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@colibris79 thanks for the tip!

I've since replaced it with a inline Micro HDMI cord and ditched the adapter, however I'm sure this will come in handy!

Thanks again!

Dell seems to have made the leap of faith and did away with legacy boot.

From what you are saying, the problem is the BIOS incompatibility, so if there is any solution, it is the one you mentioned yourself:

Suggestions exist on how to "hack" GRUB to force the system to boot seems to exist

I may be mistaken, but it will be difficult for someone to help you in this case, you have already found the source of the problem and a possible solution, there is no more that can be done ...

@sag508 it's a known issue. Thanks.

@sag508 you're welcome, and have fun 🙂

@voljega @Substring thanks replying so quickly and for the information. This is information, while disappointing for my project, is understandable. I think I'm going to have to investigate other options in this case.

Thanks again.

@Substring negative on reaching network shares.

OK i think i finally nailed down the issue. I think i need to start with a fresh USB drive. I changed the original recalbox directory to something different (i.e. recalbox-old) and allowed recalbox to set it up after a new install. I then just copied ROMS, Saves, BIOS, Cheats and the themes directories to the new recalbox directory. Doing it this way netted zero issues (although I had some issues with syncing my bluetooth controllers, but it eventually resolved itself after all updates and setting up was done.)

This seemed so trivial, especially since my entire experience with Linux involved 3 college credits 10 years ago. If this makes sense on why I had all of these issues, please accept my apologies for wasting your time.

With the updated versions of Mame Emulators, you don't have any of these problems now. For future readers, I want to say that Mame Games rocks in 2019. The old generation like me loves Mame Games.

I did a fresh reinstall and used the "connect via USB and hit the button after 10 seconds" method and now see no issues. Not sure what the issue was before, but this stuff is too advanced for me to solve.

Thanks for all your help!