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    Extreme Noob Help needed How to boot image?

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      bpcervantes
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      Ok, So I just got my first Raspberry 4 yesterday. After hell trying to load the desktop (Image that came preloaded was bad) I finally got it up and running.

      I downloaded one of the Retropi images, got it extracted to an SD card, plugged it into a USB slot with an adapter, and now I don't know how to start it? If I just put the Retropie image card in the SD card slot of the Raspberry, the machine won't boot.

      The desktop loads and shows the arcade SD card, but if I click on it, I just see the files? How do I start this card? On youtube it boots right into the splash screen and shows all of the games.

      Any help would be greatly appreciated

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        herb_fargus administrators @bpcervantes
        last edited by herb_fargus

        @bpcervantes

        I downloaded one of the Retropi images

        The raspberry pi 4 is not yet supported, and as a result we have not yet produced SD images for the pi4.

        You'll have wait until the official images are released or you can attempt to manually install the dev branch

        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          bpcervantes
          last edited by

          Ok, Thank you Herb.
          Not knowing any better I just got the newest one for the RAM thinking it must run games smoother.

          Damn, I can't even call it a paper weight because the fan can blow it off the table lol

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            bpcervantes
            last edited by

            Herb,
            I now purchased a Pi 3B+ managed to get an IMG on a card but none of the games will load and the controls are extremely slow. I tried to take pics of the error message as it scrolled.![alt text]Ace Error.jpg

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              mitu Global Moderator @bpcervantes
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              @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.

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