4 green flashes, no boot!

[raspmeplease]

Hi!
Im new to this.

Im trying to install a raspbmc with no luck. Currently without an internet connection thats why im using the standalone image. I have a sd card 8 gb and a 2gb transcend SD-card. On 3 different computers with their own sdcard-reader.
Different displays and HDMI-cables.
I also tried with NOOBs standalone, Openelec network install, wheezy raspian and so on.
Still the same 4 green flashes. Nothing more.

So i eventually found this: 3 flashes: loader.bin not found 4 flashes: loader.bin not launched 5 flashes: start.elf not found 6 flashes: start.elf not launched 7 flashes: kernel.img not found Firmware since 20th October 2012 no longer requires loader.bin, and the flashes mean: 3 flashes: start.elf not found 4 flashes: start.elf not launched 7 flashes: kernel.img not found 8 flashes: SDRAM not recognised. You need newer bootcode.bin/start.elf firmware.

Tried to google a different start.elf-file, just found this one: https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware ... /start.elf replaced the one on the sdcard but still with no luck.

Does anybody have an idea how to fix it?
Is it something wrong with my Pi?

Thank you!

[fruitoftheloom]

Hi!
Im new to this.

Im trying to install a raspbmc with no luck. Currently without an internet connection thats why im using the standalone image. I have a sd card 8 gb and a 2gb transcend SD-card. On 3 different computers with their own sdcard-reader.
Different displays and HDMI-cables.
I also tried with NOOBs standalone, Openelec network install, wheezy raspian and so on.
Still the same 4 green flashes. Nothing more.

So i eventually found this: 3 flashes: loader.bin not found 4 flashes: loader.bin not launched 5 flashes: start.elf not found 6 flashes: start.elf not launched 7 flashes: kernel.img not found Firmware since 20th October 2012 no longer requires loader.bin, and the flashes mean: 3 flashes: start.elf not found 4 flashes: start.elf not launched 7 flashes: kernel.img not found 8 flashes: SDRAM not recognised. You need newer bootcode.bin/start.elf firmware.

Tried to google a different start.elf-file, just found this one: https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware ... /start.elf replaced the one on the sdcard but still with no luck.

Does anybody have an idea how to fix it?
Is it something wrong with my Pi?

Thank you!

The files have not been written to SD Card correctly or the SD Card is knackered.

FYI information the 2GB Card is to small use only the 8GB one..

[raspmeplease]

Hi!
Im new to this.

Im trying to install a raspbmc with no luck. Currently without an internet connection thats why im using the standalone image. I have a sd card 8 gb and a 2gb transcend SD-card. On 3 different computers with their own sdcard-reader.
Different displays and HDMI-cables.
I also tried with NOOBs standalone, Openelec network install, wheezy raspian and so on.
Still the same 4 green flashes. Nothing more.

So i eventually found this: 3 flashes: loader.bin not found 4 flashes: loader.bin not launched 5 flashes: start.elf not found 6 flashes: start.elf not launched 7 flashes: kernel.img not found Firmware since 20th October 2012 no longer requires loader.bin, and the flashes mean: 3 flashes: start.elf not found 4 flashes: start.elf not launched 7 flashes: kernel.img not found 8 flashes: SDRAM not recognised. You need newer bootcode.bin/start.elf firmware.

Tried to google a different start.elf-file, just found this one: https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware ... /start.elf replaced the one on the sdcard but still with no luck.

Does anybody have an idea how to fix it?
Is it something wrong with my Pi?

Thank you!

The files have not been written to SD Card correctly or the SD Card is knackered.

FYI information the 2GB Card is to small use only the 8GB one..

Thank you for your reply.

Ive tried 3 different sd-card readers, and the sd-card i brand new.
Im following the instructions regarding how to write files to the sd-card.

This is tricky!

[joan]

Could you post a full directory listing of the boot partition?

[raspmeplease]

Could you post a full directory listing of the boot partition?

Here you go!

These files are located in F:\


bootcode.bin
cmdline.txt
config.txt
fixup_x.dat
kernel.img
LICENCE.broadcom
start_x.elf

Burned the image on a 8 gb sdcard that now shows 60 mb in total. Maybe the other partition isnt visible in windows.

Thank you!

[fruitoftheloom]

Could you post a full directory listing of the boot partition?

Here you go!

These files are located in F:\


bootcode.bin
cmdline.txt
config.txt
fixup_x.dat
kernel.img
LICENCE.broadcom
start_x.elf

Burned the image on a 8 gb sdcard that now shows 60 mb in total. Maybe the other partition isnt visible in windows.

Thank you!

fyi: only the FAT32 partion is seen by Windows NT, natively it will not read EXT file systems

[joan]

Sorry, by full I meant detailed. File sizes, dates, etc.

