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    • Frederico Rabelo
      Frederico Rabelo @Substring last edited by

      Hi @Substring !

      @lackyluuk, I did the recovery mode, and installed the 4.0.1 version, and uploaded to 4.0.2.
      No rom (running only stock) worked. All roms went to black screen (with recalbox logo on the bottom) for a few moments and back.

      Did the recovery mode again, installed 4.0.1 version, and now some systems work, as follows:
      (running only default roms)

      • SNES works - Donkey Kong Classic
      • None of the NES rom works
      • Game Boy Advanced - all roms works at the first run, but them gets stuck in black screen. works fine again for one time after system reset (via run jumper).
      • Sega MasterSystem - same thing as Game Boy Advanced
      • PCEngine - same thing as Game boy Advanced
      • Doom works fine

      Does it have anything to do with the way i'm quiting the system?
      I'm quiting via HOTKEY + START

      @lackyluuk, what do you mean by "videomode to your monitors preferred mode"? the Game ratio (e.g 4:3)?

      will try installing BIOS now.

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      • Frederico Rabelo
        Frederico Rabelo last edited by

        Funny!
        Thanks @Substring !!

        Found a similar thread through the thread's tags (wich i was not awear untill now):
        https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/4095/all-games-wont-start-up
        in wich you propose seting
        global.videomode=default

        Mine was = HDMI 4 or something
        Changed and now every thing works!

        Thank everybody for the help!!!

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        • Frederico Rabelo
          Frederico Rabelo last edited by

          Ok, I'm going crazy...

          Installed a bulk of roms (SNES, N64, PSX, MAME, and SEGA MEGA CD), and now no roms works anymore!

          What am I doing wrong!?

          Still runing 4.0.1

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          • paradadf
            paradadf Staff @Frederico Rabelo last edited by

            @Frederico-Rabelo try doing a new, complete clean installation, formatting the whole card again. You haven't tried anything out of the ordinary wirh the installation, right?

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            • Lucas Correa
              Lucas Correa last edited by

              I have the same problem... mine was working really well.

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              • Frederico Rabelo
                Frederico Rabelo @paradadf last edited by

                @paradadf
                Formated the SD card, did a clean install. No fancy stuff in installation.

                Now i think i recognised the pattern:
                The roms works for one time, and them stop working (black screen forever). For every core the same thing. The game works fine for the first "boot" and them stops working.
                I'm using a regular microsoft keyboard, and using "esc" to leave the game.
                If i restart the system, the roms work again for the first time, and them black screen forever.

                SD card is a Samsung EVO + 32GB.
                Raspiberry 3

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                • paradadf
                  paradadf Staff @Frederico Rabelo last edited by paradadf

                  @Frederico-Rabelo you first told you were quitting the games with HK+Start, which is only possible from a gamepad, but now wrote that you are using a keyboard. What is your setup exactly?

                  You should read the wiki and set the prefered video mode for your tv like suggested before.
                  https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Video-configuration-detailled-(EN)

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                  • Frederico Rabelo
                    Frederico Rabelo @paradadf last edited by

                    @paradadf
                    i'm using both ps3 clone controller GASIA and kerboard.
                    As i said before, already tried setting video mode, but no lucky.

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                    • paradadf
                      paradadf Staff @Frederico Rabelo last edited by

                      @Frederico-Rabelo did you already updated to 4.0.2? If not, do it.

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                      • iggy2
                        iggy2 @Frederico Rabelo last edited by

                        @frederico-rabelo I have the same problem when i upgrade to 17-12-02 the latest. Al rom stop working. did you find any solution to the problem?

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                        • Leyfelipe
                          Leyfelipe last edited by

                          hi guys, I had same problem and fix it by removing files the path:
                          /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/retroarchcustom.cfg
                          /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/content_history.lpl
                          /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/cores/retroarch-core-options.cfg

                          sorry my english su##

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                          • ivwshane
                            ivwshane @Leyfelipe last edited by

                            @leyfelipe said in Recalbox won't start any rom!:

                            hi guys, I had same problem and fix it by removing files the path:
                            /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/retroarchcustom.cfg
                            /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/content_history.lpl
                            /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/cores/retroarch-core-options.cfg

                            sorry my english su##

                            I'm having the same issue and neither solution worked for me.

                            I did copy my shared folders/files over from a pi 2 to a pi3.

                            Oddly, the one game that works is mvsc2 but it it goes to a memory card "create file" screen and I can't even exit the emulator.

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                            • Substring
                              Substring last edited by

                              Can't help without a support archive

                              Former dev - Please reply with @substring so that i am notified when you answer me
                              Ex dev - Merci de me répondre en utilisant @substring pour que je sois notifé

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