N64 crashes after 10 min

EndersEnigma

@quicksilver
Only mario 64. Instead of crashing it just slows down for about 10 seconds then goes back to normal. every other game I have crashes at the 13-15 minute mark. Exactly as you described it in your post. I have only had my PI 4 days and N64 has always been unstable.

EndersEnigma

@quicksilver
would 4.3amp fry the pi3? I have one of those at 5v 4.3 amp

quicksilver

@endersenigma I wouldn't use that. I seriously doubt amperage is your issue because you don't have a lot hooked up to your pi.

EndersEnigma

Did a complete uninstall of the N64 emulator, rebooted, installed N64 from Binary, rebooted. Same problem. updated from source. rebooted, same problem. Outside of doing a complete reformat of my pi and starting from scratch, I am not sure what else to do.

@dankcushions
Do you have any input? I have tried everything I know how to try. Awaiting new power supply as we speak, but it doesn't act like any power supply issue from my experience.

markwkidd

@endersenigma said in N64 crashes after 10 min:

@quicksilver
would 4.3amp fry the pi3? I have one of those at 5v 4.3 amp

excess amperage does not damage electronics.

the voltage needs to be correct and the specified minimum amperage needs to be met. unlike excess voltage, excess amperage can never be a problem -- t just means there is more power to draw on than the device might need.

EndersEnigma

@markwkidd
good to know. Thanks.

dankcushions

@endersenigma said in N64 crashes after 10 min:

@dankcushions
Do you have any input? I have tried everything I know how to try. Awaiting new power supply as we speak, but it doesn't act like any power supply issue from my experience.

like i said before, if the overclocks are all removed, and it's not a power issue, a software bug can be reported, but my issue with this is that if there's a bug then everyone should be getting it, since we're (mostly) all on the same hardware. i won't have a chance to test n64 on a pi3 for a while, but unless someone else is getting this issue then i would suspect power is the culprit, as there's not much else left!

EndersEnigma

@quicksilver
You guys are all using n64glide right?

quicksilver

@endersenigma said in N64 crashes after 10 min:

@quicksilver
You guys are all using n64glide right?

Yes

EndersEnigma

@quicksilver
new power supply arrives tomorrow, will update.

EndersEnigma

@quicksilver @dankcushions
New power supply, same problem.
I am just going to use a different emulator, even if they look worse maybe they will at least be playable. Cheers!

Thanks for all the help.

quicksilver

@endersenigma which power supply did you go with?

EndersEnigma

@quicksilver
The one you linked earlier in the post.

quicksilver

@endersenigma strange that we should have the same issue and I was able to resolve mine. I wish I could think of something else for you to try.

ChuckyP

I was having problems with freezing (although not specifically with N64). But I was getting bad power at the wall and it was corrupting things.

I tried everything else and at the end of my ropes a quality power conditioner inline saved the day. Just a suggestion.

EndersEnigma

@quicksilver
I just stopped using glide, some games don't work but it's better than nothing.

Bobberella

I have the same issue. Sometimes it freezes and sometimes I can wait out the glitching till I can play again. If I wait it out I can play for as long as I want.

I think i heard something about a memory system in the pie being unable to clear so it fills up in 15 minutes and then glitches out the system.

So i would lean towards software issue. However it seems way too complicated to fix. So my whole plan is to get it to make it through the glitch so I can keep playing.

quicksilver

@bobberella what is your setup? What case, power adaptor, overclocked? I had this issue but was able to resolve it. Also are you using mupen64-glide from binary or source?

quicksilver

Alright, so I thought my problem was solved but today I have had a handful of instances where the graphics glitched out while using mupen64-glide. It happened on several games but only after about 10-20 minutes of gameplay. In this case it did not lead to a freeze but after a few seconds of glitched out shaky graphics the game would suddenly become playable again. Not sure where to go from here.

Bobberella

@quicksilver

I have a case/fan/heatsink(with thermal paste) that idles. Idle temperature is around 37 C and after an hour 42 C. I am overclocked at 1.44Ghz.

I thought it might have been caused by the SDRAM frequency and over voltage SDRAM settings so I messed with that. It seem to fix the glitches and replace them with freezes.

I have had this glitch at almost every overclock setting and I would assume bone stock... too lazy to waste 15 minutes finding out.