated well in most cases. Some are ok but its the luck of the draw.

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          • S
            Snickers1863
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            My charger outputs 5V 2.4 A to the Pi. Also, not sure if this is normal, but when I turn the Pi on when I plug it in, a large box pops up like a multicolored square fills the monitor, then it disappears and boots up with a lot of text, like a CMD. My 360 controller also just has a solod green light on all 4 player slots, and wont blink or change to just 1 slot... My ps4 controller dosn't show any light and no keyboard works. Anything other options? I tried with my PC and a Power Bank too, and those didn't make a difference

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            • rbakerR
              rbaker @Snickers1863
              last edited by

              @snickers1863 said in No Gamepad Detected:

              I tried with my PC

              what do you mean by this?

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              • S
                Snickers1863
                last edited by

                I mean I connected the USB to my PC's USB port to power it

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                • rbakerR
                  rbaker @Snickers1863
                  last edited by

                  @snickers1863 you need a proper power supply regulated at 5V with a decent current output at 2.5 A to ensure that you have the capacity to add external componenets. You need proper usb cables. Why do you think a 3.7V power supply could work? A pi needs 5V - see the link I posted. Connecting to a PC USB again is no good. You will get 0.5A from a USB 2 and about 0.9A from a USB 3. You need to post more information about what you have actually set up because from the above - retropie is not an emulator, also be sure about the version and that you have correct one.

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                  • S
                    Snickers1863
                    last edited by

                    Ok then, well I just found a 5V 3.1 A output power supply, which is more then enough power that I need, and everythign turns on again, BUT still no gamepad detected, no keyboard or 360 controller connected... I think my pi just doesn't wanna work, or the image, idk. is it because I'm using an 8 GB Micro SD card?

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                    • S
                      Snickers1863
                      last edited by

                      Also, I have no money for a $10 official Raspberry Pi power supply till next month...

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                      • rbakerR
                        rbaker @Snickers1863
                        last edited by

                        @snickers1863 you need to post more information about your setup. How did you write the image? etc.

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                        • S
                          Snickers1863
                          last edited by

                          Nevermind. I figured it out already. I had to SSH into it and write some commands to install the PS4 and 360 controllers manually. Works great now

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