[raspmeplease]

Sorry, by full I meant detailed. File sizes, dates, etc.

The textfile looks exactly like this when i create it via dir > print.txt in cmd:

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2014-07-30  14:32            17ÿ840 bootcode.bin
2014-06-11  06:13               200 cmdline.txt
2014-07-30  14:32             8ÿ964 fixup_x.dat
2014-06-11  06:13         5ÿ094ÿ112 kernel.img
2014-06-11  06:13             1ÿ447 LICENCE.broadcom
2014-07-30  14:32         3ÿ536ÿ776 start_x.elf
2014-08-19  14:49               161 config.txt
2014-09-20  19:54                 0 print.txt
               8 fil(er)           8ÿ659ÿ500 byte
               0 katalog(er)      63ÿ576ÿ064 byte ledigt

But i can see the sizes of all the files in the GUI-interface F:\

kernel.img is 4975 kb
bootcode is 18 kb
start_x.elf is 3454 kb
fixup_x.dat is 9 kb
LICENCE.broadcom is 2 kb
cmdline and config is 1 kb

Hope that this will help a little!

[joan]

Unfortunately I can't see anything obviously wrong.

For reference mine shows

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-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   17840 Aug 31 13:17 bootcode.bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     242 Aug 21 13:01 cmdline.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    1196 Aug 21 13:01 config.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    2276 Aug 31 13:17 fixup_cd.dat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    6070 Aug 31 13:17 fixup.dat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    9118 Aug 31 13:17 fixup_x.dat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     137 Jun 20 11:33 issue.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3232264 Aug 31 13:17 kernel.img
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   18974 Sep 25  2013 LICENSE.oracle
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  529624 Aug 31 13:17 start_cd.elf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2611384 Aug 31 13:17 start.elf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3568488 Aug 31 13:17 start_x.elf

[raspmeplease]

Unfortunately I can't see anything obviously wrong.

For reference mine shows

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-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   17840 Aug 31 13:17 bootcode.bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     242 Aug 21 13:01 cmdline.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    1196 Aug 21 13:01 config.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    2276 Aug 31 13:17 fixup_cd.dat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    6070 Aug 31 13:17 fixup.dat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    9118 Aug 31 13:17 fixup_x.dat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     137 Jun 20 11:33 issue.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3232264 Aug 31 13:17 kernel.img
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   18974 Sep 25  2013 LICENSE.oracle
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  529624 Aug 31 13:17 start_cd.elf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2611384 Aug 31 13:17 start.elf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3568488 Aug 31 13:17 start_x.elf

Weird! Are you running raspmbc?
What could it be? The pi?

[joan]

No, I'm not running raspbmc. Mine shows a reasonably up to date Raspbian.

It's difficult without an internet connection. I'd download the current Raspbian and just try that.

[raspmeplease]

No, I'm not running raspbmc. Mine shows a reasonably up to date Raspbian.

It's difficult without an internet connection. I'd download the current Raspbian and just try that.

Oh ok.
I've downloaded 2014-09-09-wheezy-raspbian.rar ~955 mb, and burned the image. Still the same problem.

Frustrating

[raspmeplease]

Hi

Update:
Changed the pi in store, boots up normally now.

Thatheadachethough...

[Alfie]

Hi raspmeplease -- by "Changed the pi in store", you're saying you returned it under warranty and got a replacement and that worked? If so, interesting. I have a Model 2 (4 core) doing the exact same thing, but the card, which has s/w compatible with both model 2 & the B+, is working fine in another B+.. So it would seem there is some kind of weakness? In my case, I left it the Model 2 on 24/7 for several weeks then it locked, had to turn it off. I restored the SD card from a backup, to no avail. As said, the same copy works in a B+. Perhaps the hardware is fallible after all?

[NerdBorns]

Hi!
Im new to this.

Im trying to install a raspbmc with no luck. Currently without an internet connection thats why im using the standalone image. I have a sd card 8 gb and a 2gb transcend SD-card. On 3 different computers with their own sdcard-reader.
Different displays and HDMI-cables.
I also tried with NOOBs standalone, Openelec network install, wheezy raspian and so on.
Still the same 4 green flashes. Nothing more.

So i eventually found this: 3 flashes: loader.bin not found 4 flashes: loader.bin not launched 5 flashes: start.elf not found 6 flashes: start.elf not launched 7 flashes: kernel.img not found Firmware since 20th October 2012 no longer requires loader.bin, and the flashes mean: 3 flashes: start.elf not found 4 flashes: start.elf not launched 7 flashes: kernel.img not found 8 flashes: SDRAM not recognised. You need newer bootcode.bin/start.elf firmware.

Tried to google a different start.elf-file, just found this one: https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware ... /start.elf replaced the one on the sdcard but still with no luck.

Does anybody have an idea how to fix it?
Is it something wrong with my Pi?

Thank you!

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