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Saroo Won't Boot at all Only red lights on top light up

Open retrojesus opened this issue 1 year ago • 13 comments

I am using a fenrir ex fat and the build in issue 113, and now after 20 days with it it just stopped working will not load up anything

retrojesus avatar Jun 20 '24 17:06 retrojesus

Which LED is lit? The one on the left, middle or the right side of the board? Is it constant ON or blinking?

keeper7keys avatar Jun 20 '24 18:06 keeper7keys

@keeper7keys constantly on boots into fenrir

retrojesus avatar Jun 20 '24 18:06 retrojesus

the one on the top left and right not lower left

retrojesus avatar Jun 20 '24 18:06 retrojesus

@keeper7keys what sucks is that it just stopped all of a sudden

retrojesus avatar Jun 20 '24 19:06 retrojesus

I know you tried reflashing the Sd card but have you tired a different Sd Card all together ?

Mikeylovesretro avatar Jun 21 '24 01:06 Mikeylovesretro

The two LEDs are always on, or,is the right one flashing?

If the right LED is flashing, please check the SD card.

If two LEDs are always ON, please check the card slot interface or SAROO card. You need to borrow a Sega Saturn from a friend to test it.

Based on your description of the LED position, you may have bought a SAROO card without a bevel at the goldfinger.

tzmwx avatar Jun 25 '24 02:06 tzmwx

The two on top are always on tried to reprogram with stnlink but no luck

retrojesus avatar Jun 25 '24 21:06 retrojesus

The two LEDs are always on, or,is the right one flashing?

If the right LED is flashing, please check the SD card.

If two LEDs are always ON, please check the card slot interface or SAROO card. You need to borrow a Sega Saturn from a friend to test it.

Based on your description of the LED position, you may have bought a SAROO card without a bevel at the goldfinger.

Not sure what you mean by this

retrojesus avatar Jun 25 '24 21:06 retrojesus

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retrojesus avatar Jun 25 '24 21:06 retrojesus

Your two LEDs light up, indicating that the MCU and FPGA are working properly, while the third LED is dark, indicating that Saroo and Saturn have not established communication. May the problem occur in the interface circuit of Saroo or in the card slot of Saturn? The only way is to find another Saturn and verify which device is causing the problem

tzmwx avatar Jun 26 '24 06:06 tzmwx

@retrojesus do you have any other cartridges you can try to verify the Saturn's cart port is working? Like the RAM carts, Backup cart, Netlink modem, Action Replay, Pseudo Saturn, etc.?

TrekkiesUnite118 avatar Jun 26 '24 19:06 TrekkiesUnite118

@retrojesus do you have any other cartridges you can try to verify the Saturn's cart port is working? Like the RAM carts, Backup cart, Netlink modem, Action Replay, Pseudo Saturn, etc.?

my 4 in 1 does work got a refund and ordred another one from someone else

retrojesus avatar Jul 05 '24 13:07 retrojesus

I have this problem from time to time, when I touched the cartridge in the slot. Taking the cartridge out and reposition it back in the slot helped every time. My best results are putting the cartridge fully in and then lifting it around 1mm. Repositioning the cartridge also helped get rid of missing sound in some games (i.e. Necronomicon)

WolleB77 avatar Jul 27 '24 10:07 WolleB77