what is OpenELEC?
Hello, I’m looking for freepers with Raspberry Pi’s.
Received my Model B Pi about a week ago. I’ve plugged it into 2 HDTVs. Each of them have a port that is HDIM/DVI and a port the that is marked just HDMI. I get nothing on the screen. I have plugged an RCA cable from the Pi into each of the RCA video ports on each and still nothing on the screen. I tried an old analog TV on channel 3 with the RCA cable and still nothing on the screen. I purchased an adapter to plug my RGB computer monitor into the HDMI port on the Pi and still nothing on the screen.
Next, the Pi came with an 8 gig Noobs SD card from Allied so I’m thinking it must be the card. I format a new PNY card using the recommended SD Association formatting tool and the Noob image from Raspberry Pi org. Still no joy.
Am I in possession of a bad Pi or am I completely inept at anything that involves technology? In my defense, I have taught Microsoft application classes at the college level. I have replaced HDs in computer. I have added RAM to computers. I’ve written HTAs and vbscripts.
The activity lights on the Pi:
ACT = 8 green blinks then a 2 second pause
PWR = continuous red
Since my Pi flashes 8 times. I’m pretty confident that the 8 flashes are associated with:
SDRAM not recognized. You need newer bootcode.bin/start.elf firmware.
I’ve tried three different SD cards. When I purchased the Pi B model I purchased a pre-installed version of Noobs with the Pi B. That one does not work.
I purchased a new 16 gig PNY SD and used the recommended SD card formatter tool and installed Noobs on it. That did not work.
I re-formatted the 16 gig PNY SD and installed Raspbian using the recommended Win32 Disk Image tool. That did not work.
I found a 2 gig SD and reformatted it and installed Noobs on it. That did not work.
HOW CAN I DO A FIRMWARE UPGRADE IF I CAN’T SEE WHAT IS ON THE SCREEN AND I CAN’T GET THE PI TO RECOGNIZE MY PI?
Does putting a fresh OS image on an SD the equivalent of getting the latest bootcode.bin/start.elf firmware update?
Doesn’t the Pi itself have firmware that has to be updated?
Can you confirm my suspicions? Do I have a bad Pi?