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Just did the 5v mod on my gearbest screen. It works! But I can barely read the text.. Is this normal until changing/setting up emulation station?
Poor soldering? Bad screen?

tlxxxsracer wrote:Just did the 5v mod on my gearbest screen. It works! But I can barely read the text.. Is this normal until changing/setting up emulation station?
Poor soldering? Bad screen?

It's a composite screen so is not going to be great. Did you configure the config.txt file for your 320 x 240 resolutions?

There are a lot of threads about this, lots of advice to change font size etc.
To be honest I have set up three of these screens and did the settings and never been happy with any, I see loads of screens in the show off corner that look amazing and are same resolution as mine , I think once they are set up correct they photo well but don't actually look amazing in the real! (My opinion!)

HoolyHoo wrote:

tlxxxsracer wrote:Just did the 5v mod on my gearbest screen. It works! But I can barely read the text.. Is this normal until changing/setting up emulation station?
Poor soldering? Bad screen?

It's a composite screen so is not going to be great. Did you configure the config.txt file for your 320 x 240 resolutions?

Config.txt? No, Im just starting out. Do i configure it within retropi? I'm thinking too about mounting the screen but it'll be upside down.

tlxxxsracer wrote:

HoolyHoo wrote:

tlxxxsracer wrote:Just did the 5v mod on my gearbest screen. It works! But I can barely read the text.. Is this normal until changing/setting up emulation station?
Poor soldering? Bad screen?

It's a composite screen so is not going to be great. Did you configure the config.txt file for your 320 x 240 resolutions?

Config.txt? No, Im just starting out. Do i configure it within retropi? I'm thinking too about mounting the screen but it'll be upside down.

Take your sd card and put in your computer. In the boot directory edit config.txt and change:

#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720

To:

framebuffer_width=320
framebuffer_height=240

If you flip your screen upside down then add:

display_rotate=2

To the end of the file then reboot.

HoolyHoo wrote:

tlxxxsracer wrote:

HoolyHoo wrote:
It's a composite screen so is not going to be great. Did you configure the config.txt file for your 320 x 240 resolutions?

Config.txt? No, Im just starting out. Do i configure it within retropi? I'm thinking too about mounting the screen but it'll be upside down.

Take your sd card and put in your computer. In the boot directory edit config.txt and change:

#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720

To:

framebuffer_width=320
framebuffer_height=240

If you flip your screen upside down then add:

display_rotate=2

To the end of the file then reboot.

Perfect. Thank you so much. Finished cutting out the screen

I made the appropriate changes but no difference upon booting. Screen didn't rotate either when I added
#display_rotate=2
just under the screen res section.

tlxxxsracer wrote:I made the appropriate changes but no difference upon booting. Screen didn't rotate either when I added
#display_rotate=2
just under the screen res section.

Because your adding the hash tag #

You need to omit it.