12-07-2020, 08:22 AM
Hi there,
I recently purchased the complete kit from retromodding that includes the shell, battery, speaker, etc. plus obviously the Freeplay CM3 and the Pi itself.
I'm trying to have it boot to HDMI out before I get too excited about fitting it into the shell. However, even that isn't working.
Most people on forums that I've searched are running into a "white screen" but I don't even get that far. With the battery, mini-HDMI, and micro-USB for power in connected, as well as the SD card loaded, pushing the power switch does nothing except make a high-pitched squealing sound like I'd expect from electrical flow.
The LED appears to function correctly (blue when battery is connected indicating charging, green when disconnected indicating full power), but bumping the switch does nothing to the LED. Holding it down causes my monitor to detect that power is going to the HDMI output but it does not actually send a feed, and removing pressure from the switch removes the signal.
I've tried flashing with both the RetroPie V4.6 and 4.5 for the CM3 which are available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folde...nlPS2M4czg
Neither of those made any difference although they appear to have imaged correctly (As I've imaged plenty of flash drives for booting to linux in the past I'm reasonably confident of this).
At this point I'm well and truly out of ideas, particularly as there doesn't seem to be anyone else having this same problem, so it's difficult for me to troubleshoot.
Any advice would be much appreciated, and if you need further info please let me know and I'll provide it.
I recently purchased the complete kit from retromodding that includes the shell, battery, speaker, etc. plus obviously the Freeplay CM3 and the Pi itself.
I'm trying to have it boot to HDMI out before I get too excited about fitting it into the shell. However, even that isn't working.
Most people on forums that I've searched are running into a "white screen" but I don't even get that far. With the battery, mini-HDMI, and micro-USB for power in connected, as well as the SD card loaded, pushing the power switch does nothing except make a high-pitched squealing sound like I'd expect from electrical flow.
The LED appears to function correctly (blue when battery is connected indicating charging, green when disconnected indicating full power), but bumping the switch does nothing to the LED. Holding it down causes my monitor to detect that power is going to the HDMI output but it does not actually send a feed, and removing pressure from the switch removes the signal.
I've tried flashing with both the RetroPie V4.6 and 4.5 for the CM3 which are available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folde...nlPS2M4czg
Neither of those made any difference although they appear to have imaged correctly (As I've imaged plenty of flash drives for booting to linux in the past I'm reasonably confident of this).
At this point I'm well and truly out of ideas, particularly as there doesn't seem to be anyone else having this same problem, so it's difficult for me to troubleshoot.
Any advice would be much appreciated, and if you need further info please let me know and I'll provide it.