Mikeyb2k
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Blank screen after noobs install

Sun Jan 07, 2018 12:38 am

Hi. I have searched everywhere and can't find a fix. I have installed via noobs raspian, osmc and recalbox on the pi3modb. Raspian seems ok to boot but the other two only give a black then slight flicker then blank screen. I have tried uncomment in the config.txt to no avail. I can not find a decent answer from websearch. My TV is a LG hdr 4k and have had Ubuntu mate running fine so far and the raspian. Wanted to try the multi boot to see what like before I purchase for a noob of a friend and he'll not be able to get it working out the box, ironically, if he has the same problem. Any help please as going round in little raspberry shaped circles!

Config.txt after successful boot into raspian.

# For more options and information see
# http://rpf.io/configtxt
# Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default #"safe" mode
#hdmi_safe=1

# uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible
# and your display can output without overscan
disable_overscan=1

# uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console
# goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
#overscan_left=16
#overscan_right=16
#overscan_top=16
#overscan_bottom=16

# uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus
# overscan.
#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720

# uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite #is being output
#hdmi_force_hotplug=1

# uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force #VGA)
#hdmi_group=1
#hdmi_mode=1

# uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. This #can make audio work in
# DMT (computer monitor) modes
hdmi_drive=2

# uncomment to increase signal to HDMI, if you have #interference, blanking, or
# no display
#config_hdmi_boost=4

# uncomment for composite PAL
#sdtv_mode=2

#uncomment to overclock the arm. 700 MHz is the default.
#arm_freq=800

# Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional #hardware interfaces
#dtparam=i2c_arm=on
#dtparam=i2s=on
#dtparam=spi=on

# Uncomment this to enable the lirc-rpi module
#dtoverlay=lirc-rpi

# Additional overlays and parameters are documented #/boot/overlays/README

# Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)
dtparam=audio=on

# NOOBS Auto-generated Settings:
hdmi_force_hotplug=1

#Always force HDMI output and enable HDMI sound

hdmi_force_hotplug=1

hdmi_drive=2

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Re: Blank screen after noobs install

Sun Jan 07, 2018 2:09 pm

Mikeyb2k wrote:
Sun Jan 07, 2018 12:38 am
Hi. I have searched everywhere and can't find a fix. I have installed via noobs raspian, osmc and recalbox on the pi3modb. Raspian seems ok to boot but the other two only give a black then slight flicker then blank screen. I have tried uncomment in the config.txt to no avail. I can not find a decent answer from websearch. My TV is a LG hdr 4k and have had Ubuntu mate running fine so far and the raspian. Wanted to try the multi boot to see what like before I purchase for a noob of a friend and he'll not be able to get it working out the box, ironically, if he has the same problem. Any help please as going round in little raspberry shaped circles!

Config.txt after successful boot into raspian.

# For more options and information see
# http://rpf.io/configtxt
# Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default #"safe" mode
#hdmi_safe=1

# uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible
# and your display can output without overscan
disable_overscan=1

# uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console
# goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
#overscan_left=16
#overscan_right=16
#overscan_top=16
#overscan_bottom=16

# uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus
# overscan.
#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720

# uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite #is being output
#hdmi_force_hotplug=1

# uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force #VGA)
#hdmi_group=1
#hdmi_mode=1

# uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. This #can make audio work in
# DMT (computer monitor) modes
hdmi_drive=2

# uncomment to increase signal to HDMI, if you have #interference, blanking, or
# no display
#config_hdmi_boost=4

# uncomment for composite PAL
#sdtv_mode=2

#uncomment to overclock the arm. 700 MHz is the default.
#arm_freq=800

# Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional #hardware interfaces
#dtparam=i2c_arm=on
#dtparam=i2s=on
#dtparam=spi=on

# Uncomment this to enable the lirc-rpi module
#dtoverlay=lirc-rpi

# Additional overlays and parameters are documented #/boot/overlays/README

# Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)
dtparam=audio=on

# NOOBS Auto-generated Settings:
hdmi_force_hotplug=1

#Always force HDMI output and enable HDMI sound

hdmi_force_hotplug=1

hdmi_drive=2

In Noobs you use the "Edit Config" option:

https://github.com/raspberrypi/noobs/bl ... /README.md
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Mikeyb2k
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Re: Blank screen after noobs install

Sun Jan 07, 2018 3:43 pm

Yeah I've tried many suggested uncomments in the config file and none have worked.

Mikeyb2k
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Re: Blank screen after noobs install

Wed Jan 10, 2018 3:23 pm

Bump.
Anyone have a suggestion on how to sort this?

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Re: Blank screen after noobs install

Thu Jan 11, 2018 4:28 pm

Mikeyb2k wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2018 3:23 pm
Bump.
Anyone have a suggestion on how to sort this?
Stop using NOOBS. Go with plain Raspbian written to your SDCard with Etcher (from https://etcher.io).
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Mikeyb2k
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Re: Blank screen after noobs install

Thu Jan 11, 2018 8:24 pm

Haha yeah I've kinda realised that. Seems a lot of people have had the same issue. Faulty software?!
Have tried berryboot and is a much better installer as has loads more features.

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