(I’m French, so forgive me if I make some mistakes)
When I finished to assemble my makerbuino (which is, by the way, an amazing idea !!!), it worked. I played with it during a long time and everything was fine. But the next day when I wanted to turn on, the screen displayed nothing, there were only the backlight and the sound. I tried to reset (with button C) but no changes. I checked my solder but I’m not an expert so I’m not sure. Can you help me ?
Thank you for supporting MAKERbuino and welcome to the forum
I am sorry for the problems that you’re experiencing.
When you interrupt the loading process, the console’s memory will be blank so you have to do a hard reset like this:
insert the SD card
turn the console OFF
hold the C button
turn the console ON
release the C button
wait for 30 seconds
The SD card loader menu should appear.
Are you 100% sure that you followed the steps accordingly? (It is very important that you power-on the console while holding the C button).
Also, did you try to reinsert the SD card a couple of times and blow in your SD socket really hard (this will clean the dust particles in the socket).
After that, try doing the hard reset again and tell us what happens.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Don’t give up!
I followed the steps and it worked again but then the screen turn off while I was playing. I did again the process but no changes. Maybe my solders aren’t well made… I don’t know what to do. Any others suggestions ?
I’m out of suggestions, please try to figure something yourself and if nothing works, send is to:
CircuitMess,
Maksimilijana Vrhovca 11,
47000 Karlovac,
Croatia
Send the package as a registered tracked letter using your national post.
You only need to send us the circuit board and the screen (do not send the casing nor the battery to keep the weight down).
Keep me updated on your progress and send me the tracking number via private messages if you decide to send it back to us.
I’ll personally make the console work and send it back to you as soon as possible.