can't start the raspberry for first time?

Former Member over 10 years ago

Dear Members,

I have problem on first time boot raspberry where I had pluged in the keyboar, mouse and HDMI to VGA cable for display.

Nothing display on my screen after I turn on my power supply from stontronics ltd.

anyone can guide me. For your information, I brought the B+ with microSC pre loaded noobs

thanks

mark

0 shabaz over 10 years ago

Hi Mark,

The issue may be the HDMI to VGA cable. There is a verified peripherals guide that can be consulted.
The LED indicators can also provide some help.
There is also a troubleshooting guide.
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago

Ok i have had the same problem so i know how you feel!

right here is how you get it working.
1) plug your micro sd card into your computer and open it up.
2) you should see the config.txt click on it and open it up.
3) uncomment the line hdmi_safe=1 (so basically take away the hash key on each side of hdmi_safe=1)

Hope this helps.
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0 johnbeetem over 10 years ago in reply to shabaz

shabaz wrote:

There is also a troubleshooting guide.

Mark: the Troubleshooting Guide is the best starting point, starting with the "Power/Start-Up" section: http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#Power_.2F_Start-up. In particular look at the LEDs to see how far RasPi got in the boot process.

Many start-up problems are due to iffy power (http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#Troubleshooting_power_problems) which is often caused by a substandard Micro USB cable (http://elinux.org/On_the_RPi_usb_power_cable, http://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/blog/2014/03/07/raspberry-pi-usb-power-cables-crashing-and-other-problems).
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

John;

Finally I managed to turned on my raspberry pi cause my failure on HDMI to VGA converter.
Thanks for your advice and now i do understand the function of Green and Red LED.
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to Former Member

Jacob,

thanks for sharing
my problem was cause by HDMI to VGA converter issue.
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to shabaz

SHabaz,

you are right cause by HDMI to VGA cable .

now I am able use the pi

thanks
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