Holy moly. I tried formatting the SD and downloading the NOOBS file on my work PC and after a couple format attempts and saving the unzipped NOOBS files to the SD failed, I tried the NOOBS Lite and it all worked. It will be a while before I can access an HDMI tv but thankfully, the person who has it...

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I originally did try unzipping the files to the computer. It was after that repeatedly did not work that I tried unzipping to the SD card. I just figured it was worth a shot. As for the card being fake, I have had that happen when I once bought a 64G card on eba...

Lets add an "extremely" in front of that heading. I've formatted the SD card with Windows and SDFormatter, and I've tried extracting the zip file with Windows and 7Zip. The card appears to be formatting properly but when extracting with windows I repeatedly get a "windows explorer has quit working" ...

I did read the sticky post about not booting but I did not realize the pre-installed SD card was so likely to be out of date. I just figured that was probably extremely rare and not the problem, but apparently it is not so uncommon. I should not have ruled that out. I am in the process of formatting...

Greetings, Right up front, I am a complete noob. I did not even see a computer until the sixth grade, and spent most of my life not liking them. In fact, I still hate them sometimes. I've also struggled with anything technical/mechanical/mathematical all my life. However, that is where the money is,...