For problems with Gamebuino itself, NOT your project
by Shiki » Sat Aug 02, 2014 2:36 pm
Hi,
I received my gamebuino yesterday and tried it.
I played asteroid and it was good, sounds worked as well.
I tried to restart gamebuino to change game. Off and On and it said something like "flashing loader.hex, please don't turn off".
It's when screen and sound stopped. I waited like 10 minutes, read the troubleshooting part of the "getting started" page and thought it was the battery (even if the power light was on).
I stopped the gamebuino, charged it and tried the micro sd on my computer and everything seems fine there.
After full charge, it's still the same render : no sound, no screen.
If the screen is blank when you turn on your Gamebuino If you don't hear the start-up sound
You may be out of battery: turn your Gamebuino off, and plug it in (the "charging" led should turn on) for about one hour and try again.
You may not have a program loaded in your Gamebuino, so press C while you turn your Gamebuino on to flash LOADER.HEX from the micro SD card.
If a micro SD card is present, check that the C button is not jammed in the pressed position, or LOADER.HEX will be continuously re-flashed.
I tried those 3 points and nothing. Only the power light works
What should I do next ?
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by rodot » Sat Aug 02, 2014 4:16 pm
If it hanged while a program was charging, the program it contains now is corrupted. Could you try to upload on of the Gamebuino example throught USB using the Arduino IDE?
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by Shiki » Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:33 am
I'm sorry, but... how can I do that? I'm a complete noob on all these stuff.
I only used Arduino IDE once for a simple purpose...
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by rodot » Mon Aug 04, 2014 1:39 pm
Everything is explained in the
getting started page
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by Shiki » Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:30 pm
Alright, uploading via USB worked and I could play (tried setting, loader, hello).
Anyway, each time I try to go to LOADER.HEX (game title and pressing C), it goes "flashing loader.hex, please don't turn off" and then everything goes off
It's definitely not the battery, what am I doing wrong ?
Bonus question: should we remove the strap which is on the screen ?
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