mt32-pi HAT that doesn´t turn on!

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mt32-pi HAT that doesn´t turn on!

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Hi there! today I tried to use my MT32 Pi Hat and noticed that it would not turn on, the USB cable seems to be fine, the Raspberry too. I opened it and nothing seemed loose or broken. I have no idea how I can start to fix it? any clues around here? Thank you!

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Re: mt32-pi HAT that doesn´t turn on!

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Did you configure your raspberry pi according to the wiki? https://github.com/dwhinham/mt32-pi/wiki
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Re: mt32-pi HAT that doesn´t turn on!

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when it first boots does the green activity light on the Pi flash. The video shows the red led but if the green light isnt flashing then the Pi is not booting from the SD card
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Re: mt32-pi HAT that doesn´t turn on!

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Have you tried powering the pi separately? Turn the mt32-pi switch to "off" and plug in a separate psu to the pi.

If that doesn't work, will the pi power on without the mt32-pi hat, and using a separate psu to the pi?
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Re: mt32-pi HAT that doesn´t turn on!

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you need to edit the mt32-pi.cfg file on the pi's sdcard
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Re: mt32-pi HAT that doesn´t turn on!

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legacypixels wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:38 am you need to edit the mt32-pi.cfg file on the pi's sdcard
Thank you, yes indeed. The problem was a bad SD card.
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Re: mt32-pi HAT that doesn´t turn on!

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I'm experiencing the exact same issue.

How did you solve it?
Did you change the SD card
also:
Am I supposed to just drag the needed Files onto the SD card?
Since the Documentation doesn't really specify how to copy the files onto the SD card.

cheers!
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Re: mt32-pi HAT that doesn´t turn on!

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What I do:
- Extract all the files from Dale's github in a folder (Just so I can track versions, no folder is actually needed)
- Edit the config files
- Add sound fonts & ROMs to the indicated directories
- Format an SD Card with the FAT filesystem, (NOT FAT32)
- Copy all the files from the folder to the root of the SD Card.
- Done!
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