Recalbox PiBoy XRS
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Hello,
I play on my piBoy XRS with Recalbox since 1 year. Don't remember how I do that but it was very simple. I had just one problem sometime the piboy need to be force-stoped when I forgot it one entire night on battery.
So last month I decide to make a fresh install for Christmas and the kids. Bad Idea ! fresh new card install with recall box image from PI Imager (img described for...DMG) doesn' t start on the piBoy XRS : screen on but steel black, no display Experimental PI logo of the firmware boot....
Directly plug on a hdmi screen, the same pi and the same sd card (img recalbox ...DMG...) start well recalbox.
I upgrade the Experimental PI firmware to 1.0.7 (with the exe from Experimental Pi find on archive.org), cause I read it can be a pb of a boot flag : same issue.
I have other new batteries in my bags, I load them and plug in the piBoy XRS : same issue.
With a retropie image "modify" with the Experimental PI exe that "upgrade the boot section with firmware 1.0.7, retropie run on this piBoy xrs (same reinstalled sd card).
It seems that there is no launch of the firmware boot with the recalbox image...
I can fix this little pb, I want back my recalbox on my piBoy XRS, never use retropie that I doesn't like.Please help me .
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Hello,
We don't possess anymore a Piboy XRS on the staff for trying to work for his compatibility for latest version of Recalbox. So we don't support them.
BUT, if you can find at least a 8.0 (until 9.1) Recalbox image for PI4, it could work for your Piboy XRS.
Unfortunately, we don't provide old versions of Recalbox, they are not available on official channels. -
@Magaki thanks a lot for your message. I try that in a few days and I give you the result.
Please can you point a specific name or version of a recalbox 8 image for xrs integration. -
"Sounds like a frustrating issue! It seems like the Recalbox image may not be properly compatible with the boot process on your PiBoy XRS. Since the system works with Retropie, it could be a bootloader or firmware compatibility problem specific to Recalbox. I’d recommend trying to reflash the Recalbox image, ensuring you’re using the correct version for the PiBoy XRS, and checking the boot configuration. If the issue persists, reaching out to the Recalbox or PiBoy XRS communities might help get more specific guidance."
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@JAcob Thank you for your answer. Yes it seems to be a compatibility pb between recalbox image and the piBoy XRS. I was able to read that Retropie has a different boot mode that override the firmware boot of the XRS and that could be upgrade with the exe tool of Experimental Pi and it works.
I have to try with older recalbox images that were able to works well with the XRS.
but I have a doubt that my issue can be fix cause I have try with an recalbox image found in the archive of the Experimental PI and it failed.I come back with more info in few days. Thanks a lot.
