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I format SD card using Sd card formatter ,then i unzip the NOOBs ,copy the NOOBs file to formatted SD card . After this i insert my SD card to Raspberry Pi ,connect the HDMI cable to monitor ,but monitor show no signal ,
If buy another SD card ,but same problem in other SD card also ..
Will you please sort out my problem and suggest me solution ?
Thanks in advance

imran4159 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 27, 2018 1:47 am

then i unzip the NOOBs ,copy the NOOBs file to formatted SD card

what is your downloaded NOOBS?
NOOBS_lite_v2_4.zip
NOOBS_v2_4_5.zip

how you unzip the file and copy the result to SD?
your wording could mean you copied the zip file.
show us the SD directory pls.

@KLL
i am using NOOBS_v2_4_5.zip.
i unzip the noobs file using WinRAR..
i copy the NOOBS files to my formatted SD Card .


Attached : Picture of NOOBs file ..

I'm going to guess that your SD card is larger than 32GB, in which case it will be formatted with the exFAT file system that is not compatible with the Raspberry Pi boot process (yes, even if you reformat it with the SD Card Formatter).

Unless you have some compelling reason to use NOOBS, I would recommend using the Raspbian images instead. NOOBS had its place in the past, but it's actually easier to write images now.

1. Grab the latest Raspbian image from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
2. Grab the Etcher software from https://etcher.io/
3. Install Etcher and use it to write the Raspbian image to your SD card.
   • You don't need to extract the image or format the card prior to writing.
   • Just choose the Raspbian .zip, pick your SD card and write.
   • If you have trouble, verify the SHA256 checksum of the download.
4. Safely eject the card from your PC and use it to boot the Pi.

If I was correct about your SD card size, and you really want to use NOOBS, get the GUI-format utility from Ridgecrop Consultants and use that to reformat the card (after using the SD Card Formatter). It can format cards of just about any size with the FAT32 file system (up to 2TB, I believe).

get the GUI-format utility from Ridgecrop Consultants and use that to reformat the card (after using the SD Card Formatter). It can format cards of just about any size with the FAT32 file system (up to 2TB, I believe).

An IMHO simpler way to do it is to use the partition editor of your choice (gparted under Linux, or the "disk administrator" in Windows) to remove the existing 64G partition and replace it with a partition of less than 32G size, leaving the rest of the disk "unallocated". Format that partition as FAT32. Then go ahead with the NOOBS installation as normal. NOOBS will take care of resizing the partitions and using the whole card (as you would expect it to).

This saves the risk of downloading and installing yet another piece of unknown 3rd party software (whoever these Ridgecrop people are...).

and ( if thats 64GB SD card problem guess was right )
just for to give you all options:
there is now also a "burnable NOOBS (lite)" PINN image available:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pinn/fi ... te.img.zip
what you can burn ( with etcher.... ) this way avoiding all SD-card formatting steps.