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Cant turn down the system - Malte98 - 07-30-2019
Hello, if my holding the power button the cm3 wont turn off.
Does anybody has an idea?
Greetings Malte
RE: Cant turn down the system - luisito - 07-30-2019
(07-30-2019, 07:00 PM)Malte98 Wrote: Hello, if my holding the power button the cm3 wont turn off.
Does anybody has an idea?
Greetings Malte
Smash that button on the back of the pcb
It is a hard reset.
Probably your kernel is corrupted. (Fix it with a new image)
RE: Cant turn down the system - Malte98 - 07-30-2019
Isnt the proper way to shut down the system the button?
RE: Cant turn down the system - luisito - 07-30-2019
(07-30-2019, 08:51 PM)Malte98 Wrote: Isnt the proper way to shut down the system the button?
Yes, that is why I suggested you may have a corrupted kernel.
What good is a button when the instructions that make it work are not working properly?
Another option would be to have a very large library of ROMs and you have scrapped them. That would make the reboot/shutdown process extremely long. Even a 10 minute shutdown is normal, in this scenario as it rewrites everything that has been scrapped before quitting.
Edit: I am completely disregarding the button itself hardware failing. Easy to test with a multimeter with a continuity setting.
RE: Cant turn down the system - Flavor - 07-31-2019
(07-30-2019, 07:00 PM)Malte98 Wrote: Hello, if my holding the power button the cm3 wont turn off.
Does anybody has an idea?
Greetings Malte
Is everything else working 100% properly? You just can not turn off the system?
From the RetroPie menu, if you hit START, can you choose QUIT and then shut the system down? Then does it turn itself off completely?
I am assuming that the system boots up properly when you hold the power button on until the green LED lights up. Is that correct?
Does your power button spring back like a DS, or does it click into place like a GBA? It should slide when pushed and then spring back when released.
RE: Cant turn down the system - Malte98 - 07-31-2019
(07-31-2019, 01:06 AM)Flavor Wrote: Malte98
Is everything else working 100% properly? You just can not turn off the system?
So far yes.
From the RetroPie menu, if you hit START, can you choose QUIT and then shut the system down? Then does it turn itself off completely?
Yes, there is no problem with that method.
I am assuming that the system boots up properly when you hold the power button on until the green LED lights up. Is that correct?
It needs a few seconds, but I can boot up without any problems.
Does your power button spring back like a DS, or does it click into place like a GBA? It should slide when pushed and then spring back when released.
It springs back like a DS.
RE: Cant turn down the system - Malte98 - 07-31-2019
sometimes it does work without any problems
RE: Cant turn down the system - Flavor - 07-31-2019
(07-31-2019, 05:11 AM)Malte98 Wrote: sometimes it does work without any problems
Do you mean that sometimes the power switch will properly shut down the system? If so, then maybe it seems like something is killing the shutdown script.
The other (odd) thought it that MAYBE the slider isn't sliding far enough. I do know that some people have said that they have to shave off a bit of plastic to allow the slider to travel all the way over to register. Do you have to push it a little hard to get it to turn on the machine?
RE: Cant turn down the system - Malte98 - 08-01-2019
if I should down via the option at the emulator sometimes this picture appears:
RE: Cant turn down the system - Malte98 - 08-01-2019
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aq5lndLB0h1ZhVgK40_Hherg3f7T