Raspberry Pi B+ Booting Problem

[chummer1010]

Hello,

I recently got a Raspberry Pi B+ and I am having trouble booting it up.

I have gone through everything that was said in the Boot Sticky. The POWER OK LED is on, as well as the ACT LED, so I don't think there's an issue with the boot up. I read that sometimes the Raspberry Pi doesn't always read the HDMI signal correctly, and I would have to force connect it using the code

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hdmi_force_hotplug=1

in file config.txt.

Looking in my NOOBS file, that isn't a document. Do I create it myself, or is it missing?

I have checked everything else on the checklist and they weren't a problem, so I'm hoping it is this.

[mahjongg]

Noobs doesn't use config,txt (although it can edit a copy and then later place it in the right place for the installed OS to find)

Only after NOOBS has installed the OS there will (or sometimes will not) be a config.txt in the root directory.

NOOBS has its own mechanisms for setting up HDMI (or composite) video, based on pressing numerical keys 1 to 4 during the seconds after NOOBS has booted, and a timeout period .

[chummer1010]

Noobs doesn't use config,txt (although it can edit a copy and then later place it in the right place for the installed OS to find)

Only after NOOBS has installed the OS there will (or sometimes will not) be a config.txt in the root directory.

NOOBS has its own mechanisms for setting up HDMI (or composite) video, based on pressing numerical keys 1 to 4 during the seconds after NOOBS has booted, and a timeout period .

I tried that. It didn't work either.

[rpdom]

If the ACT LED is on all the time, then your B+ Pi can't read the files off the microSD card correctly.

[mahjongg]

If NOOBS doesn't boot, don expect it to watch out for key presses, or read (any) files (duh...). The ACT LED's main function is to give an indication whether or not the PI is reading the card (booting). Read the boot problem sticky for boot problems, its why it exists.

[chummer1010]

If NOOBS doesn't boot, don expect it to watch out for key presses, or read (any) files (duh...). The ACT LED's main function is to give an indication whether or not the PI is reading the card (booting). Read the boot problem sticky for boot problems, its why it exists.

I use an SD/USB adapter to because my MAC doesn't have an SD card slot. Could this be the problem? Could the files corrupt from this?

[tpylkko]

how did you use it? did you save the .img file from the net on to the mac, and then copy it to the card via USB? Or did you use an imaging software to get the NOOBS on the card?

[rpdom]

how did you use it? did you save the .img file from the net on to the mac, and then copy it to the card via USB? Or did you use an imaging software to get the NOOBS on the card?

NOOBS doesn't use an image file. It has a zip archive which needs to be unzipped into the root directory of the card.

[tpylkko]

Okay, sorry, my bad. I am suspecting that the card is not set up properly which is leading to no boot.