Hi everyone,
Finally setting up my Circuit Sword CM3 that I ordered last summer. I've been running through the set up steps here, but I'm getting hung up on step 11, putting in the imaged SD card. I've tried setting up the SD card on my Mac and my roommate's PC, both with tester mode on and off, but nothing's working.
The best result I get is the screen turns on but stays black, and the various status LEDs light up. Here's a photo:
Any ideas what I could be doing wrong?
Thanks! Hoping to get this running, excited to finally have it set up.
Having trouble with set up/first boot
Re: Having trouble with set up/first boot
I did a little bit more digging on this board and found some people had similar issues. I promise I also looked before posting, but clearly not very thoroughly haha.
I found this post: viewtopic.php?f=51&t=6758
And this one: viewtopic.php?f=51&t=6768
Along with the issues from Kite’s github that he linked to in that first link above.
I took some photos of my SD card slot if that’s the issue. I’m not completely sure what I’m looking for to tell if it’s faulty, but here are the photos:
I found this post: viewtopic.php?f=51&t=6758
And this one: viewtopic.php?f=51&t=6768
Along with the issues from Kite’s github that he linked to in that first link above.
I took some photos of my SD card slot if that’s the issue. I’m not completely sure what I’m looking for to tell if it’s faulty, but here are the photos:
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Re: Having trouble with set up/first boot
Hi, the v1.3A shouldn't have this issue and it does get tested before being sent out, so hopefully it isn't that If you insert the SD into a windows PC, does it pop up as a 56MB SD card? If so, if you open it, there should be a bunch of files on there.. is one of them 'config-cs.txt' ? Specifically the 'cs' bit as that's the custom one i put on there
Also, do you have another SD that you can try to rule out that possibility?
Also, do you have another SD that you can try to rule out that possibility?
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Re: Having trouble with set up/first boot
Ah okay. I have two SD cards that I've been trying to use, they both show up as 56.8 MB drives on Windows. And 'config-cs.txt' is on both of them.kite wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2019 2:52 amHi, the v1.3A shouldn't have this issue and it does get tested before being sent out, so hopefully it isn't that If you insert the SD into a windows PC, does it pop up as a 56MB SD card? If so, if you open it, there should be a bunch of files on there.. is one of them 'config-cs.txt' ? Specifically the 'cs' bit as that's the custom one i put on there
Also, do you have another SD that you can try to rule out that possibility?
I just tested them both again, and I'm still not getting anything. Does it need to be 56.0 MB? Is there an errant 0.8 MB on the cards messing it up? Maybe it's a bad CM3?
Thanks for your help, Kite! I appreciate it.
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Re: Having trouble with set up/first boot
Cool and just to confirm it's def this image: https://github.com/kiteretro/Circuit-Sword/releases (not the 'Circuit Sword Lite' image, which is in a different repo)?
Could you also remove the CM3, and clean the CM3 connector itself and re-insert fully?
If no joy for any of that we'll sort out a return, I see the email you have sent so I'll wait for your confirmation and then we'll go from there
Could you also remove the CM3, and clean the CM3 connector itself and re-insert fully?
If no joy for any of that we'll sort out a return, I see the email you have sent so I'll wait for your confirmation and then we'll go from there
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Re: Having trouble with set up/first boot
Thanks, Kite. I've definitely been using the Circuit Sword (not "lite") images, I even tried one of the older versions on a whim yesterday, but still no luck.kite wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 4:04 amCool and just to confirm it's def this image: https://github.com/kiteretro/Circuit-Sword/releases (not the 'Circuit Sword Lite' image, which is in a different repo)?
Could you also remove the CM3, and clean the CM3 connector itself and re-insert fully?
If no joy for any of that we'll sort out a return, I see the email you have sent so I'll wait for your confirmation and then we'll go from there
Just now cleaned the CM3 and re-inserted. Still nothing. The "PGOOD" indicator LED hasn't been coming on at all, does that stand for "Pi Good"? Or would this also not light up if there was an SD card issue?
Again, thank you for all your help!
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Re: Having trouble with set up/first boot
Cool, sounds like a hardware fault, I've replied to your email for a return request
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