Raspberry PI wont startup

sdetweil · Oct 14, 2020, 6:26 PM

@Zack1324 I have only used the etcher pgm for putting images onto an sd card
https://www.balena.io/etcher/

bhepler · Oct 14, 2020, 6:34 PM

I use Win32 Disk Imager for putting images onto SD cards.

swvalenti · Oct 14, 2020, 6:37 PM

I’ve had zero issues with RPi imager

mumblebaj · Oct 14, 2020, 7:10 PM

@Zack1324 I use the same SD Card Formatter but it sounds like your sd card could be bust. SD Card Formatter will format a bust card. I have had a few of those before.

Zack1324 · Oct 14, 2020, 8:09 PM

@mumblebaj so trying a new SD CARD could resolve the problem?

bhepler · Oct 18, 2020, 12:55 PM

@Zack1324 - Absolutely. Over time, they just go bad. That could be the problem.

I would copy the config.js file to another computer first, then format & burn the Raspbian OS to the new card. Run through the Pi setup, use @sdetweil installation scripts to get Magic Mirror up & running and then copy the config.js to the new card. Then it’s just a matter of installing the modules.